Gerardo Martino called the Wolverhampton striker despite health restrictions for the playoffs
Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino presented the call of the Mexican National Team for the CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. In the list there are several surprises, starting with Raul Jimenez, for the three games that the Tricolor will face in September and with which it will seek to secure a place in the top of the octagon, which presents a new format for this edition as it previously consisted of six representatives and will now be with eight.
The 30-year-old Wolverhampton striker heads the 28 players called up by “Tata” Martino, a list in which some “fixtures” of the Trio Major such as Héctor Herrera, Hirving Lozano, Héctor Moreno and Diego Lainez are absent. they find themselves in rehabilitation or physical reconditioning after their respective injuries suffered in the summer.
In the case of the “Chucky”, sources of the Mexican National Team told ESPN that the idea of the coaching staff is to prevent him from traveling on this FIFA Date to allow him to take more football pace with Napoli, as the 26-year-old striker barely reappeared last Sunday with his club in the Italian Series, after the hard blow to the head he suffered in the last Gold Cup with the Tricolor.
Meanwhile, Herrera, Lainez and Moreno are in the final stages of their rehabilitation and there is no intention to risk a major injury, which is why they will remain at their clubs in the September FIFA Date.
Mexico will play the first three matches of the CONCACAF Octagonal Final towards the 2022 World Cup, in which they will face Jamaica on September 2, Costa Rica on the 5th and Panama on the 8th, the first of them behind closed doors at the Aztec Stadium and the next two visits to Central America.
The rally will begin tomorrow Saturday at the Center for High Performance (CAR) with players incorporating agreement to conclude the activity with their clubs and be able to travel to Mexico City.
In the list appear the archers Guillermo Ochoa, Alfredo Talavera, Rodolfo Cota and Jonathan Orozco, at the same time as America contributes four selected ones, the mentioned Ochoa, Jorge Sanchez, Sebastián Cordova and Henry Martin, same number that Striped: Striking Jesus, Caesar Montes, Carlos Rodríguez and Rogelio Funes Mori.
From the champion Blue Cross have been called Luis Romo, Roberto Alvarado and Orbelín Pineda, while Chivas brings Gilberto Sepúlveda, Uriel Antuña and Alexis Vega.
From the MLS only Jonathan dos Santos (LA Galaxy) and Rodolfo Pizarro were called, while from Europe Néstor Araujo (Celta), Johan Vásquez (Genoa), Edson Álvarez (Ajax), Andrés Guardado (Betis) were mentioned. Jesús Corona (Porto) and the aforementioned Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton).
The Tri will face Jamaica, Costa Rica and Panama on September 2, 5, and 8, respectively. However, in the duel against the Jamaicans, he will not be able to count on fans at the Aztec Stadium due to FIFA’s sanction for the homophobic cry.
Of the three commitments in September, Mexico has only one as a local, as the duels against the Tics and Panamanians will be in visiting condition, which will be a bigger challenge for Martino and his team.
In addition, despite the call, the resolution of the UK government, which did not allow the departure of Premier League players to countries on the red list of travel destinations due to the pandemic, is still pending. of Covid-19.
After these three confrontations, the Mexican Selection will rest near a month and in October it will return to the activity with three official duels of eliminatory of the CONCACAF, which will be before Canada, of the premises; Honduras, as a local, and El Salvador, as a visitor.
In addition, a friendly game against Ecuador will be added at the end of the month.
THE COMPLETE LIST
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PORTERS
Cota Robles Rodolfo
Ochoa Magaña Francisco Guillem
Orozco Domínguez Jonathan Emmanuel
Talavera Díaz Alfredo
DEFENSES
Araujo Razo Néstor Alejandro
Gallardo Vasconcelos Jesús Daniel
Castro Caesar Jasib Mountains
Ramírez García José David
Rodríguez Alanís Luis Alfonso
Rodríguez del Portal Osvaldo
A hard tackle from Sánchez Ramos to Jorge Eduardo
Sepúlveda López Gilberto
Vásquez Ibarra Johan Felip
MEDIUM
A hard tackle from Álvarez Velázquez to Edson Omar
Cordova Kings Francisco Sebastián
Dos Santos Ramírez Jonathan
Saved Hernández José Andrés
Pineda Alvarado Orbelín
Rodríguez Gómez Carlos Alberto
Romo Barrón Luis Francisco
FRONT
Alvarado Hernández Roberto Carlos
Antuña Romero Carlos Uriel
Orona Ruiz Jesús Manuel
Funes Mori Rogelio Gabriel
Jiménez Rodríguez Raúl Alonso
Martin Mex Henry Joshua
A hard tackle from Pizarro to Thomas Rodolfo Gilbert
A hard tackle from Vega Rojas to Ernesto Alexis
medium
Dos Santos Ramírez Jonathan
LA Galaxy
medium
Saved Hernández José Andrés
Real Betis Football
medium
Pineda Alvarado Orbelín
Blue Cross
medium
Rodríguez Gómez Carlos Alberto
Monterrey
medium
Romo Barrón Luis Francisco
Blue Cross
medium
Alvarado Hernández Roberto Carlos
Blue Cross
front
Antuña Romero Carlos Uriel
Guadalajara
front
Corona Ruiz Jesús Manuel
Porto Football Club
front
Funes Mori Rogelio Gabriel
Monterrey
front
Jiménez Rodríguez Raúl Alonso
Wolverhampton Wanderers
front
Martin Mex Henry Joshua
America
front
A hard tackle from Pizarro to Thomas Rodolfo Gilbert
Inter Miami FC
front
A hard tackle from Vega Rojas to Ernesto Alexis
Guadalajara
front