the balance numerical after the first three matches of Mexico in the start of the Octagonal course to the 2022 World Cup is certainly positive: Seven nine points. Not so football.
270 minutes played, if any 45 redeemable, And this is the second half against Panama in which the National Team showed personality and was able to reverse a terrible first half to at least equalize the score, and was even on the verge of winning.
The harvest of units cannot and cannot cheat on to the technical body of the Tri, because before rivals as limited as Jamaica – diminished and in the Aztec it suffered and a last minute goal was necessary, and before Costa Rica the performance was extremely poor, with despite the 1-2 visit against a team in sharp decline.
This start to the playoffs also makes it clear which footballers have a place won for the World Cup, who will give fight, les doubts, les surprises, And those who they should not be, But they remain for some inexplicable reason that only coach Gerardo Martino knows.
Then from the list of 28 summoned who were in those first three games, a panorama of the players, which throws that there are still few, still there are places for the plane that in a year it will leave for Qatar.
INSURANCE
Starting from the back forward, Guillermo Ochoa has his place for sure in Qatar 2022, and to date there is no threat that it could take away ownership.
In defense, Jesus Gallardo, who for some time has not gone through his best moment, is fixed and without competition on the left side, so it will certainly be on the final list.
the central saga it is one of the most points weak of the Tri, but Néstor Araujo is another unquestionable one, although sometimes the trainer has sent it to the bench.
In the middle of the field Edson Alvarez was among the fixed because of his growth as he is a versatile footballer who could also play as a central defender or even right winger.
Carlos Rodríguez, a player from Monterrey, is also another of the players favorites of the ‘Tata’, and despite his youth he is already considered above Andrés Guardado, so he is firm for this hypothetical final list.
Jesus ‘Tecatito’ Corona is one of the better Mexican players for a long time and with this quality and talent that overwhelm him, of course they make him deserving in a place for the World Cup.
Although they were not at the start of the playoffs, of course Hirving Lozano and Raúl Jiménez -although they do not resume their great level- will be among those chosen by Martino, so they are listed in this long-awaited call for the big date.
WITH HIGH POSSIBILITIES
On this scale there are several players who have been doing well and have recently been taken into account by Gerardo Martino, so it is highly likely that they will slip among the 23 chosen to go to the World Cup when the time comes.
Luis Romo and Orbelín Pineda, of Blue Cross, by the quality, prominence and steady growth that both have had in recent times.
Sebastià Córdova, from America, because he is called to be a footballer ‘different‘, Which sets the pattern in the national midfield, although for his youth he still has marks highs and lows, But it has too much quality.
Two young central defenders who won bronze in Tokyo 2020: Johan Vásquez, who takes his first steps in Serie A with Genoa, and Luis Montes, who was already a starter in this playoff start.
And closes this list Alexis Vega, a different footballer who shone in the Olympics with the Under 24, and who in these first games of the Major in the Octagonal took responsibility for making a difference in the Tricolor attack.
THE DOUBTS
Perhaps Martino thinks differently, but Rogelio Funes Mori has not represented the solution that was expected in the attack of the Aztec combined, so that future calls and no longer said to appear among the privileged who will be in Qatar, has been to undergo severe analysis.
Especially if Henry Martin keeps pushing fort, If Raúl Jiménez approaches the level he had, and if they open the way with goals and good young performances like Santiago Giménez and Eduardo ‘Mut’ Aguirre.
The historian Andrés Guardado seeks to reach his fifth World Cup; however, it is clear that he is no longer living his best moments at the age of 34, as even at his club, Betis, he has lost ownership and prominence since last season.
Her experience of course it is important, but the ‘Tata’ at the time will have to assess whether it comes to Andres to be, because in terms of the speed with which it is played no longer gives him to compete, much less in an area of the field where there will be a lot of competition with several young people who have been pushing hard.
Rodolfo Pizarro, Roberto Alvarado and Uriel Antuña are elements with which Martino has been extremely generous, because even if they do not go through their best level in their teams he has called them, but they will find it difficult to be among the chosen ones.
Especially if Hirving Lozano, Jesus Corona and Diego Lainez walk well, of the three mentioned above at most two could give the battle to be options for change.
THEY WILL GIVE THE FIGHT
Jonathan dos Santos is consistent in Gerardo Martino’s calls, but is far from the level he had when he played in Europe; in fact it is no longer even unquestionable in the LA Galaxy, so sure until the end he will look to get on the plane to Qatar, but it is not easy.
Despite reaching the World Cup at the age of 40, Alfredo Talavera aims to be the second goalkeeper of the Tri and of course aspires to dispute the title to Memo Ochoa, although it is clear that Martino has no doubts in the respect, for now.
Jorge Sánchez and Luis Rodríguez, on the right side, are going to fight for a place and it looks difficult for the two to finish as a finalists in a list of 23. Until recently the ‘Chaka’ owned this position in the Tri, but between injuries and loss of play, his place is no longer so safe.
THE SURPRISES
He had not been considered in the whole process of Gerardo Martino, but his good performances in the Blue Cross brought him back to the National Team, so that Julio César Domínguez could aim to be one of the surprises in the final stretch for the places in Qatar.
It looks difficult as it is to be fulfilled 34 years, But in his favor he can play as a right winger – as he did against Costa Rica – or central defense. It will determine the level it maintains between now and the second half of 2022.
Finally, José David Ramírez, known as the ‘plane‘, Player of the Lion who was in this call of start of eliminatory although he did not see minutes, can be of those elements surprise that end up sneaking to a World-wide Glass.
He’s a versatile player who can play as a winger on both sides and even on the sidelines, so it wouldn’t be unreasonable for him to push hard to the end to be taken into account.
That’s how things are, just the start of the World Cup qualifier and just over a year before Qatar 2022, so of course many things and names may change, but for now it is expected that there is already a base and players who, if not injured, already have both feet in the Middle East, as well as a few more who are also starting to climb the stairs of this plane that only accepts 23 footballers.