The National Football Team of El Salvador traveled to the Caribbean to face Montserrat without three players who were called up to face Granada
the National selection of Football the Savior is already in Curacao to play his second game of first Round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers heading to Qatar 2022.
but there was three footballers, summoned to the national team against Granada, those who did not travel with the blue to play against Montserrat, Second rival of this date FIFA of March.
The absentees are the goalkeeper of FAS, Kevin Carabantes, The defender of Santa Tecla, Alexander Mendoza and the striker of the Aurora of Bolivia: Erick Rivera.
Until this Saturday, no one from the Technical Body gave public clarifications on the absence of the three footballers, those who were called up for the game against Granada in which the Select won 2-0 at the Cuscatlán Stadium.
By the way, none of the players mentioned had any activity against Granada.
CLUE tried to contact press of the federation already Carlos Dels Cobos to know why these players didn’t travel. Santa Tecla FC responded that in terms of Mendoza it was a “technical decision“.
Hugo Carrillo, President of Fesfut, told PISTA in this regard, that he “understands that Dels Cobos informed the players who did not travel to Curaçao that this was a technical decision, taking into account the protocols of biosecurity and the name which allows CONCACAF in this type of game “.
In view of the statements of Hugo Carrillo it is worth clarifying that it is not Concacaf the one that decides how many footballers a team must take to another country in qualifiers, otherwise FIFA. The governing body of world football has allowed, as is well known, a total of 23 players by national combined.
For example, for this First Round, the football team of Guatemala led to his 23 footballers to face British Virgin Islands a Curaçao (Nation where the Selecta will also play), while Nicaragua led to his 22 selected a Dominican Republic for the game he will hold against the Turks and Caicos. Both by qualifiers.
In fact, Granada he brought 23 effective in the country to face the Selecta. That being the case, it is clear that neither Guatemalans, Grenadians nor Nicaraguans mobilized only 20 footballers per “health restrictions“.
“They only travel 20 and had to to stay 3, so easy. Today it was up to us, in others travel others have remained, “Alexander Mendoza told PISTA.