The Mexican team football leaves this Monday from Mexico City to Girona, where he will make his last tour before making his debut in World Cup Qatar 2022 next November 22 against Poland. “We travel with enthusiasm and commitment to leave everything on the field for #MéxicoDeMiVida,” El Tri shared on its Twitter account.
The Mexicans left for Girona with a base of soccer players from the Mexican league and Héctor Herrera, a midfielder for the American Houston Dynamo. Among the soccer players who boarded the plane were Guillermo Ochoa, goalkeeper of Águilas del América; Alexis Vega, winger for Chivas del Guadalajara, and Rogelio Funes Mori, forward for Rayados del Monterrey.
The last to join the group that traveled to Spain were the footballers of Tuzos del Pachuca: Kevin Álvarez, Luis Chávez and Erick Sánchez, who this Sunday were declared champions of the Apertura 2022 tournament after defeating Toluca in the final.
It is expected that later players who play in European football will be included, with Edson Álvarez, midfielder of Dutch Ajax, and Hirving Lozano, of Italian Napoli, standing out.
‘Tata Martino’ took 31 players
All the soccer players who boarded the plane were part of a list of 31 announced by Argentine Gerardo Martino, Mexico’s coach, on Wednesday, from which 26 will appear to play in the World Cup.
In Girona, Mexico will begin a concentration where they will play two friendly matches, against Iraq, on November 9, and against Sweden, on November 16.
Martino has been in Girona since last Friday, where he prepared the final details to receive his players, who will meet him in a few hours.
Mexico is part of group C in Qatar and after challenging Poland, it faces Argentina on November 26 and closes the first round by taking on Saudi Arabia on the 30th.
In Qatar, the Mexicans will be looking to overcome the barrier to the round of 16, where they have remained in their last seven appearances. El Tri has only played in the quarterfinals the two times it hosted the World Cup: 1970 and 1986.
Source: La Verdad
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