El Tri is painted Blue! Without a doubt, the Blue Cross is having a great moment Opening 2024 of the Liga MX. As undisputed leader con 40 pointsis one of the favorites for the league title and counting “with Mexican soccer players at an excellent level”.
Therefore, for the next CONCACAF Nations Leaguethe Mexican National Teamdirected by Javier ‘Vasco’ Aguirrehas summoned six players of the Machinemaking it the basis of the national team, something that did not happen for 23 years!
Among those summoned, stand out Jorge Sanchez, Carlos Rodriguez, Erik Lira, Luis Romo, Alexis Gutierrez y Angel Sepúlvedaon his return to Tricolor after his last call in 2017under the direction of Juan Carlos Osorioactual DT of Tijuana.
It will be the next few days of November 15 and 19when Mexico face Honduras in quarter finals in San Pedro Sula in the ida and in Toluca in the vuelta. There he ‘Vasco’ It will have its main figures, supported on a completely Cruzazul base.
In fact, fue own Aguirre who, in his first stage in 2001turned the cement workers into the backbone of the Selectioncalling players like Oscar ‘Rabbit’ Pérez, Melvin Brown y Francisco Palenciaworld cup winners Korea-Japan 2002.
However, the list was extended to nine players; in addition to the ‘Rabbit’, Melvin y Palenciawere also summoned Tomás ‘Tiva’ Campos, Sergio Almaguer, José Alberto ‘Don Juan’ Hernández, Miguel Zepeda, Victor ‘Vitola’ Gutiérrez y Cesáreo Victorino.
Those players stood out for being part of the Blue Cross who reached the final of the Copa Libertadores 2001being “the first Mexican team to achieve it” and the first to beat the Argentines in the candy boxin it second legalthough they fell into penalties (3-1).
Today, far from competing again against teams from the CONMEBOLthe Machine seeks to close well the regular phase and reach (and at the same time overcome) los 43 points of the America in short tournamentswhich ended up catching the attention of Javier Aguirrehow does 23 years.
