The coach of the Mexican national team, Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino , revealed this Tuesday the call for the friendlies he will face in Tri against Wales and Costa Rica , however, among those absent stood out the name of Santiago Ormeño , goal scorer for Puebla, and whose services are disputed by Mexico and Peru, your other nationality; Martino was blunt and explained why he did not call him .
“We have in mind all the Liga MX players and Ormeño is one of them . What we do is that we observe the entire facet of the player during a match, we are not going for a player who has five or six goals , we are also going for his participation in the game ”, explained Martino your decision.
WILL YOU CALL ORMEÑO?
Gerardo Martino revealed to us EXCLUSIVELY if he has in mind to call the Puebla forward to the Mexican National Team 🇲🇽. # LaVozDelFutbol ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/Mzb6OzyP2k
– W Sports (@deportesWRADIO) March 10, 2021
After announcing the call for the FIFA date in March, Martino was interviewed on W station Radio, where gave his reasons why he decided to reserve the call for the second best Mexican scorer of the current Guardians 2021.
“If we are talking about a center forward, who has scored 4 or 6 goals in a championship of the phase Regular 17 dates is up to normal . We observe how it integrates into the game circuit and see if it is just a finisher. Different questions that make a number 9 “, assured the Argentine technical director.
❌DO NOT BE DECEIVED ❌
The shirts are heavy… @ santorme is NOT to Tata’s taste Martino, you like the 9 that leave the area
If with so much absence, you bet on Pulido, then there is NO future for the poblano in @ miseleccionmx
Ormeño must go with Peru
What do you think? pic.twitter.com/lwxIp8MzSs– Leo Monterd (@LeoMonterd 10) March 17, 550
Alan Pulido and Henry Martín were called for the position of center forward, in the absence of the undisputed owner of the position Raúl Jimenez . This new call in turn marks the beginning of the season, which this year raises the dispute for the Gold Cup and the qualifying rounds for the Qatar World Cup.
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