Sunday, November 10

Gignac could face Mexico at the Tokyo Olympics


The French newspaper L’Equipe assured that the French coach, Sylvain Ripoll, included in the pre-call for Tokyo 2021 to the striker of Tigres de UANL, André-Pierre Gignac

Gignac podría enfrentar a México en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokyo
Andre Pierre Gignac played vs. Mexico at the World Cup in South Africa in 2010.

Photo: Hector Vivas / Getty Images

Juan Chourio

There is less and less to the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 , the kick-off of the soccer tournament will start on 22 July 2021, day in which the Mexican National Team will face France in Group A shared with South Africa and the hosts, Japan.

Due to measures taken by COVID – 19, the coaches of the national teams must expand the list of players before the final cut-off. In this way, the French newspaper L’Equipe assured that the French coach, Sylvain Ripoll, included in the pre-call for Tokyo 2020 to the striker of Tigres de UANL, André-Pierre Gignac.

André-Pierre Gignac on the liste élargie pour les JO de Tokyo

L’avant-center français des Tigres de Monterrey figure on the liste élargie transmise au CNOSF by Sylvain Ripoll, the selectionneur de l’équipe de France Espoirs https: // t .co / WlcfX1OYJI pic.twitter.com/CTAhP7mOgJ

– L’ÉQUIPE (@lequipe) May 9, 2020

Despite Gignac had a Guard1anes Tournament 2021 quite irregular , in which Tigres could not enter the Liguilla after losing 0-1 vs. Atlas in the play-off match, coach Ripoll considers him as one of the possible reinforcements.

And it is that the Clausura 2021 has been the worst season for the Frenchman, who arrived at The Tigers in 2015 from Olympique de Marseille. Gignac only scored three goals: one against León, another against Puebla and the last against Rayados in the last Clásico Regio.

It would be the second time that Gignac faces Mexico

Andre-Pierre Gignac
Andre-Pierre Gignac. / AFP

If their inclusion in the list of those summoned by France for the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, and if Gignac sees minutes, it would be l The second time that the Tigres forward faces the Mexican national team.

The first time was at the World Cup in South Africa 2010 in the Group Phase, a match that won the Tri 2-0 thanks to the goals of Javier “Chicharito” Hernández and Cuauhtémoc Blanco