Martino against Europe: the “Tata” showed his annoyance after the European clubs did not deliver the Mexican players

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European clubs represented a big headache during this FIFA date . The national teams have been affected because the teams decided not to give up their players for this round of qualifying for the Qatar World Cup 2022 . One of those affected was Mexico , a selection that despite their efforts, could not count on Raúl Jiménez and Johan Vásquez . In this sense, Gerardo Martino attacked the clubs that denied the arrival of the Mexicans.

“ We have behaved in the way we understood that it was necessary to do it when Raúl was in the final part of his injury , it was true that he had not played yet, it was a risk to have it. We did not consider having it in the Gold Cup if it was not to play and sometimes that reciprocity is often overlooked “, Said the Argentine coach at the press conference prior to the duel between Mexico and Jamaica.

📄 | NOTE @ Raul_Jimenez9 will not be part of our concentration for the moment . @ santigim 10 enters instead to the party 🆚 🇯🇲.

Here more info. ➡️ https://t.co/T9IDdylWiI #PassionandPride | # FMFporOurFootball pic.twitter.com/Mve4pNE4XH

– National Team (@miseleccionmx) September 1, 2021

Faced with this situation, the “Tata” regretted the absence of his forward and also stressed the importance of his footballer within the Aztec squad. Martino acknowledged that it will be difficult for him to Premier League attacker can return to “El Tri” in the following duels.

“ It is vital for us to have Raúl . After the skull fracture, he hasn’t been with us for a long time. We were in permanent contact with him, he really wants to be at the start of the qualifying rounds and now the Federation continues with the steps that must be followed. I do not have a position on the possibilities that Raúl will be in the following matches “, he added.

Finally, the Argentine coach spoke about the absence of a couple of players who play in Serie A in Italy. Hirving Lozano and Johan Vásquez will not be part of the template. However, Martino spoke about the “apparent” injury suffered by the Genoa defender that prevented him from being part of the squad.

“ Lozano stated that he was not at 100% and remove it from the list. Johan is due to an injury that he apparently dragged after the Olympic Games , but there is also a situation with the club and in our desire to create the best conditions for him at Genoa, we do not deepen “, concluded the coach.

📄 | NOTE

We started our preparation for the Qualifiers heading to 🇶🇦 2022! ⚽️ 🇲🇽

For this concentration, @ Johanvasquez 10 caused casualty; his place will be taken by @ catadominguez 04 . 🔛

More info. 👉🏻 https://t.co/qV6WFBdjxU #PasiónyPride | # FMFporOurFootball pic.twitter.com/WS0sBnfTpW

– National Team (@miseleccionmx) August 30, 2021

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