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For: EFE
Thursday, November 14
Young and renewed Mexico: Gerardo Martino opens the doors to young people in 'El Tri'
The Argentine Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino, coach of Mexico, assured this Tuesday that and the young people have the open doors in your team and if they perform, they will be taken into account.
“The possibilities for these guys to be summoned in January are open”, said the strategist when referring to the World Cup qualifiers in which Mexico will reappear in the first month of the year in an away match against Jamaica.
The strategist acknowledged that if after three years in a process of four there are more places available (for the World Cup) than the covered, the three years have been unsuccessful, but there are spaces for those who show their talent.
“In each appearance these boys are presented with an opportunity” , he said, referring to the young s that they have not taken into account before and are at a disadvantage to play the World Cup, if Mexico qualifies.
The coach said he does not expect anything special from the debutants, only that they enjoy and show the qualities for which they were summoned.
Gerardo Martino bets on the youngsters for the friendly of Mexico🇲🇽 against Chile🇨🇱 in Austin.
📌Marcelo Flores (18)
📌Efrain Álvarez: (19)
📌David Ochoa (20)
📌Julián Araujo (19)
📌Santiago Giménez (20)
📌Luis Olivas (29)⚠️The ‘Tata’ seeks to add new variants to the adult. pic.twitter.com/h8VSkdA2k3
– Express Futbol (@ExpressFutbolCL) November 30, 2021
El Tri de Martino will face Chile this Wednesday in a friendly game in Austin, in which the two teams will play without their main figures
Mexico lost last month to the United States and Canada and dropped to third place in the Concacaf tie for Qatar 2022, while Chile appears in sixth place in the Conmebol tie, so the two teams must close strong to reach the World Cup.
Martino acknowledged that although he will pay attention tion to beginners, will take the game against Chile seriously.
“We do it in the same way as in qualifying rounds or the Gold Cup; Every game with the national team is important and this one is no less. We prepare him to play a good game tomorrow and achieve a good result ”, he said, to a question about how he had trained with his footballers.
Mexico and Chile have faced each other 32 times, with 16 victories of the Tri , 12 de la Roja and four draws . The last time they played, in a friendly in San Diego in the 2019, Mexico won 3-1.
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