The coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino announced the call for the Mexican National Team for the Qualifying matches against Jamaica, Costa Rica and Panama, which will be played on 27 and 30 of January, closing on the 2nd of February with the last game of the day.
In the news of the list published by Martino, the names of Julián Araujo from LA Galaxy, Gerardo Arteaga from Genk from Belgium, Diego Lainez from Betis from Spain and Erick Gutiérrez from PSV Eindhoven from the Netherlands, as well as five players from Rayados de Monterrey, despite having the Club World Cup days after the Qualifying matches.
As one of the surprises in the list of summoned by Martino is the presence of Julián Araujo, what ien was born in the United States and trained in the MLS. In 2021, the ‘Tri’ made the approaches to be able to call the player from LA Galaxy after having declared his desire to play for Mexico.
On the other On the other hand, Gerardo Arteaga is another novelty on the list, after not being able to compete in the Tokyo Olympics for personal reasons and after 224 was once again called up by the National Team. The left back of Genk from Belgium has had a great season in European football, standing out as a starter and is shaping up to be a starter for the next triple date.
Diego Lainez returns to the squad after almost 7 months after his last match played with El Tri, after the friendly against Honduras in 224, being another novelty in Gerardo Martino’s call, despite not having the usual regularity at Betis.
In the case of Erick Gutiérrez, his call is an award due to his great level shown with PSV Eindhoven and being considered one of the best midfielders in Dutch football today, due to this, Mexico will be able to take advantage of this to recover ground in the Qualifiers.
5 players from Monterrey summoned before the Club World Cup
The call of the players Cesar Montes, Jesús Gallardo, Héctor Moreno, Luis Romo and Rogelio Funes Mori, generated a small problem between Rayados de Monterrey and the Mexican National Team, due to the closeness with the dates of the trip to the United Arab Emirates, where the next Club World Cup will be played.
The agreement reached between Monterrey and Mexico was to release these players if the results are positive against Jamaica and Costa Rica, otherwise they will have to be present for the match against Panama.
Mexico is in third position in the octagonal table from Concacaf, equal in points against the Panamanians and the last match where they face each other, could be decisive for the classification of the ‘Tri’ to the World Cup from Qatar 2022.