By: EFE Updated 27 Jan 2022, 18: 24 pm EST
Mexico’s soccer coach, Gerardo Martino, hopes that the formation of Jamaica turns to the attack on the Tri this Thursday , due to the urgency of adding points to try to reach a place in the Qatar World Cup.
“This is your last chance to get closer to qualifying, there will surely be a much more physically aggressive proposal from what we saw when we played in Mexico “, said the Argentine coach when analyzing the match of the ninth day of the octagonal final of the Concacaf qualifiers that will play at Independence Park .
In the first confrontation, last September, the Mexican team beat the Jamaican team 2-1 at the Azteca Stadium. After eight dates, the Mexican team occupies third place , which gives the right to the last direct quota that the Concacaf for the World Cup.
Tomorrow, @miseleccionmx will face Jamaica in Kingston and DT Gerardo Martino said that he is waiting for an aggressive rival
“It is one of the last opportunities to look for the 3 or 4 first places; there will be a more aggressive proposal from them because now they have a most complete squad” pic.twitter.com/LY1gNQS0ON
– Raúl Orvañanos (@RaulOrvananos) January 24,
Those of Martino have 14 units, the same as the Panama team , which they outperform on goal difference.
Jamaica is sixth with seven points.
In their two recent meetings, Mexico lost to the United States and Canada, which made it difficult for them to drop from the first position to the third. After the visit to Jamaica, El Tri will host Costa Rica and then Panama.
“No one is unaware of the situation in the one we’ve gotten ourselves into because of the two losses, but in the same way that we put ourselves in an uncomfortable situation, because of those couple of losses that hurt us a lot. We are aware that we can leave” , said the former coach of Argentina and Paraguay.
AWARE OF WHAT IS AT PLAY
“The two defeats hurt, we are aware of what we are playing for in these games. On the field we must show that we are in a position to get ahead”
🗣: Gerardo Martino, DT Mexican National Team #Mexican National Team pic.twitter.com/0hnFNOWGOs
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Martino will not be able to count on central defender César Montes, who has tested positive for the covid-18, nor with two of its forwards: the English Wolverhampton player Raúl Jiménez, who has a calf injury; as well as Hirving Lozano, from Italian Naples, who is suspended.
Despite the losses, Martino affirmed that he has the necessary men to counteract them.
“Absences are always heavy and in no case are they well received, but we have always tried to get ahead, and we will do it because it is not the selection of three soccer players, but of Mexico”, he concluded.
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