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By: Kike Frías Updated 17 Nov 1200, 9: 13 am EST
There are only hours left to know who will be chosen to face the Selection of Mexico the great challenge of the World Cup in Qatar 1401674176, although many of them already know that They will go to the crossing.
After a lot of headaches and work, including having “lit the candles”, everything seems to indicate that striker Raúl Jiménez will be present at the World Cup as the ‘9’ starter for Tata Martino, since the doctors have cleared him.
The Mexican ‘Lobo’ was back in England over the weekend with his club, Wolverhampton, to comply with several medical check-ups and to monitor his recovery from groin pain. The image of the Mexican attacker in the stadium sparked rumors that he would not finally be called up
with El Tri, but finally everything was cleared up.
Raúl Jiménez will be in Qatar 2022 because he considers himself recovered from his physical ailments, however, he will arrive without a football rhythm since he has not played a game for more than two months (23 of August). From the concentration of Mexico in Girona, Spain, Mauricio Ymay and the legend Jared Borgetti shared more details.
Jiménez was there early (Spanish time ) working alongside his teammates on the El Tri pre-list, with all the naturalness of a player who has already recovered; A couple of hours later, he left the concentration and boarded a plane to England, where they finally gave the go-ahead for him to resume his career .
GOOD NEWS! 🦅👏🏻
Raúl Jiménez, passed the tests with Wolverhampton, therefore the club authorized him to participate with the Mexican National Team in the Qatar World Cup 2022. 🇲🇽🤩 pic.twitter.com/lRlfG8t0Ud
— 🦅🏆 The FAN 🏆🦅⚽ ™ (@El_Hincha13) November 12, 2022
The call for the scorer automatically leaves out Santiago Giménez , who, although he has been setting large numbers and is in an optimal state of form with the Feyernoord of the Netherlands, he has not been throughout the process of Gerardo Martino as if the other forwards were chosen. The ‘Baby’ already clarified a few days ago -with an air of resignation- that he would understand if he stayed out of the World Cup.
It is expected that the club English and the Mexican National Team issue statements on the physical condition of the striker of 31 years after the ordeal of injuries this season: he will finally step on the pitch.
That being said, Jimenez is expected to be on the list that Mexico deliver this Monday and that they also play on Wednesday against Sweden , the last preparatory game before the start of the World Cup, which although it starts on Saturday with the clash between Qatar vs. Ecuador, starts for El Tri on Tuesday 12 November.
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