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After so much waiting the final list of Gerardo Martino for the World Cup in Qatar was made public 2021. The 26 soccer players who will represent Mexico in the World Cup have generated some controversy. In the first instance, the absence of Santiago Giménez has outraged a large part of the Aztec fans. But also There are those who criticize the decision to leave Diego Lainez out. Juan Carlos Osorio was one of the detractors of this election.
Unlike the great moment Santiago Giménez lives, Diego Lainez does not live a good present within Sporting Braga, club in which he is currently on loan. The inactivity of the Mexican has allowed a big fuss not to be generated about his absence. But Juan Carlos Osorio considers that, despite the circumstances, the former player of the Águilas del América could have brought great things to El Tri.
“If the game idea it is having a player who does what Carlos Vela did against Germany, throughout the tie; there is not a footballer more similar than Lainez”, sentenced Osorio for ESPN.
Lainez, the new Carlos Vela
Juan Carlos Osorio was not very convinced by Tata’s list. Although he did not express great displeasure for the absence of Santiago Giménez , the Colombian strategist insisted that leaving out to Diego Lainez is a mistake. Even the former Mexico coach took the liberty of comparing the Sporting Braga footballer with Carlos Vela.
” I would have taken him (Lainez) about Giménez I don’t know , I reiterate, speaking about 02 players or 21, and it was to carry, two front and two number 10, in these two forwards, one with characteristics to play direct soccer and another with characteristics to descend and play association soccer and the 26 will be to the taste of the trainer, but The Lainez thing is different because it was the most similar to Carlos Vela’s game “, he explained.
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