César Montes will be out of Mexico to settle with Lokomotiv

Defender Cesar Montes He will leave the Mexican national team’s training camp after the game against New Zealand ends to sort out his situation Contract with Lokomotiv of Russiarevealed Tricolor coach Javier Aguirre, who gave details about this situation in a press conference.

Before starting the training prior to the match against the Oceania representative team, Aguirre said: “Montes told me that he was dead behind the national team, but that he was seeing what he wanted.” of his signing to Lokomotiv of Russia And since the registrations there close in two or three days, I authorized him to go and fix the situation.”

In the talk where for the first time in the entire week of work leading the Mexican national team he had contact with the press there in Pasadena, California, Aguirre also took time to mention three players who will be starters. against New Zealand confirming Luis Romo, Raúl Rangel and Santiago Giménez.

This decision was made at the request of an old acquaintance such as TV Azteca journalist David Medrano and there Aguirre He took time to remember old anecdotes from his time with the Mexican national team, where he also explained that he has cried three times while leading the Tricolor.

One of them after that controversial press conference a day before facing Argentina in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa where he appeared before the media very upset because the Mexican press An email had circulated saying goodbye to the World Cup, which was interpreted by Aguirre as an aggression.

It was then, and without any distance between them, that the “Vasco” appeared before cameras and microphones, full of resentment. and he spent his time answering the journalists’ questions with monosyllables and always with his head covered in a cap that did not allow him to look at anyone.

Obviously Aguirre never knew that this email was due to an invitation among all the journalists. who covered the World Cup for a barbecue like any other, But the FMF press department wanted to ingratiate itself with the “Vasco” and told him another story.

However, that moment remained engraved in the feelings of the Mexican coach and today, fourteen years later, he recalled that passage in his career. leading the Mexican national team.

Aguirre praised the presence of Rafael Márquez in Mexico’s coaching staff, noting that “Rafa has helped me a lot, he has a fantastic school as a player and coach (that of FC Barcelona)a vision of the game that he brings to me and has pleasantly surprised me. I have let him loose on the team and he does very well, he is a man of football, he has won five World Cups, he is a Champions League winner and he is Mexican, look at all his virtues.”

To finish He announced that he will use a 4-2-3-1 formation against New Zealand and he said the following: “I am looking for the possibility of playing with a midfielder behind the striker, the line of four at the back is more suited to the players we have. Tomorrow we are thinking about having two midfielders and people on the outside, to see how the players feel.”

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