Mexico with a storm in sight: Malagón on the bench and Henry Martín on the stands

The technician of the Mexico team Javier Aguirre He will have to face the storm that can be generated within the internal environment by deciding for his first official duel at the head of the Tricolor that Guillermo Ochoa is the starter instead of the Americanist Luis Malagón and at the same time sending the also Americanist to the stands. Henry Martin.

A decision that will clearly generate a lot of controversy because everyone believed that Aguirre would opt for the youth of Malagón to be trained in hostile and complicated environments like the one that will be experienced at the Francisco Morazán stadium in San Pedro Sula.

Furthermore, also Basque will have to face the questions why he decided to send to the stands the player who has the most minutes under his belt, such as Henry Martín in Mexico’s attack, and opt for Guillermo Martínez from Pumas and Ángel Sepúlveda as substitutes against the Catracho team.

Without a doubt, in case the América striker and scorer is not injured and that this has caused his absence from the players to be called up among the 23 players who could be taken into account in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Nations League.

The different unofficial versions assure that the decision did not sit well with Henry Martín, due to that he didn’t see the point of making the trip to Honduras and he would have preferred to stay to coach América if he did not have the confidence of the national coach.

Obviously, both decisions will raise a lot of dust and especially if Mexico fails to beat Honduras, the atmosphere It will be heavier for a coach like Javier Aguirre, that in his two previous trials in 2002 and 2010 he also had controversial decisions and endured like the good guys.

On the issue of Guillermo Ochoa, Aguirre undoubtedly respected the hierarchy and trajectory of Memo Ochoa to send a message to Malagón himself, to Raúl “Tala” Rangel, Carlos Acevedo and Julio González, who will have to do much more to be starters and be able to take Memo Ochoa’s place.

Especially because beyond his age, the experience of five World Cups cannot be bought in a pharmacy. and that in the end has a lot of influence, since Ochoa, in addition to playing as a starter in the 2014 Brazil, 2018 Russia, and Qatar 2022 World Cups, assisted in the groups of Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010, but above all he was key in the international matches, being a key player in Mexico.

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