The Colombian-Mexican soccer player Julian Quiñones could have his long-awaited debut with the Mexico team against the Honduras team, match valid for the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Nations League.
This news fills Mexican fans with great enthusiasm, among them the name of Cuauhtémoc Blanco, former soccer player and governor of Morelos (Mexico), who took advantage of the days before the match to praise the player of the Eagles of America.
“He is one of the best soccer players, now that he is Mexican I am glad he is there. He wants to succeed, he runs and does not get tired and that is what we need,” said the Mexican governor, as reported by El Universal de México.
Blanco assured that Quiñones will have a good performance with the tricolor team. He also took the opportunity to ask him to ignore the criticism leveled at him.
“Let him put on a diving suit and let all the criticism slip away, the important thing is that he is a great player and the only thing I wish for him is that he does well,” he concluded.
Tri players received Julián Quiñones
The players of the Mexico national team They gave an excellent reception to Julian Quiñones At the team’s concentration, his teammates indicated that they consider him as “one more Mexican.”
Luis Chavez was one of the players who spoke about the presence of Quinones in his first call-up with El Tri after receiving his naturalization letter a couple of weeks ago.
As soon as he had the approval, the Mexican strategist did not hesitate to include him in the list of 26 players to face the double date of matches. FIFA of this month.
“He has a lot of quality, he already showed it in Atlas and now he is doing it in America. He is a player who holds the ball for you, “He is good one-on-one and has a lot of goals in front of goal,” he said.
Jesus Angulo was another of the players who did not hesitate to make people feel at home. Julian Quiñones.
“He is a good player, he is a Mexican just like all of us and he is going to contribute a lot to us.”. He is going to earn his place, there are other teammates who are also doing well and whoever adds will be welcome,” said the UANL Tigres defender,” said Angulo.
This call is the first of the Colombian-Mexican Julián Quiñones, who is on the list to face Honduras on November 17 and 21 in the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Nations League in which they will seek Mexican qualification for the Copa América 2024.
Called up for the game against Honduras
Goalkeepers: Antonio Rodríguez (Tijuana), Ángel Malagón (America) and Guillermo Ochoa (Salernitana).
Defenses: Julián Araujo (UD Las Palmas), Jorge Sánchez (Porto), César Montes (Almería), Israel Reyes (America), Johan Vásquez (Genoa), Jesús Angulo (Tigres UANL), Jesús Gallardo (Monterrey) and Gerardo Arteaga (Genk ).
Midfielders: Edson Álvarez (West Ham), Erick Sánchez (Pachuca), Luis Chávez (Dinamo Moscow), Luis Romo (Monterrey), Marcel Ruiz (Toluca), Orbelín Pineda (AEK Atenas) and Uriel Antuna (Cruz Azul).
Forwards: Julián Quiñones and Henry Martín (América), Sebastián Córdova (Tigres UANL), Roberto Alvarado (Guadalajara), Hirving Lozano (PSV Eindhoven), César Huerta (Pumas UNAM), Santiago Giménez (Feyenoord) and Raúl Jiménez (Fulham).
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