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Cuauhtémoc Blanco, out of Andrés Guardado's historic XI in the Mexico national team

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By Edgardo Avelar

Updated: Jun 21, 2024, 04:14 AM EDT Published: Jun 20, 2024, 9:10 PM EDT

In a very surprising way, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, one of the players with the greatest impact in the history of the Mexican national team, was omitted by the five-time World Cup winner Andrés Guardado in his list of 11 best of all times of the Aztec national team that he made known through a talk he had with the Mexican influencer “Escorpión Dorado”.

Guardado, participant for Mexico in the universal tournaments in Germany 2006, South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014, Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, He only considered in his list of 11 best players on the Mexican national team elements who shared matches with him at some point in the green shirt.

However, it is undoubtedly strange that Cuauhtémoc Blanco does not appear in Guardado’s relationship, since he had him as an adversary for several seasons.since the former Atlas defender had him as a teammate in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, when coach Javier Aguirre called them up for the tournament held on the African continent.

Obviously, Blanco’s absence reinforces the idea that has always been around in the Mexican football environment. regarding the fact that all those players who had some closeness with the former coach of the Mexico national team in Germany 2006, Ricardo Antonio La Volpe, marked their line with respect to Cuauhtémoc Blanco.

Saved in the talk with the comedian, who is one of the most popular content generators in Mexico, he chose the following eleven players such as Memo Ochoa, Claudio Suárez, Rafael Márquez, Pavel Pardo and Carlos Vela, among others.

The reality is that the fact that Claudio Suárez and Jesús Arellano appear and, on the other hand, Oswaldo Sánchez and Cuauhtémoc Blanco, no, It generates many suspicions, especially because Oswaldo was one of its biggest promoters during his stay in the so-called Tricolor in the 2006 World Cup, but as he says, tastes break genres.

Without a doubt, Cuauhtémoc Blanco will continue to divide opinions in Mexican soccer, as there will be some who accept him and others who have never agreed with his style on the field. but no one can deny the influence he had in nearly 15 years as part of the Aztec national team.

Not long ago, another World Cup winner in Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018, like Miguel Layún, also did not take Cuauhtémoc Blanco into account in his ideal players in the Tricolor, since he put Javier “Chicharito” Hernández above the former América figure and the most influential players of the Mexico team, such as Cuauhtémoc Blanco.

Blanco was a World Cup player in France 1998, Korea and Japan 2002 and South Africa 2010. missing the 2006 Germany tournament due to a controversy over personality and egos with the Argentine coach Ricardo Antonio La Volpe.

Cardiff, Wales, March 27, 2021. Andrés Guardado (Mex), during the preparation match between the Wales National Team and the Mexico National Team, held at the Cardiff City stadium.  Photo: Imago7/Etzel Espinosa
Andrés Guardado announced his controversial historical ideal eleven of the Mexican national team in which Oswaldo Sánchez and especially Cuauhtémoc Blanco do not appear
Credit: Etzel Espinosa | Imago7

Andrés Guardado’s Eleven

This is Andrés Guardado’s ideal eleven in the Mexico national team.

Goalie: Guillermo Ochoa

Defenses: Rafael Márquez, Claudio Suárez, Carlos Salcido and Ricardo Osorio

Midfielders: Pavel Pardo, Andrés Guardado and Héctor Herrera

Fronts: Carlos Vela, Jesús Arellano and Javier Hernández

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