Jaime Lozano stood out for Santiago Giménez; He invited him to have fun and not put pressure on himself due to the lack of a goal.

They say that the weight of words can make the difference between success and failure. Precisely for this reason, the coach of the Mexican National Team Jaime Lozano gave the endorsement and vote of confidence to the forward Santiago Giménez, who lives moments of the thousand devils in the attack of the Mexican national team by accumulating eleven games without scoring a goal, after the 1-0 victory over Jamaica in the debut of both teams in Group B of the Copa América 2024.

Jaime Lozano, in a press conference before the media covering this continental tournament that takes place in several cities in the American Union, He sent a message to the starting striker of Feyenoord in the Netherlands to calm down and not listen to the criticism and attacks against him.

“It made the whole country happy, it defined another Gold Cup for Mexico. There are games in which we have not been able to generate as much, the clearest options were on the second line. Jamaica was very deep, with three centre-backs. Santi did a good job, he has to be calm, I spoke with him yesterday, he is helping us a lot, he shouldn’t be obsessed, he should enjoy this Cup.”

Lush Regarding the so-called “Bebote” he also added that: We hope he is a forward of the era. You have to go calmly, this is his first important tournament as a starter and I am sure that important things will come for him.”

Jimmy highlighted that in the Mexico team there are many players with personality and that They will be able to assume the role left vacant by Edson Álvarez due to the injury he suffered in the opening match of the Aztec team last Saturday in a duel held in the city of Houston, Texas.

Giménez has not scored a goal since the last Gold Cup in 2023, when he decided the title in the match against Panama. when “Chaquito” jumped from the substitutes’ bench to score the goal of the championship after beating Panama 1-0. However, after that goal, the attacker was unable to score with the representative.

New leaders to fill the role of Edson Álvarez

“On the other hand, Jaime Lozano also referred to the player or players who could occupy the leadership role that Edson Álvarez had in the Mexican National Team. and now, given the injury to the West Ham United midfielder in the match against Jamaica, he will allow other players to assume that role.

“There are several, I think we have many leaders, I always mention it, some needed this empowerment, to know they had the most experience, assume the role, now it is César Montes’ turn, he is going to help them a lot. Also Julio González, Johan Vázquez I like to see football from back to front and they are the ones of stability, that’s how the last game showed, it’s a hard blow to lose your captain, but the team stabilized quickly, I like to talk, it’s César’s turn, they are players They are reliable, they are some of the players who most understand what we are looking for, Orbelín Pineda and Luis Chávez, they have to assume that role,” he concluded.

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