The Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, as well as teams of this caliber, are too far from the radar of the Mexican national team to be included in the agenda of rivals in preparation. of the Tricolor for the 2026 World Cup.
The above was pointed out by the president of the Mexican Football FederationIvar Sisniega at the press conference where details were given of the match that the Mexican national team will play against the Spanish team Valencia, on October 12 at the Cuauhtémoc stadium.
“We have opened the door to look for rivals, High-level clubs in the main European leagues and South America. We are focused on that issue, because they have to be teams with tradition and that do not lose many players due to the FIFA date. We could say that we will look for Real Madrid, but it is a team that is left without players, just like Barcelona or Bayern Munich,” said the manager to explain the reasons for having chosen Valencia from Spain.
In this regard, he added that: “It is one of the four most important teams, Historically, in Spanish football, it is a club that loses few players during the FIFA dates, that was another aspect that we evaluated and that means that they will come practically with their starting team”
He highlighted that according to the national election calendars that are scheduled on the dates. FIFA is going to make it difficult to schedule matches for the Mexican national team between now and the 2026 World Cup, so matches with teams that are not national teams should be expected.
“The general problem we have between now and the 2026 World Cup, There are many FIFA dates that are intended for World Cup qualifying processes, it is true that there are certain dates in which there are no rivals at the national team level, so we play against the United States and Canada, permanently.
Agrees to divorce with Mexico’s fans
On the other hand, the leader acknowledged that part of the fans of the Mexican team, has stopped believing in the Aztec national team and that this is creating a distancing, as was reflected in the matches of the last FIFA date against New Zealand and Canada.
“Acknowledging a distance from the fans is part of those who do not believe in the team today. That is Javier Aguirre’s task, to let them know that the Mexican National Team is going out to give everything and we believe that if the good performances begin there will be that reunion with the Mexican fans,” he said regarding that complicated task.
The top Mexican football executive accepted that the attendance was very low at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena against New Zealand and at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas against Canada, and explained that this type of phenomenon is due to the fact that the negative wave of the defeat against the United States in the last Nations League is still continuing, as well as the poor Copa América 2024 that the so-called Tricolor had.
“There are a number of reasons, regardless of whether it is a punishment or not, perhaps the rivals did not fit in with the venues they proposed for the matches. “We have to measure the rival and the team,” said Sisniega.
In the face of these statements, the issue of the possible cancellation of the contract with the company Soccer United Marketing (SUM) was not touched upon. which has been in existence for 22 years and is valid for four more yearsbut has always been affected by the type of adversaries that have been hired in the famous MexTour of the Mexican national team.
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