Edson Álvarez admits that Mexico is indebted to his game

Within the Mexican National Team they are aware of the mistake they made on Saturday in Puebla with the draw against Valencia (2-2) With which the bad moment that the Aztec team is going through was confirmed, from where they recognize that “they are in debt” for what they have shown so far.

own Edson Alvarez admitted the situation in the run-up to this Tuesday’s friendly El Tri against the United States National Team in Guadalajara where they will seek to clean up the image they left against a Spanish team that traveled to Mexico full of substitutes and despite that left without being defeated.

“It’s a situation that concerns us a lot, obviously I don’t know what they think, I don’t know what noises there are outside that it seems like we don’t care, but believe me it matters and it matters a lot… Clearly we know that we have owed a lot on the field”“El Machín” explained to TUDN.

Edson Álvarez, at 26 years old, is one of the top players that Javier Aguirre has in this new stage at the head of the Mexican team that he took over after the departure of Jaime Lozano after the surprising elimination in the group stage last year. Copa América 2024.

“With the arrival of Javier we are doing quite well, there are very good feelings”commented the English West Ham player who revealed that he had conversations with “Vasco” Aguirre even before he took the reins of the Mexican team.

“He told me his impressions, what he thought of me, what he expected, what I could contribute to this group, to this team. I think the group has also received it quite well”considered the midfielder that was in the duel against Valencia in Puebla and for which the Tri players were criticized.

Despite this, Edson Álvarez believes that things should be taken calmly and target young talent within the Mexico National Team, which has two years to recover its level before what will be the 2026 World Cup where they will host alongside United States and Canada.

“This is a group that needs confidence and it is difficult to have confidence when there is a lot of noise outside. Imagine with how confident you enter the field, for example, for me, for Raúl (Jiménez), for people with more experience it is not so serious but for Cotorro or Lira, which are their first games, imagine how confident you enter when you know “There’s all that noise outside.”he analyzed.

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