The midfielder of Betis Andres Guardado (36 years old) and the forward of the Seville Jesus Manuel ‘Tecatito’ Corona (29), were included in the preliminary list of 31 players from Mexico for Qatar 2022, made public this Wednesday by the coach, the Argentine Gerardo Martino.
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Corona hastens its set-up
tecatito faces the final stretch of recovery from the injury he suffered in the middle of last August. He was operated on a fracture of the fibula and a rupture of the ligaments of the left anklesuffered during training with the Seville. He hastens his set-up to be able to arrive on time for the World Cup.
In a press conference without questions from the media, Martino summoned the Argentine naturalized Mexican Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey), to Henry Martin (America), to Santiago Gimenez (Feyenoord) and also injured Raul Jimenez (Wolves).
Jimenez He is recovering from a groin injury and although he has not had continuity with his team, he was a fundamental part of the process of daddy, which will take 15 young people with the selected group, who will help as ‘sparring’ and gain experience towards the future. The last day to define the final 26 that will attend Qatar will be November 14.
Framed in Group C
Mexico It is part of Group C of the Qatar World Cup, in which it will debut on November 22 against Polandthe 26 of will be measured with Argentina and on the 30th he will close his participation in the first round against Saudi Arabia.
Prelist of Mexico for the World Cup in Qatar 2022:
- goalkeepers: Guillermo Ochoa (America), Alfredo Talavera (Juarez FC), Rodolfo Cota (Leon).
- defenses: Kevin Alvarez (Pachuca), Jesús Angulo (Tigres UANL), Néstor Araujo (America), Grardo Arteaga (Genk), Jesús Gallardo (Monterrey), Héctor Moreno (Monterrey), César Montes (Monterrey), Jorge Sánchez (Ajax), Johan Vasquez (Cremonese)
- Midfielders: Edson Alvarez (Ajax), Roberto Alvarado (Guadalajara), Uriel Antuna (Cruz Azul), Luis Chávez (Pachuca), Andrés Guardado (Real Betis), Erick Gutiérrez (Eindhoven), Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo), Diego Lainez (SC Braga), Orbelín Pineda (Atenas FC), Carlos Rodríguez (Blue Cross), Luis Romo (Monterrey), Erick Sánchez (Pachuca)
- strikers: Jesús Manuel Corona (Seville), Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey), Santiago Giménez (Feyenoord), Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Hirving Lozano (Napoli), Henry Martin (America), Alexis Vega (Guadalajara).
