With Guillermo Ochoa and Andrés Guardado as leaders and in the fifth World Cup of their respective careers, Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino presented this Monday the list of 26 players for the Mexican national team for Qatar-2022.
Ochoa, 37, and Guardado, 36, will join the select group of footballers present in five World Cups in Qatar-2022 after having both made their debut in Germany-2006.
In addition to Guardado, eight other players who play in European teams were cited, including three defenders: Gerardo Arteaga (Genk from Belgium), Jorge Sánchez (Ajax from the Netherlands) and Johan Vásquez (Cremonese from Italy).
Three midfielders also play in Europe: Edson Álvarez (Ajax), Erick Gutiérrez (PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands) and Orbelín Pineda (AEK Athens of Greece).
Two strikers were summoned from European clubs: Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton of England) and Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano (Napoli of Italy).
From the preliminary list of 31 players, Tata Martino ruled out one due to injury: Jesús ‘Tecatito’ Corona, Sevilla striker.
– ‘Chicharito’, outside –
The historic El Tri, forward Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández, of the Los Angeles Galaxy of the MLS, was finally left out of Martino’s call, after having played the last three World Cups (2010, 2014 and 2018).
26 players with the same dream of millions of Mexicans.
And all, with a single ? beating for him #MexicoOfMyLife in Qatar 2022. ???In this adventure… THE WHOLE COUNTRY GOES TOGETHER! ???#FMFporNuestroFútbol pic.twitter.com/ruWD562PS5
– National Team (@miseleccionmx) November 14, 2022
He also relegated Jesús Angulo, Tigres defender, Érick Sánchez, Pachuca midfielder, Diego Lainez, Sporting Braga midfielder from Portugal, and Santiago Giménez, striker for Dutch Feyenoord, current scoring leader in the Europa League, for football reasons.
In the Qatar-2022 World Cup, Mexico is part of Group C. On Tuesday, November 22, they will debut against Poland, on Saturday they will face Argentina and on Wednesday the 30th they will close against Saudi Arabia.
With this list, Mexico will try to reach the quarterfinals in Qatar to end a streak of seven consecutive World Cups in which they did not advance beyond the round of 16.
CALLED FROM MEXICO FOR QATAR-2022:
Archers: Rodolfo Cota (Lion), Guillermo Ochoa (America), Alfredo Talavera (Juarez)
Defenders: Kevin Alvarez (Pachuca), Nestor Araujo (America), gerardo arteaga (Genk), Jesus Gallardo (Monterrey), Hector Moreno (Monterrey), Cesar Montes (Monterrey), Jorge Sanchez (Ajax), Johan Vasquez (Cremonese)
Midfielders: Edson Alvarez (Ajax), Robert Alvarado (Guadalajara), Uriel Antuna (Blue Cross), Luis Chavez (Pachuca), Andres Guardado (Betis), Eric Gutierrez (PSV Eindhoven), Hector Herrera (Houston Dynamo) Orbelin Pineda (AEK Athens), carlos rodriguez (Blue Cross), louis romo (Monterrey)
Forwards: Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey), Raul Jimenez (Wolverhampton), Hirving Lozano (Napoli), Henry Martin (America) and Alexis Vega (Gudalajara).
