The casualties that the Mexican National Team could experience during the first day of the qualifying rounds towards the Qatar 2022 World Cup various positions in the field will diminish. One of them is the forward, because despite being recovered from his injury, Raúl Jiménez was not authorized by his team to travel to the call-up. In that sense, Gerardo Martino considered the young man Ricardo Peppi as one of the options to strengthen the sector.
According to information from ESPN Digital, The 18-year-old forward who plays for Major League Soccer (MLS) Football Club Dallas attracted the interest of the Argentine helmsman. And is that Peppi has played games in the lower divisions with the national teams, both from Mexico and the United States., so you might be eligible for both boxes. Despite this, he would have opted for defend the colors of the tricolor.
In addition, to show the great performance he has had within the MLS, the helmsman Bob Bradley considered him to be part of the representative team of his league against Liga MX. Similarly, he had appearances at the Skills Challenge on Tuesday, August 24, where he was able to demonstrate his skills with the ball and established himself as one of the best during the tests.
The next step to finalize his future call with the Tricolor would be to request his change of federation, a quick release procedure. In case of making it happen and accumulating minutes with Martino’s absolute team, then he would definitively renounce the representation of the United States in any international competition endorsed by FIFA.
Through a statement from the Premier League, they confirmed their support for the decision of the teams to stop the call for their national teams in the midst of the health emergency. The determination applied to 60 players in 19 teams who would travel to 26 countries that make up the UK red list due to the high incidence of positive cases of COVID-19.
With this, the absence of Raúl Jiménez was confirmed, as the Wolves striker would have had to travel between Costa Rica and Panama, two countries on that list. In the case of Mexico, after remaining for a period in the amber classification, on August 4 it was transferred to the list of countries with high risk of contagion.
The decision was also supported by the Spanish soccer authorities. Hours after the communication of the Premier League, La Liga released a similar document in which they announced that “it will support in all areas the decision of the Spanish clubs not to release their players belonging to the national teams for the call. of CONMEBOL ”.
Although the decision referred to national teams in South America, it could also be extended to Concacaf. Thus, the Mexican players who would be added to the list of absences from the first round of qualifying are Héctor Herrera, José Juan Macías, Diego Lainez, Andrés Guardado and Néstor Araujo.
With determination, the Argentine strategist has been present in various stadiums of the MX League in order to attract new players who can star in the playoffs and prepare for the generational change. In that sense, in addition to the experienced players in Mexican soccer, Tata could turn to many of the players who won the bronze medal in Tokyo 2020.
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