Not be on a list of the top 45 players in Mexico currently only confirming that the issue of Javier Hernández in the National Team is not a football issue. Chicharito is today the top scorer of the MLS with eight goals in nine games, but that did not give him the necessary arguments to return to Tri and in his place will be Rogelio Funes Mori.
The Argentine, nationalized Mexican a few days ago, won a place in the squad of Gerardo Martino after the Aztec team suffered for a long time the absence of a killer. There have been many clashes between the fans -as in past years-, but For Chicharito it is not about questioning whether Funes Mori deserves to be there or not, for whatever factor they like, but about supporting him for the simple fact of wanting to wear the colors of the country.
“As always, to a player who is Mexican and a colleague by profession, I always wish him the best and hopefully he can break it and help the National Team a lot, which is why they are calling him, so that he can help that team. I wish you the most positive in Selection”Said the LA Galaxy forward at a press conference prior to the Cali Clásico.
Martino has pointed out on several occasions that Hernández has not been closed the doors of the National Team and, while he will seek to return that place as the best scorer in the history of the same, Funes Mori will bear the great responsibility of -in the first instance- being Mexico’s top scorer and being a key player to obtain the Gold Cup.
When would Funes Mori’s legacy begin in El Tri?
With games in preparation for the Gold Cup, Rogelio Funes Mori would not have to wait for July to have his first game with the Mexican National Team; Mexico will play against Panama and Nigeria. Later on, unlike El Salvador, which already knows his group rival for the first match, the forward still has to wait to meet his, since, in the opening of the tournament from AT&T Stadium, the Aztecs will face each other. faces with one of the qualifiers from the preliminary rounds of the contest.