Mexican Selection: With Chicharito out of the picture, who are the options to replace Pulido?

Based on the list of 50 players given by ‘Tata’ Martino, he would have the option of summoning Santiago Giménez and Roberto de la Rosa

MEXICO — Gerardo Martino will have a short deck of footballers to supply Alan Pulido on the Mexican team, should the forward fail to recover from the injury that caused him to leave the field of play in Sporting Kansas City’s win over LAFC.

Based on the list of 50 players that the Argentine gave, the ‘Tata’ would have as options Santiago Giménez and Roberto de la Rosa, as the only forward centers he could call for the Gold Cup, and taking into account that Javier Hernandez it is discarded indefinitely.

Polished He was injured this Saturday in his respective MLS game and so far it is unknown if the forward will be able to be present for the preparation duels on June 30 and July 7 against Panama and Nigeria, respectively.

Of the options that exist in the pre-list of 50 players, it must be considered that the ‘Tata’ will not be able to count on the injured Jose Juan Macías, Besides that Henry Martin, Alexis Vega Y Eduardo Aguirre, who are shaping up to Tokyo 2020.

We present you the options that Tata Martino has up front to face the Gold Cup.

Possible debutants in the Senior Selection

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The ‘Chaquito’ was considered last minute for the tour of the U-23 team in Spain, but an injury prevented him from having minutes of participation with Jaime Lozano’s Tri. Giménez, 20, has not yet had action with the senior team, although he was already called up at the end of 2020 for a friendly against Guatemala, however, he remained on the substitute bench.

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The 21-year-old attacker was another of the footballers that ‘Tata’ Martino has in the Gold Cup pre-list. De la Rosa has only been in the lower teams of Mexico, but has not yet been called up for a match with the team. absolute.

OTHER OPTIONS ALREADY LISTED

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The recently naturalized Argentinean Mexican is shaping up to be the starting center forward of Tri del ‘Tata’, in the face of absences due to injury that the Aztec team has. Funes Mori could make his debut with Martino’s team in the next friendly duels on the agenda.

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The ‘Chucky’ has been in charge of carrying the offensive weight of the Mexican team in the absence of injury due to Raul Jimenez. Lozano, even though he is more used to playing close to the wing, has been the center of El Tri on several occasions.

OPTION DISCARDED BY MARTINO

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‘Chicharito’ was included in the list of 50 players for the Gold Cup. However, he no longer appeared for the last call and within the Mexican National Team they do not contemplate a call due to differences with Tata Martino. Hernández has not returned to El Tri since September 2019, when he was involved in the ‘New York Brunch’. Currently, with the Galaxy, has 10 goals in 10 matches he has played in the MLS, a figure with which he is the leader in scoring in the United States league.