The Cruz Azul forward was not considered in the matches against Jamaica and Costa Rica in the Concacaf Octagonal Final despite his good streak as a scorer in Liga MX
Santiago Gimenez has been twice out of the call of the Mexican team in the Concacaf playoffs, the same number of times as Rogelio Funes Mori He has started as a starter with Gerardo Martino’s team. The Cruz Azul attacker has not been taken into account, despite having a better time than Monterrey.
In the history, Rogelio Funes Mori he boasts a goal every 182 minutes, while the Cruz Azul forward scores every 215 minutes; although in the last tournament, Santi Gimenez it is in a better moment than that of the Rayados. In the scoring table he presumes four goals, plus one assist, for three that the naturalized Mexican Argentine leads.
The ‘Chaquito ‘Gimenez He is in the sweetest of his nascent career, because in his account he boasts almost half of the goals that Cruz Azul has in the Apertura 202, four goals from nine. In the case of Rogelio Funes Mori, has three goals, but closed the last tournament with six games without scoring.
The criticism against the naturalized Argentinean Mexican arose from the fact that it took six games to break the record as top scorer for the Rayados, Humberto Suazo, and in the Gold Cup, his first tournament with Mexico, he barely scored three goals, despite the fact that was going as the possible “solution” to the lack of aim of the Mexican team.
In the case of the Cruz Azul player, he came in at the last minute to replace Raúl Jiménez, but has been sidelined from the first two games of the Concacaf Octagonal Final, against Jamaica and Costa Rica. In those same commitments, Funes mori he has lost credit by missing some of the Tricolor’s clearest opportunities and not scoring in two games.
Of the 28 summoned by Gerardo Martino, Gimenez It is the one with the most goals in the current semester. Behind of ‘Chaquito’, are Rodolfo Pizarro and Rogelio Funes Mori, both with three touchdowns, but the Inter Miami player also adds an assist. With two targets Sebastián Córdova appears; while with a goal there are three footballers: Edson Álvarez, Carlos Rodríguez and Orbelín Pineda.
Although Gimenez is the player with the most goals on the current list of the Tri, the ‘Tata’ Martino has left the squad from Cruz Azul out of the call. Has opted for Rogelio Funes Mori as a starter and by Henry Martín as a substitute.
MexicoIn the first two games of the Concacaf Octagonal Final, he has scored three goals. In 2-1 over Jamaica the scorers were Alexis Vega and Henry Martín; while Orbelín Pineda was in charge of scoring against Costa Rica.
The ‘Tata ‘Martino and Jorge Theiler have recognized that the problem of Mexican team is the definition and the solution could be in the stands, where it has remained Santi Gimenez, in the last calls.
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