‘Tata’ Martino will lead the Tri Sub-23 with ‘reinforcements’ against Panama

The team that will participate in Tokyo will face Panama in Nashville, the direction of the Argentine coach lowered

Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino is getting ready to lead the Under-23 Mexican National Team that will face the Panama National Team on June 30, already with the major reinforcements: Luis Romo, Guillermo Ochoa and Henry Martín.

In the match against the canal team, a rival that in theory was going to be for him Tri greater and that will finally be measured to the Olympic Selection, it will be Gerardo Martino who directs, while it is not ruled out that Jaime lozano serve as your helper.

The Mexican Soccer Federation announced on Saturday a call for 45 players for the games against Panama and against Nigeria on July 3, drawing attention to the fact that on this list there was a mix of selected Under 23s and older.

It should be noted that the comparison before Panama The Tri Olímpico will face it, while Nigeria it will be measured to the senior team.

TRAVEL THE 23 HEADED BY THE ‘TATA’

The Mexican team will concentrate next Tuesday at the CAR, where players such as Rogelio Funes Mori, who will make his debut as a Mexican national team, Andrés Guardado and Héctor Herrera, among other majors, with youth elements, such as José Joaquín Esquivel and Jesús Angulo, among several others.

In this way, the U-23 must travel to the United States on June 28 for the game against the Panamanians, with the inclusion of the three major reinforcements.

You must do it with a group of 23 players, which will be led by Gerardo Martino.

The game will take place at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Olympic Selection must be back in Mexico on July 1 and will continue working in the High Performance Center, to later say goodbye to Aztec lands and embark on their adventure in Tokyo 2020, but not before playing against New Zealand, also in the United States .

And SANTIAGO GIMÉNEZ?

On the other hand, the case of Santiago Gimenez, forward of Cruz Azul.

‘Santi’ Giménez was not summoned for this concentration and this could be an indication that he would not be finally contemplated for the next Olympic Games.

The player suffered a slight calf injury with the U-23 itself on his recent trip to Marbella, but he received a medical discharge a few days ago, so he was theoretically in a position to concentrate with the Mexican team.

However, it is not easy for it to be considered for Tokyo because Jaime Lozano’s team has a player like José Juan Macías, who will hardly miss the Olympic event.

In addition, we must not forget that the cruzazulino was called up practically at the last minute by Lozano for the recent European tour of the youth tricolor, for the games against Romania, Saudi Arabia and Australia.

Despite the above, the ‘Tata’ Martino had Santiago Giménez under observation as a possibility of taking him to the Gold Cup, although everything could have changed for him with the call of the naturalized and Argentine by birth, Rogelio Funes Mori.