Weston McKennie: “The rivalry with Mexico will be a dog fight”

Weston McKennie has had an extremely remarkable growth since he left the ‘Old Continent’ football, especially since his arrival at Juventus in Turin, where he has managed to earn a place among great figures and playing alongside the mythical Cristiano Ronaldo. The American midfielder has just won the Concacaf Nations League with the USA beating Mexico, the hated rival, and he knows that this spike will be very interesting from now on.

This was stated by the born in Little Elm, Texas in an interview for the media in Dallas, in which he stated that USMNT must be well prepared for the next games against the ‘Tri’, since it will be a coming and going in terms of triumphs and defeats.

“The rivalry we have with Mexico is one of those games that can go both ways, and soccer is a game that can go both ways. You can be at the top of your game one day and not the next. “, He said.

McKennie knows that in the past Mexico has subdued the United States for long periods of time, as well as USES It has done it with its neighbor to the south, for which it expressed that it will be a “dog fight” the one that both national teams will star in the next few years.

“We win them now, I think twice and they have beaten us, I don’t know how many times, but it’s one of those things where we always have to be ready to play against them and we always have to be mentally prepared because we know it’s going to be a dog fight. We know it’s going to require mental stability and everything, “he explained.

They must turn boys into men

“I cannot guarantee anything. I think we have made tremendous strides in terms of our growth and turn boys into men every time we face them. I think it will definitely be an exciting rivalry for years to come. “