Former German defender Lothar Matthaus, champion in Italy 1990, took the ball out of ciborium 2 that placed Mexico in the same group as the last Copa América champion.
The clash against Mexico will be on Saturday, November 26 for the second date at the Education City in Doha, at 10.
Mexico finished second in the Concacaf standings, with 28 points, and in the course of the competition received questions that questioned Martino’s continuity.
The president of the Mexican Soccer Federation (FMF), Yon de Luisa, assured that Martino will continue in his position, despite the rumors and the demand of a sector of the fans for a change in leadership.
The direct passage from Mexico to Qatar 2022 was settled only on the last date, with the same number of points as Canada (28), in its return to a world championship since Mexico 1986, above the United States and Costa Rica (25). ).
The “Tata” was presented in Mexico on January 7, 2019, the same year that he won his only title, the Concacaf Gold Cup. The “Tri” is the third selected by the former Newell’s DT after Paraguay (2007-2011) and Argentina (2014-2016).
Martino will face his second World Cup as coach after South Africa 2010 with Paraguay (1-0 defeat to Spain in the quarterfinals) and was unable to lead Argentina in Russia 2018.
Mexico, ninth in the FIFA ranking, has historical figures like the goalkeeper William Ochoa and the steering wheel Andrew Saved. Both were in the 2-1 defeat against José Pekerman’s Argentina, with Scaloni on the squad, in Germany 2006. Ochoa was a substitute and Guardado played as a starter. The two will go for their fifth consecutive World Cup.
England’s Wolverhampton striker Raul Jimenez is one of the figures of Mexico. On the last date of Concacaf, with the 2-0 win against El Salvador, he was accompanied in attack by the local soccer players Uriel Antuna and Alexis Vega.
Other Mexican figures are the striker Jesus Crown (Seville of Spain), the steering wheel Gerardo Arteaga (Genk from Belgium) and the defender Nestor Araujo (Celtic from Spain).
Scaloni’s Argentine National Team has already faced Martino’s Mexico. The friendly resulted in an unappealable win for the Argentine team, without Lionel Messi, 4-0 with goals from Lautaro Martínez (3) and Leandro Paredes, on September 10, 2019 in Texas, United States.
That victory for Argentina put an end to Martino’s unbeaten record as coach of Mexico after 10 wins and one draw and it is the last clash between the two so far.
With Scaloni as interim coach in place of Jorge Sampaoli, Argentina faced Mexico in two more friendlies: 2-0 (November 16, 2018) and 2-0 (November 20, 2018).
Mexico played 16 World Cups and its best productions were up to the quarterfinals, in 1970 and 1986, both as organizer. From the United States 1994 to Russia 2018, he reached the round of 16 without interruption.
Argentina and Mexico, beyond the good number of friendlies they played in history, met three times in the World Cups with “albiceleste” triumphs. The first clash took place in Uruguay 1930 with a 6-3 victory, on July 19, by group 1.
The second confrontation took place for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, on June 24, with the remembered 2-1 in the round of 16. Maximiliano Rodríguez, in extra time, scored the second goal with a formidable mid-range shot that left Ricardo Lavolpe’s team out.
The third World Cup event took place in South Africa 2010, on June 27, when Diego Maradona’s National Team, with a young Lionel Messi, won 3-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Source: Ambito
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