The Mexican Javier Aguirrecoach of Mallorcaaffirmed this Tuesday that he has “a lot of faith” that the selection of Mexico “break a barrier” and can become “among the eight best teams” of the Qatar World Cup.
“Mexico has prepared wellalthough it has a difficult group (C) with Argentina, Poland and Saudi Arabia. But I have a lot of faith that we can finally reach the quarterfinals, since in the last seven World Cups we have always stayed there, on the shore”, he emphasized. Aguirre in the press conference prior to the match that his team will play this Wednesday against Atletico Madrid in the Visit Mallorca Stadium.
The Vasco Aguirre has experiences in World Cupssince he directed the Mexican team in the World Cup Korea-Japan 2002 y South Africa 2010staying in the round of 16 in both competitions, losing to United States and Argentinarespectively.
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Candidates to win the World Cup
Asked about the teams that he considers favorites to raise the world Cup, Aguirre He mentioned “the usual ones”.
“Brazilof course, Argentina of course, too French Spain; There are five or six teams that are always in the pools, those that have been world champions. There may be an African surprise and hopefully also a team from the concacaf y be Mexico the surprise”, said the former coach of the Aztec team.
Mexico will debut in the Qatar World Cup on November 22 in front of Poland. Four days later it will be measured at Argentina and will close their participation in the group stage against Saudi Arabia The 30th of November.
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Matches of Mexico in the World Cup:
Mexico vs Poland
- Date: November 22
- Venue: Stadium 974
- Time: 10:00 a.m. Central Mexico time
Mexico vs Argentina
- Date: November 26
- Venue: Lusail Stadium
- Time: 1:00 p.m. Central Mexico time
Mexico vs Saudi Arabia
- Date: November 30
- Venue: Lusail Stadium
- Time: 1:00 p.m. Central Mexico time
Prelist of the Mexican National Team:
- Guillermo Ochoa
- Rodolfo Cota
- Alfredo Talavera
- Kevin Alvarez
- Johan Vasquez
- Jesus Angulo
- Hector Moreno
- Nestor Araujo
- Cesar Montes
- gerardo arteaga
- Jesus Gallardo
- Jorge Sanchez
- Robert Alvarado
- Edson Alvarez
- Luis Chavez
- Uriel Antuna
- Hector Herrera
- Orbelin Pineda
- Luis Romo
- carlos rodriguez
- Eric Sanchez
- Diego Laínez
- Andres Guardado
- Erick Gutierrez
- Alexis Vega
- Hirving Lozano
- Jesus Manuel Corona
- Raul Jimenez
- Rogelio Funes Mori
- Henry Martin
- Santiago Gimenez
With information from EFE.