Girona, the last station of the Tricolor prior to the World Cup

The Mexican team has already had its first training session in Girona, Spain, within the facilities of the PGA complex in Catalonia, where it refines the last details to face the Qatar 2022 matches against Poland, Argentina and Saudi Arabia, respectively.

After the end of the activity in the Liga MX, the 19 elements that played in the Apertura 2022 and that are in the call, left last Monday, October 31, to start the last concentration that Gerardo Martino will have in his cycle with the national team. In addition, another 15 young players who will have international experience in Qatar 2022 by training with the first team also arrived.

Among the players who are already concentrated, the captains Guillermo Ochoa and Héctor Moreno stand out, as well as the recent champions of the first division: Kevin Álvarez, Luis Chávez and Erick Sánchez. On the part of the youngsters, they were led by Emilio Lara and Sebastián Pérez Bouquet, revelations from América and Chivas respectively, in addition to Mauricio Isais, a key player in the Pachuca title.

There will be 16 days in which the Mexican team will be in the European complex and right there the final list of 26 players who will attend the World Cup will be known. The Argentine coach must discharge five footballers on November 14, the date on which the chosen footballers who play in other divisions outside the Mexican will also join.

Along with the national squad, Martino did not travel, as he was already in Spain to analyze the possibilities that Jesús Manuel Corona could be called up for the World Cup. Another of the most important doubts in Tata’s final list is about Raúl Jiménez, who recently worked with the ball at the Wolves sports complex and would arrive just at the international fair.

Iraq will be Mexico’s first rival as the last phase of preparation for the World Cup. The match against the Asian team will be on November 9 at the Municipal Montivili stadium. Later they will be measured against Sweden on the 16th of the month mentioned as a final exam and with the 26 selected chosen to look for a good performance in Qatar.

One day after the friendly match against the European team, the Mexican team will travel to the Middle East to settle in prior to their debut in the prestigious tournament. Poland will be the first rival of the national team on November 22.