The Mexican coach Jaime Lozano is still not clear If he can count on Julián Quiñones and Johan Vásquez for this Sunday’s match for the final of the Concacaf Nations League in which El Tri will be facing off against the United States National Team.
Both players had an outstanding performance in Friday’s Mexican victory against Panama (0-3) in which the Águilas del América forward made his debut as a scorer with the Aztec team. However, the duo of players finished the match in Dallas with physical discomfort.
According to a report by TUDN journalist, Gibrán Araige, in these two cases the next few hours will be decisive to know if they can be part of the game for the duel against the Americans at the AT&T Stadium, current defending champions of the contest.
“This result is important and also how the solid team showed itself behind and forward, also the forcefulness. It is important that the team is like this and now it is time to rest to think about the final”Julián Quiñones commented after the game, showing his desire to be in the next game.
In the event that Julián Quiñones does not arrive on time, his absence would open the door for Santiago Giménez to have playing time against the United States. The Feyenoord striker in the Eredivisie was left without action during the victory against Panama, which caused discomfort for the 22-year-old player.
The cameras captured the “Bebote” showing his disagreement at not entering instead of Johan Vásquez in the 80th minute in what was the last change for El Tri in the match. Giménez appeared crestfallen and kicked to the side when he knew that he would not enter the field of play.
Another who is left out for the Nations League final is full-back Julián Araujo. The Las Palmas player in LaLiga left Friday’s game with physical discomfort, so the option that the Mexican coach would be using is to use Jorge Sánchez.
The Porto defender could not be in front of the Panamanians as he was complying with a sanction date, which would have prevented him from being in action as Jaime Lozano contemplated. In this way, he has free rein to regain his position on the right side of the Mexican team.
The Mexican National Team will face the United States this Sunday in the final of the Concacaf Nations League. The American team has won both editions of the tournament that have been held so far and already beat El Tri in the final played in 2021 by winning 3-2.
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