The defeat of the Mexico team at the hands of the United States in the final of the Concacaf Nations League continues to leave repercussions. This time it was Santiago Giménez who gave his opinion on the professionalism of some players who live in Liga MX.
For the Feyenoord forward, who was part of the squad for the Final Four and who even played a few minutes in Sunday’s loss against the Americans, he participated in the program Desencajados on the Caliente TV channel in which he made some statements that They will raise dust.
“Bebote” made the comparison between the players who live in European football and the vast majority of those who remain within the Aztec championship, who coincidentally for this opportunity were the majority in the call of Jaime Lozano to compete in the decisive stages of the Nations League.
“Here (in Europe) being professional is normal. We are all professionals. In Mexico there are few who are professionals and they are the ones who make the difference”he blurted out Santiago Gimenez who trained in the Cruz Azul youth team, a team with which he played until making the jump to Feyenoord in 2022.
“Here it is not enough to be professional, you have to be professional and much more. They are all very professional, they love football. “They arrive at 8-9 in the morning and leave at 3 in the afternoon”added the 22-year-old forward who also touched on the topic of his absence at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
“I don’t think it was a bad play. I am very grateful to ‘Tata’ Martino. It hurt me a lot not to have gone to the World Cup. I am a human being and it was one of the plans I had, it was a dream. I felt like I was in the World Cup”recalled the Feyenoord scorer this season in the Eredivisie.
But Santiago Giménez turned that page and now aims to play his first World Cup with the Mexican National Team and what better opportunity than the 2026 World Cup that the United States, Mexico and Canada will organize together.
“I feel Mexican and having a World Cup at home is something that not all players experience in their career. For a player there is nothing more beautiful than representing his country.”stated the forward, who recently aroused controversy due to his annoyance at being left out of the game against Panama.
Santiago Giménez kicked a cooler when he reached the substitute bench in the final stretch of Mexico’s victory in the Nations League semifinals when he realized that he would not enter the match since the Mexican coach, Jaime Lozano, had exhausted all the changes.
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