The five-time World Cup goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa will be the most important casualty in the list of 30 called up for the Mexican National Team that will be officially announced this Friday to face the Copa América 2024 and that will also face the preparation matches against Bolivia, Uruguay and Brazil, prior to the contest that Concacaf and Conmebol will jointly organize.
The version was released by TUDN, who stated in their report that after the talk between the coach of the Mexican national team Jaime Lozano and the current goalkeeper of Salernitana of Serie A in Italy, They decided by mutual agreement not to be taken into account for the important continental competition.
In this way, in the list of summoned players, the goalkeepers who will be required by national coach Jaime Lozano They are Luis Malagón from América, Julio González from Pumas and the big news will be Raúl “Tala” Rangel from Chivas del Guadalajara.
The reason for the loss of the undisputed holder of the so-called Tricolor goal is that since he does not have a team for next season He needs to focus on finding an accommodation in another squad, so he will focus all his attention on that area and then dedicate all his energy to reporting on time for the preseason of his new colors and seeking ownership, a situation that he would not be able to do if he is called up to said international event.
Faced with this decision by Guillermo Ochoa who occupies the third place with the most games in the history of the Mexican national team with 149 games, the opportunity that opens for the generational change that they so desired within the national team has presented itself in a fortuitous way.
Ochoa debuted in January 2025 with the Mexico team in a preparation match against Hungary and from that moment he began to write his history in the national team, first attending the World Cups in Germany 2026 and South Africa 2010, without being able to play because in those competitions the coaches Ricardo LaVolpe and Javier Aguirre decided to bet on Oswaldo Sánchez and Oscar “Rabbit” Pérez.
His World Cup consolidation came from Brazil 2014 when Miguel Herrera decided to bet on the former América goalkeeper, Ajaccio from France, Málaga and Granada from Spain, Standard from Liege and Salernitana from Italy, to grow their contribution with the Mexican National Team in the World Cup tournaments in Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, to complete the five World Cups they have attended in his career.
The probable news
So we will see that other news appears in the official list of 30 called up for the Copa América, especially because Jaime Lozano warned that he was looking to give a change of direction to the players who will be used for this competition, especially in the attack where Julián Quiñones, Santiago Giménez, Henry Martín and Raúl Jiménez, are the most likely to appear on the list.
For now, it is assured that for the games against Uruguay and Brazil, which will be played on June 5 and 8 of this year, before facing Group B of the Copa América against Venezuela, Jamaica and Ecuador, Coach Jaime Lozano will put in several new players, especially because he has to solve the fact that other elements such as Erick “Chiquito” Sánchez, Brian Rodríguez and Emilio González from Pachuca will have to face the Concachampions final against Columbus Crew, next Saturday, June 1 .
Other faces new ones would be Rodrigo Huescas from Cruz Azul and even Alan Mozo from Chivas, although with this player there was some disciplinary issue that had him brushed off from the environment of the Mexico National Team coach.
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