Mexico ‘get tough’, join the camp or miss the World Cup | OneFootball

Quite a soap opera has unfolded around the Mexican National Team over the last couple of days, just before the training camp they have scheduled with 20 Liga MX players.

Even before the tournament began, the decision was made that 20 Liga MX players would be called up starting May 6 with the goal of having a long training camp ahead of the World Cup, and everything had been arranged that way.

But everything changed because Toluca requested that its players (Vega and Gallardo) be allowed to take part in the second leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinal against LAFC, and the response from Mexico’s coaching staff was positive, allowing them to play.

Given this situation, Chivas owner Amaury Vergara issued a statement saying that he asked his players to report back to the club since the agreements were not respected by all clubs.

This was escalating, and there was already talk that everyone would ask for their players to return, including América, but before something like that could happen, Javier Aguirre put a stop to the situation.

Show up or miss out on the World Cup.

Through a statement, the Mexican Football Federation took a firm stance and assured that anyone who does not report today at 08:00 PM to the Mexican National Team camp will be left out of the World Cup squad.

Everyone is expected to report; the only question is whether the Chivas players will do so, since they were seen this morning at the club’s facilities. If they do not, they will be left out of the World Cup, and we will surely learn their replacements in the coming days.

The rest of the teams did not ask for their national team players to return, so they will report without any issues, just as Israel Reyes will.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.