FRIENDLY SOCCER: MEXICO-GUATEMALA
Mexico City, Apr 21 (EFE) .- Dual nationality players Marcelo Flores, from the English Arsenal, and Jonathan Gómez, from the Spanish Royal Society, stand out in this Thursday’s call for the Mexican soccer team that will face the 27 from April to Guatemala in a friendly match in Orlando, Florida.
The Argentine Gerardo Martino, coach of Mexico, chose 20 players, mostly from the local League as it was not a FIFA date, to face Guatemala at the Camping World stadium, a meeting that will mark the beginning of the preparation of the Tri to the Qatar World Cup .
Flores, a midfielder who was born 18 years ago in Canada, has come through Arsenal’s youth ranks and received his first call-up to the Gunner first team on April 4 when he was left on the bench in a match against Crystal Palace.
This is Martino’s second call to Flores. The first was in December in a friendly match against Chile.
Full-back Gómez received his first call-up for Martino to try to dissuade him from playing for his native United States team, for which he made his debut in December in a friendly against Bosnia-Herzegovina.
In addition to Flores and Gómez, the other player who does not play in the Mx League is David Ochoa, goalkeeper for the American Real Salt Lake.
– These are the ones summoned by Gerardo Martino:
Goalkeepers: Carlos Acevedo (Santos Laguna) and David Ochoa (Real Salt Lake-USA).
Defenses: Jesús Angulo (Tigres), Jonathan Gómez (Real Sociedad-ESP), Luis Olivas (Guadalajara), Israel Reyes (Puebla), Kevin Álvarez (Pachuca) and Arturo Ortíz (Pumas).
Midfielders: Erick Aguirre (Monterrey), Roberto Alvarado and Fernando Beltrán (Guadalajara), Luis Chávez and Erick Sánchez (Pachuca), Sebastián Córdova (Tigres), Marcelo Flores (Arsenal-GBR), Erik Lira (Cruz Azul), Jordan Carrillo ( Santos Laguna) and Alejandro Zendejas (America).
Forwards: Eduardo Aguirre (Santos Laguna) and Santiago Giménez (Cruz Azul).
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