The Pumas goalkeeper provides his first minutes with El Tri at 33 years outdated in his fifth call-up beneath the orders of Jaime Lozano.
Julio González had been left on the bench within the friendlies in opposition to Ghana, Germany and Colombia, in addition to within the second leg of the Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinals in opposition to Honduras, and within the Ultimate 4 in opposition to Panama and america.
The Santos Laguna youth participant will probably be Mexico’s second goalkeeper for the 2024 Copa América, behind Luis Malagón and forward of Raúl Rangel.
The Pumas goalkeeper performed in opposition to Bolivia with a particular glove, the left one, which has 4 areas to retailer his fingers as an alternative of 5.
It is because a while in the past, González suffered a fracture in one in every of his fingers and on the time determined to not have surgical procedure to proceed being energetic with Pumas.
The goalkeeper started taking part in with two fingers of his left hand bandaged, so the model that sponsors him designed a particular glove for him.
Gibrán Araige, from TUDN, stories that González is at present not fractured, however that he continues to make use of the particular gloves as a result of he obtained used to taking part in like that, though there is also some type of cabal.
