Mexico Football Fans

Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Raul Jimenez is being rumored to be actively pursuing a career away from the West Midland. The Mexico international has had stints at Atletico Madrid and is believed to be favoring a return to Spain above every other option out there.

After trying out his hand at Atletico, the presence of much established strikers made it impossible to become Diego Simeone’s number choice as striker. Benfica was the Mexican forward’s next stop but even the Iberians felt he didn’t align with how they wanted to play and what they expect from him as a striker. A loan to Wolves was the best deal they could come up with and after being impressed with what they saw, the powers that be decided to make his loan spell a permanent deal.
He remains an integral part of the team and news of his imminent departure has brought a little of anxiety into the West Midlands.

The first round matches for the FIFA U-17 World Cup will see two of the world’s best teams face to face as Argentina will be taking on Spain and the match will be held at Vitoria. Argentina, the champions from South America, has participated in the competition with a lot of reputation and for Pablo Aimar, he boasts to be a coach who has been able to enjoy a high-quality career for international games of his own. On the other hand, Spain has not been able to win the Under 17 World Cup for once.

Proud rights were maintained by Mexico over the US as they thrashed them 3-0 in a friendly match held in New Jersey. Only one strike was needed by Jonathon Dos Santos from the Mexican football team when both the teams met each other at the final match of the Gold Cup. But it is far better to see the teams playing in this friendly match. Hernandez, the striker from Sevilla went off the ground in the first half. Uriel Antuna and Erick Gutierrez came to the field as replacements. It should be mentioned that both of them did a great job to get the deserved victory for the team.

Christian Pulisis is considered to be the brightest player of USA. He avoided the chance of converting a late penalty and the young player, Joshua Sargent, who plays for the forward position in the team, was not able to convert the pass to Jonathon Orozco too. Sergio Dest played the match for the USA as a debutant at the left-back position. He forced the goalkeeper to get involved into the very first real save of the game by his effort of putting the ball into a long-range. It was quite threatening but it was saved at the last moment.

Mexico coach Gerardo Martino wants a unified Copa America comprising of the whole American continent in the future.The Argentine tactician was questioned about the travel and distances in the Gold Cup in the United States this summer.

However, he diverted from answering and instead gave his opinion that there should be a new format for the Copa America.

Chivas the giant of Liga MX have appointed Tomas Boy the veteran player as the new head coach of the club. The announcement in this regard has been made by Guadalajara club recently. Previously, Boy has managed rivals of Chivas' city Atlas and entered in the club with the team down in the 14th position in Liga MX also with the minimum opportunity of making the playoffs 2019 Clausura.

Chivasa said, “ With complete awareness of scenarios and situations and big career in Mexican football that many time has to be confronted, Tomas Boy know well how to inculcate self-esteem in his teams, so the team goes out on the ground to give their best.” This he said in one of his recent interviews.

The Gold Cup which is the biennial national team tournament for the CONCACAF region appeared to be under threat in the past week. The US Soccer Federation President Carlos Cordeiro appeared to suggest that the tournament would not hold after the 2021 edition.

Cordeiro made these statements in a meeting with the Athletics Council in America last week but it appears that the tournament is going to continue for the foreseeable future. He also hinted that there had been talks between CONMEBOL and CONCACAF on a merger of the two regional tournaments.

Former Barcelona manager Gerardo Martino is soon to be appointed the next manager of the Mexico’s national team, according to reports but insists nothing has been finalized yet.
Gerardo Tata Martino is widely expected to be named the next manager of El Tri by the media but the man has played down these suggestions, saying that a deal is yet to be reached between both parties.

The manager, who recently led MLS club side Atlanta United to a historical MLS Cup title, looks to be very interested in the deal as he has been left jobless since leaving Atlanta at the end of the previous season.

Mexico advanced to their first ever FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup semifinal courtesy of a 4-2 win over Ghana on penalty shootouts as the match ended in a 2-2 stalemate at the end of the 90 minutes.

Mexico started the game as the better side, finding their passing rhythm in the first half and with their sturdy defense, led by Nicole Soto and TannaCarreto, limiting tournament highest goal scorer to just one half-chance.

The good news for football fans, the visa waiver will now allow followers to support the Mexican side CD Guadalajara at the FIFA Club World Cup in the UAE in December. Mexican football fans have obtained a visa waiver to allow them to cheer on their country's top side at the FIFA World Cup in the UAE in December.

The UAE Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Foreign Minister of Mexico have signed a visa-free travel agreement to encourage fans to make the trip from Latin America to the Middle East to support League MX champions of Mexico, CD Guadalajara. The showpiece tournament will have seven club champions from around the world and it is going to start on December 12th.

Mexico international Javier Hernandez has paid tribute to Juan Carlos Osorio shortly after it was confirmed that he has stepped down from the managerial role with El Tri. The 57-year-old had been with the national team for the past three years where he produced a number of impressive results including a shock win over Germany at the World Cup. Despite this, Osorio snubbed the prospect of a contract extension with El Tri and he has now decided to pursue a fresh challenge elsewhere.

Amidst this, Hernandez has taken his time to praise Osorio via his Instagram account and believes the Mexican was one of the best managers he has worked under during the course of a nine-year international career, he penned: “Thank you for these three years, profe. Thanks for so much. There are mixed feelings. The thankfulness is what sticks out the most because our paths crossed.