By Jose Castro

Mexico National Team suffered more than what they needed on their visit to Independence Park, in Kingston, on the 2-1 victory against Jamaica for the first game of the FIFA match window, where they were down most of the second half even though they were playing with one more man.
Why El Tri’s victory over Jamaica was so important for Martino?
El Tri had a lot of weaknesses on Kingston, especially with Rogelio Funes Mori playing as Mexico’s forward -he even gave away the partial victory for Jamaica-, but Mexico National Team had a leader in the figure of Héctor Herrera.
Herrera suddenly remembered how to play wearing El Tri colors, especially after Diego Lainez and Jesús Manuel “Tecatito” Corona joined him on the pitch and was responsible for El Tri’s comeback. His performance was a call for attention for Diego Simeone, as Herrera seems to be open to start conversations with Atlético Madrid for a possible renovation.
Although Herrera will be a free agent at the end of this season and he’s able to negotiate with any team he wants, his current salary with Atlético Madrid of $3.2 million per year seems to play an important role if he decides to stay in Wanda Metropolitano, although he’ll have to convince Diego Simeone to give him more playing time.
Carlos Vela is willing to play again for El Tri, but this is the condition he has

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