It got heated, the words of this Mexican player that angered Argentina and Lionel Messi in Qatar 2022
The naturalized Mexican Argentine striker spoke in advance of a duel that is vital and said something that surprised and outraged the country.
Next Saturday one of the most anticipated matches of the group stage will be played: Argentina - Mexico. And it is even more so after the defeat of Lionel Scaloni's team in his World Cup debut, where they unexpectedly lost against Saudi Arabia. For his part, Gerardo Martino, coach of the 'Tri', would spice up the matter and go with Rogelio Funes Mori as the starter.
The Monterrey striker became a naturalized Mexican a short time ago and is playing his first World Cup. In dialogue with The San Diego Union-Tribune, the former River player touched on the transcendental crossover of group C. He began by mentioning that he wants to show that he can be up to the task of a match of such magnitude, and that he knows that he competes against other great attackers of the establishment.
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Then, he added that he is fulfilling a true dream, in relation to being in the maximum appointment at the national team level, that even though it is not his native country, he feels that way. The controversy came later, when they asked him if he would shout a goal against Lionel Messi's team: “I will surely celebrate it with a crazy shout. It would be a dream to score a goal in a World Cup”, closing with the fact that doing it against Argentina would be something nice for him.
The comment did not go unnoticed on social networks and generated a great discussion. It is worth remembering that in addition to being born on Argentine soil, Funes Mori played with the Albiceleste shirt in the Sub 20 and also in the Senior Team, starting a friendly match against Brazil in 2012.
The possible XI of Martino's Mexico
According to what Gerardo Martino has been using and with only one doubt in the initial, Mexico would go with: Guillermo Ochoa; Jorge Sanchez, Cesar Montes, Hector Moreno, Jesus Gallardo; Luis Chávez, Edson Álvarez or Orbelín Pineda, Héctor Herrera; Hirving Lozano, Rogelio Funes Mori or Raúl Jiménez and Alexis Vega.
