Analyzing Mexico's Mens National Team & Player Selections

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00:00Chiba, I want to get your thoughts.

00:07I mean, first of all, are there any players that you can highlight?

00:10Any surprises?

00:11Any guys that you thought should be here for sure?

00:14Any absences at all?

00:15What do you think?

00:16I mean, we definitely have some absences like Piojo Alvarado, obviously because he's injured,

00:20Chucky Lozano, Santi Jimenez, but I think that the player that has surprised me in the

00:24last game, and I hope that his back, Raul Jimenez, can be a player that can impact positively

00:31La Selección Mexicana.

00:33I mean, he's a player that can bring what we need up top.

00:37The fire that we need.

00:38Of course, Cruz Azul contributing with six players, and I think you can tell from the

00:42great moment that La Máquina is putting together in this tournament, I was watching a video,

00:46and then yeah, I watch a lot of social media, what the heck, but I was watching a video

00:50on the Cruz Azul channel, how they, Martín Anselmi, actually introduced every player

00:55that was making it to La Selección, and he left at the end a very intriguing name.

01:00Obviously, Alexis Gutiérrez making it for the first time, a big one, Carlos Rodríguez,

01:04Luis Romo, et cetera, but Ángel Sepúlveda, Ángel Bartasar Sepúlveda coming back, a

01:08guy that you know very well, he's been bouncing from team to team.

01:11As a matter of fact, before he made it to Cruz Azul, I was calling a Pumas Querétaro

01:15game for League's Cup in DC.

01:19He scored a beautiful goal there to give Gallos the pass, and it was quite an upset

01:24against Pumas.

01:25Since then, he was once again brought to Cruz Azul, and he's been thrilling, man.

01:28What do you think about this intriguing number nine option for El Tri?

01:32I mean, we need every option that there is out there, man, honestly.

01:36I think that Sepúlveda, like you said, has been going through a lot of things, but he's

01:40having such a great tournament, and it's good and bad, because some people say that La Camiseta

01:47del Tri la están malbaratando, you know, they're just bringing in a new player.

01:51But then on the other hand, I mean, if you're giving a chance to Quiñones, to Berterame...

01:55Berterame's not here, by the way.

01:57That's another interesting one.

01:58Do you think that's a snob?

01:59Do you think he deserved to be there?

02:01What are you telling us on Berterame?

02:02I think we have better players than Berterame, you know, to bring to the national team.

02:07But again, I mean, if they're an option, they're an option, and Vasco Aguirre is not going

02:12to think about it twice if he feels that they're going to help the team.

02:15But I'm happy for Sepúlveda.

02:16I'm happy for this Mexican, Nati Young, that is making it to the national team, and hopefully

02:20he can deliver, man.

02:21A controversial take here, when we talk about goalies, Luis Ángel Malagón, considered

02:26amongst the best goalies in the world.

02:28I think he's been on with America.

02:30We have Tal Arangel, you know him really well from Guadalajara, and that intriguing option

02:35there with Guillermo Ochoa, obviously he's not doing very well in Portugal.

02:39This goal that has gone all over social media as well, that he just allowed, he was under

02:42the sun and I think light blocked him, etc.

02:46Who do you think is the goalie that can match up with the power that the U.S. and other

02:51teams in CONCACAF can bring?

02:52I mean, either Malagón or Tal Arangel can be, you know, easily our number one goalkeeper,

02:58but even though Ochoa is making those mistakes, let's not forget that when Ochoa wears the

03:03El Tri jersey, he turns into a monster in a positive way, and he's a great goalie and

03:09he's still in shape.

03:10So for a game as important and as strong as the U.S., if he's 100% at his level, he should

03:20be the starting goalie.

03:21And I know a lot of people are going to be like, what is he talking about, look at the

03:24mistake he just made.

03:25He already gave like, I don't know, 1,200 free threes in Portugal or something like

03:30that.

03:31I follow social media too, but anyway, I think Ochoa, if he's being called to the national

03:36team, he should deserve to be the starting goalkeeper.

03:39So we talked about the forwards, we talked about the goalies, when you look at the midfield

03:43set by Vasco Aguirre, who's that player who's in your mind, who could be the highlight for

03:48this team?

03:49I think definitely Orbelín Pineda is a player that is dynamic, like he goes forward and

03:55to me he's like the best midfielder that we have.

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