By Wilson Florez
The Mexican team will have a complex challenge in the 2026 World Cup. The Aztec team will face the World Cup at home and this gives greater responsibility to this generation of footballers. It is not easy to determine a leader within Javier Aguirre’s team. Melvin Brown told his candidates.
The former Cruz Azul soccer player believes that leadership is not associated with experience. Melvin Brown believes that Guillermo Ochoa should not be classified as the great leader of El Tri. Memo has leadership between the three sticks, but it is not easy to transmit it on the field.
“Look, I respect Ochoa, five World Cups, only in Mexico it happens… but he is not there, I believe that Memo is not a leader like those before. What we were saying, people’s temperament is different. Memo is a leader in stoppingMemo is a leader when things are difficult, he is more attentive than anyone else, like in Brazil, in Brazil he knows his time, but Brazil was 12 years ago. So, it’s no longer time for Memo“said Brown in a statement published by Heraldo Deportes.
The former defender of the Mexican national team nominated a couple of players who could assume that responsibility. Melvin Brown believes Fulham striker Raúl Jiménez and Fenerbahçe midfielder Edson Álvarez could take on that role.
“The new generations are different, so they don’t feel attacked on my part. Then those new leaders have to emerge. I believe that leader It could be Jiménez, because of what he represents and his great career he has had in Europe. Leader has to be Edson“he added.
Mexico does not have the best
In each World Cup, discussions are generated about the quality of the squads and their place in the history of Mexican soccer. Melvin Brown does not classify this group as one of the best in the history of El Tri. The former defender listed three generations, none of them could make it past the round of 16.
“I really liked the one from ’94 (United States) and ’98 (France); Maybe there was more talent in 2014 (Brazil), but before there was more team, they knew each other better and identified with each other,” he said.
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