By Wilson Florez
There is less than a month until the start of the 2026 World Cup. Mexico will have the opening duel in the Azteca Stadium on June 11. Their rival will be the South African team. There is less and less time for El Tri’s players to get ready. Christian Giménez has good impressions of his son Santiago’s recovery.
Santiago Giménez suffered an injury to his right ankle at the end of October. The Mexican forward He underwent surgery in December to treat his discomfort. “Bebote” was without action for more than four months.
The Mexican forward has been getting back into his rhythm with a handful of minutes with AC Milan. The idea is that Santiago Giménez can arrive at the World Cup with some competitive rhythm. Chirstian Giménez, the footballer’s father, assured that he sees his son in good condition.
“I feel very good physically. The injury has not bothered him in the least. He went from less to more, accumulating minutes and he has already started two games (…) Understand the (recovery) processes“Chirstian Giménez said in a statement to the media.
Santiago Giménez has seen action in 6 of AC Milan’s last 8 games. The Mexican attacker played against Torino (13 minutes), Napoli (27 minutes), Hellas Verona (27 minutes), Sassuolo (31 minutes), Atalanta (58 minutes) and the last duel against Genoa (68 minutes).
The main objective of Santiago Giménez is be on Javier Aguirre’s excellent list for the 2026 World Cup. Although it could be assumed that “Bebeote” has a guaranteed position, From their surroundings they do not trust each other.
“Being in the national team is the nicest thing that can happen to you. First their season ended and now we are all waiting for that call with great anxiety.“added the father of the Rossoneri footballer.
Pre-selection of the Mexican team
Goalkeepers
- Raúl Rangel | Chivas
- Carlos Acevedo | Saints
- Alex Padilla | Athletic (Spain)
- Antonio Rodríguez | Tijuana
- Carlos Moreno | Pachuca
- Guillermo Ochoa | AEL Limassol (Cyprus)
Defenses
- Bryan González | Pachuca
- César Montes | Lokomotiv (Russia)
- Edson Alvarez | Fenerbahce (Türkiye)
- Eduardo Águila | Saint Louis
- Everardo López | Toluca
- Israel Kings | America
- Jesus Angulo | Tigers
- Jesus Gallardo | Toluca
- Jesus Gomez | Tijuana
- Johan Vasquez | Genoa (Italy)
- Jorge Sánchez | PAOK (Greece)
- Julian Araujo | Celtic (Scotland)
- Luis Rey | Puebla
- Mateo Chavez | AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)
- Ramon Juarez | America
- Richard Ledezma | Chivas
- Victor Guzman | Monterey
Midfielders
- Alexei Dominguez | Pachuca
- Alexis Gutierrez | America
- Alvaro Fidalgo | Precise Betis (Spain)
- Brian Gutierrez | Chivas
- Carlos Rodríguez | Blue Cross
- Denzell García | FC Juarez
- Diego Lainez | Tigers
- Efraín Álvarez | Chivas
- Elías Montiel | Pachuca
- Erick Sánchez | America
- Erik Lira | Blue Cross
- Gilberto Mora | Tijuana
- Isaiah Violante | America
- Jeremy Marquez | Blue Cross
- Jorge Ruvalcaba | RB Novel York (United States)
- Kevin Castaneda | Tijuana
- Luis Chavez | Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
- Luis Romo | Chivas
- Marcel Ruiz | Toluca
- Obed Vargas | Atlético Madrid (Spain)
- Orbelín Pineda | AEK Athens (Greece)
- Ricardo Angulo | Toluca
Forwards
- Alexis Vega | Toluca
- Armando González | Chivas
- César Huerta | Anderlecht (Belgium)
- Germán Berterame | Inter Miami (United States)
- Guillermo Martínez | Cougars
- Julian Quiñones | Al-Qadisiyah (Saudi Arabia)
- Raúl Jiménez | Fulham (England)
- Roberto Alvarado | Chivas
- Santiago Gimenez | Milan (Italy)
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– Marco Fabián criticizes the organization of the Liga MX in the middle of the World Cup
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