Reason not to leave the Azteca Stadium

The Mexican national team Moments of fever in Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers. In their last duel they were visitors (against the United States and Canada) and lost in both. Now, the situation that all Mexican fans care about has been clarified: Mexico will not leave the Azteca Stadium.

head Mexican Football Federation (FMF), one of luisa, at a media conference, that National Choice It will not leave its headquarters in the country’s capital for the sanctions imposed on it FIFA. It must be remembered that the highest football authority punished Mexico for anti-gay cries in the stands Giant Santa Ursula In matches against Honduras and Canada.

“It’s hard to think we’ll leave CDMX. If the penalties are confirmed, we will only have the games (as local) In view of savior And United State The idea is to run it in CDMX. If the four can be open, it will be studied, but the moment we think it will be played here at CDMX,” said the FMF president.

It should be noted that after the veto matches became official, an appeal process was initiated with the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to reduce the penalty. The games they were punished for tripartite they are against Costa Rica And Panama, on January 30 and February 2, respectively.

“The process with the Appeals Committee is underway, We still don’t have an answer. We will plan that our January games with the parties behind closed doors or one behind open doors, will be based on what is dictated by the rulings of the Appeals Committees, and for our part there is no approximate date for its resolution,” the director explained.

De Luisa also hinted at the headquarters which would require more power to be a relay to Mexico City, Jalisco. The director mentioned in his conference that there is a good relationship with the government of that state. In addition, they have a historical building like Jalisco Stadium Or one of the more modern ones like Akron Stadium.

“We have an extraordinary relationship with the Governor of Jalisco, we have conducted Olympic qualification, he and the municipalities of Guadalajara and Zapopan have helped us run for 2026 (World Cup USA, Canada and Mexico), at the moment it is hard to think that we will leave CDMX.”

However, now the scenario that Gerardo stammer Martino And his students playing outside CDMX during the World Cup qualifiers It seems complicated. Fans from other states will have to wait longer, as we must also remember that Mexico’s last friendlies were outside the country.

Mexico is in third place CONCACAF With 14 points, Canada is first with 16 points, and United State It’s the second with 15 units. The tricolor It’s tied with Panama and another string of poor results will jeopardize a direct pass to the next World Cup.

Their next match will be on January 27, once again on the road. He will visit the national team Jamaica It is measured with the Caribbean national team, which is ranked sixth in the CONCACAF table. In their previous post, the one he leads Gerardo Martino They won 2 to 1 in Aztec Stadium. The curious thing was that in that match, the audience could not enter the property either because there was also a veto, on that occasion derived from the pre-Olympic bullfighting that took place in Jalisco.

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