Diego Cocca seeks to convince Zendejas to play with Tricolor

In the absence of one month for the first FIFA date of 2023 and having the commitments before Suriname and Jamaica in the Concacaf Nations League, Diego Coke He is already analyzing possible players for his first call. As a result, the Argentine helmsman sought out the Mexican-American, Alexander Zendejas to convince him to defend the colors of the Tricolor.

In his early days as a coach of Mexican team, Diego Coke he took on the task of going to different parts of the MX League follow more closely the Mexican players who could reach the following calls. However, the strategist took a more personal approach with the end of the America, Alejandro Zendejasfootballer who has dual nationality and who currently defends the colors of UNITED STATES.

In the company of Jaime Ordiales (President of the Men’s National Teams Directorate), the former coach of Atlas had a phone call with Zendejas to tell him about the project of the Aztec team for the process of the next World Cup. Having not played any official match with “Las Barras y las Estrellas”, you still have the possibility to request a change of selection.

Remember that at the end of January, the striker of Eagles played a friendly match with the neighboring country against the team of Serbia, thus being his debut with the senior team of the “Yankees”. Similarly, since his debut at national team level, he has worked in the youth categories of UNITED STATESthrough the Sub-15, Sub-17 and Sub-20.

Despite his career with the American youth teams, the youth team dallas accepted a call from the former strategist of the TricolorGerard Martino, to face friendly matches in 2022; However, in the end, he was not considered by “Tata” to go to the World Cup in Qatar 2022.

During the press conference preceding the friendly match against Serbiathe element of the Eagles of America preferred not to give more information on his final decision: “Right now I’m enjoying the moment, enjoying the opportunity they gave me. I’m happy to be with people I’ve known for many years.”

Subsequently, the sports president of the azulcrema team, Santiago Banos, underlined how difficult it was for the young footballer not to have been considered by either of the two teams to go to Qatar 2022. “He was hurt that he couldn’t be called up to the World Cup last time out. Today, the whole panorama of teams from the United States and Mexico has changed. They are starting a new process”.

In mid-January of this year, the Mexican team received a fine of $10,900as well as a punishment by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), this due to having lined up the Mexican American in five friendlies with the seniors and with the under-23s.

According to the new statutes of the Fifa, since the right end of the eagles of america participated in an official competition for a national youth team of UNITED STATESthe footballer must have requested a one-time change of affiliation in order to be able to play with one of the teams Tricolor.