Mexican-Argentinian striker of Rayados de Monterrey, Rogelio Funes Mori, posted a curious message on his Instagram account minutes after the announcement of Diego Cocca’s first call-up to lead El Tri for matches against Suriname and Jamaica in the Concacaf League. nations.
“Don’t worry and be happy (don’t worry and be happy),” he wrote, along with a photo of himself smiling and thumbs up in the Monterrey training shirt, which is receiving this weekend FC Juárez for the 10th day of the 2023 Closing of the MX League.
For their part, the royal club posted the same image on Twitter with the message: “The Twin smiled, we are all smiling.”
Funes Mori was not in the list of 34 players and most of them are a base of Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino, Mexico’s former coach in the last World Cup in Qatar.
With Tata Martino, the Mellizo have participated in 17 games since their debut with El Tri in 2021, with 13 starts and six goals, including four in official matches for the Gold Cup and the World Cup qualifiers.
The Rayados striker stood out in the Closing 2023 of the Liga MX with seven goals, sub-leader in scorers MX League next to Jean Ignace Dinenno and second only to Henry Martin with 10 ratings.
However, Cocca said this call is not an exclusive list; In other words, some of these players might not be in the next calls, since the idea is to observe various elements during their management and in view of the Gold Cup this summer, as well as in view of Concacaf 2023- 2024. Nations League, where he will seek his pass for the Copa América 2024.
The bone forward that the Argentinian chose for crosses against Suriname there Jamaica son Hirving Lozano (Napoli), Orblin Pineda (AEK Athens), Henry Martin (America), Roberto de la Rosa (pachuca), Raul Jimenez (Wolverhampton) y Santiago Gimenez (Feyenoord).