Here is Joshua Picazo’s preview of World Cup Qualifying for Mexico:
Have you recovered from October’s wild “CONCACAF Cup” yet? We hope,
as the 2018 World Cup qualifying group stage will begin this Friday. Mexico start off their WCQ against El Salvador in the Azteca. Although the 2014 World Cup is probably still fresh on the minds of many El Tri fans, the next chapter is ready to be written with some familiar faces as well as newer ones.
Hernandez celebrates his 9th goal for Bayer this season.
On deadline day, Javier Hernandez sealed a move to the Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen. There were some that called the move a step down in his career and it would have been hard to argue with them. When you play for Manchester United and Real Madrid, going to Bayer is a step down but only because there is nowhere else to go but down after those huge clubs. Critics said Bayer only bought him for marketing reasons and jersey sales. That they spent $12-13 mil on a player more capable of selling jerseys than leading an attack. One who can only succeed as a “Super Sub” and not as an every game starter for a Champions League caliber club. Early returns on the transfer are proving those doubters wrong. I’m not sure why so much doubt in the first place. I think all the criticism of Chicharito made fans forget that he’s actually, a pretty good player.
After a month long hiatus, The Colorful Kit Podcast is back. We dive into the Champions League, discuss the play of los Europeos, go over who is going up/down in our player rankings, predict Osorio’s call ups, and answer several follower submitted questions.
While most of us are still trying to come down from last Saturday’s game, European club soccer is back.
The latest Top 25 rankings are out. Make sure you head over to FutMexSource to see the complete rankings. Keep reading for my rankings and thoughts on some of the players. Feel free to tell me how wrong I am in the comments below.
Episode 6 is here. We preview the CONCACAF Cup, rank our top 10 current Mexican players, Europeos update and even discuss our top 5 Soccer movies.
In case you missed it, Mexico released a 25 man roster for the “CONCACAF Cup.” The list will be brought down to 23 by Monday. Mexico is doing everything they can to give Rafa and Guardado as much time to recover from injuries. But that game is next weekend, who is playing this weekend?
With national team callups being announced soon, this weekend will likely be the final chance players have to impress Tuca for a spot on the final 23.
Episode 5 of The Colorful Kit Podcast is here after taking a week off. In this episode, we do a Mexicans Abroad update, discuss Mexico’s roster going into the CONCACAF Cup, answer fan questions, and give our predictions for El Super Clasico.
This preview is brought to us by Edgar Avalos (@Bayer04LevMX). He previews the big Bundesliga matchup between Bayer and Dortmund. Two teams currently at opposite ends of the table.