The former US national team pointed out that its compatriots have a constant activity in the Old Continent, while there are elements of the triage that only sit on the bench.
Against the decisive duel of the octagonal Concacaf Come on Mexico in the United States, Marcelo Balboaformer US national team, it is clear that the big advantage that the representative of the country of stars and stripes has over the team led by Gerardo Martino, is that his players, who in Europe they have constant activity in important teams, a situation that not all Aztec legionaries experience in the Old Continent.
“I think United States it helps to have players in Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Juventus and other divisions in Europe, but the most important thing is that they play every week and also play very important games, that helps you that when they come to the national team they are in a very good rhythm and on a very high level, they are players who play in the Champions League and this is evident on the pitch. Op United States we wonder why they do not (Carlos Käerz and ‘Chicharito’ (Hernández) who always play and make a difference, but these are Gerardo Martino’s choices. For us it is very important that we play football Europe and not that they are just sitting on the bench in Europe. “
for the duel before Mexico next Thursday, the selection of United States will arrive with the confirmed victim of Brendan Aaronson, Weston McKennie and Serginho Dest however Balboa thinks there is enough material to think about winning the Azteca Stadium.
“I see a team where a lot of the players in Europe play and they really play, that’s very important. It’s the victim of Weston McKinney who broke his leg and also the loss of Serginho Dest, who injured his muscles to play with Barcelona. The good thing is that Gio Reyna is back, we’ve already seen him during the Nations Cup and he’s a great player. There are other players like (Kellyn) Acosta who are very important in the midfield, (Jordan) Pefok who plays for Young Boys as well. He will have important absences, but he will also bring back players who are certainly up for the match Mexico“.
CANADA, THE RIES OF CONCACAF
historically, Mexico in the United States are marked as the most important teams in the area, but Marcelo Balboa currently assures Canada is the giant of Concacaf.
“The giant of Concacaf now is Canada. He has 25 points and is one game away from the World Cup, Mexico lost in Canada and bound at Azteca Stadium. United States bound to Nashville and also lost Canada, then it is clear that Canadians are the giants. We always talk about the history of Mexico and the USA, but the best team is now Canada And you have to give that respect to his 25 points in the tie and still not lose a game.
However, Balboa see that United States He does things very well and points out that the failure of the 2018 World Cup in Russia was a turning point for the Americans.
“When we were left out of the World Cup, the new project started because we could not have the same players who were already more than 30 years old and who did not qualify to go to the World Cup. The project started quickly, firstly it was to analyze how many young players we have the opportunity to give them, there are times when one has to go back two steps to make it one step further and that was what the federation of United States He did it, I assure you, if we had made it to the 2018 World Cup, we would not have seen Timothy Weah, Brendan Aaronson, or maybe we would not have seen Weston McKinnie yet. What happened was a bit accelerated, what the federation wanted to do from a generational change, to stay out of the World Cup gave us the chance to become players that today and Europethe project started very well, but it is not over yet, because this team has to come to Qatar.
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