After an atypical year, Mexico returns to activity with an intense calendar that includes the Gold Cup and the World Cup qualification
Regarding the activity of the Mexican national team in the current 2021, the Mexican team will have a year with a lot of activity between the friendly duels, the League of Nations and the Octagonal Final of the CONCACAF for the World Cup in Qatar 2022.
Given this, in ESPN Digital presents the agenda that the team led by Gerardo Martino will have for 2021.
FRIENDLY
The first confrontation that the Mexican national team will have this year will be against Wales, which will take place on March 27 at the Cardiff City stadium in Wales at 13:00 (Central Mexico time).
It will be the fifth match against Wales in the history of El Tri and will serve as a preparation match for the final phase of the CONCACAF League of Nations.
CONCACAF LEAGUE OF NATIONS
In the same month of March, The Mexican national team will face Costa Rica in the semifinals, after qualifying in the final phase of the first edition of the CONCACAF League of Nations, so these meetings were scheduled after the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to CONCACAF, the four pending matches of the tournament will take place in March 2021 at a venue awaiting confirmation in the United States.
THE OCTAGONAL FINAL
From July 2021 to March 2022, the octagonal CONCACAF final will take place, so after the National Team of Mexico is on the first place in the FIFA Ranking of the area, it will have activity until the second round looking to get a ticket. at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
June 2021
The Mexican national team will face its Jamaican counterpart, in the same month it will have another match with a rival pending, according to the results of the first round.
September 2021
His only meeting of the national month, he still does not have a definite rival, after which this will be generated after what happened in the first round.
October 2021
The most important duel of the octagon against the United States will take place as a visitor, so the Mexican national team will travel for the important duel with the eternal rival.
November 2021
As a closure of the activity this year, Mexico will face its counterpart from Costa Rica on Mexican territory, closing the last match of the year at home.
Subsequently, the Mexican national team will face a rival pending in 2022 in January, while in March it will close when it visits Honduras.
GOLD CUP
Between July 10 and August 1, Gerardo Martino’s team will be active in the most important competition of the confederation, after qualifying for the World Cup.
So far, the confederation has not announced the exact dates of the matches and where the matches will take place.
In the absence of four qualifiers for the tournament, those invited to the competition so far are: United States, Canada, Panama, Honduras, Martinique, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Grenada, El Salvador, Jamaica and Suriname.