Sources close to the Mexican national team have revealed that the player Puebla is not considered for a possible call
PUEBLA – The striker Puebla, Santiago Ormeño, is not in the plans of the Mexican national team and, before him, in the mind of coach Gerardo Martino there is a long list of strikers with more experience in the MX League.
Fountains within National selection confirmed that there is currently no interest in Santiago Ormeño nor worried that he might be summoned by Peru.
This source indicates that Santiago Ormeño He is considered a good player, although he is very old for El Tri, apart from the fact that he considers that he has only six months of excellence with his performances, unlike other Mexicans who precede him on the road, including José Juan Macías 21 years old himself.
His debut Santiago Ormeño It happened in October 2018, in a game against Morelia and he played only 17 minutes. Subsequently, he played three exchange matches until in the previous Guardians 2020 he started to have regularity, with 13 games and six goals. In Guardians 2021, he has already exceeded half of the minutes played in fewer games (seven).
“Dad” Martino acknowledges the effort made by Santiago Ormeño in his shows, but for now he has Raúl Jiménez, the top of the world.
Another important sector that The Mexican team He is considering the one of the Mexican-American players, who are being followed by people from Tri in order to choose elements and to be careful not to be “in love” with the United States.
The source said that later, if Santiago Ormeño keeps a steady pace in the game and in goals, he will certainly win an opportunity, but not in the short term, so his name will not appear soon on any list of ‘Tata’ Martino.
The Mexican national team will play the first matches of the year in March; On the 27th, Wales will be measured in Europe, and on the 30th of the same month, Costa Rica at the place to be defined.