Both players have been called up by Jaime Lozano to define the team that will play the pre-Olympic CONCACAF
Santiago Muñoz, Santiago Naveda and Santiago Giménez are fighting for a place in the pre-Olympic CONCACAF, while Jaime Lozano summoned the three footballers, under the age of 20, to compete for a place in the previous microcycle that will be played in Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Muñoz and Santiago Naveda were not on the radar of the Mexican national team under 23 a year ago, which will compete for a place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and is now in the final microcycle to be held March 7-10 at the High Performance Center.
Along with Muñoz and Naveda, Santiago Giménez also joins the list, which stood out alongside Cruz Azul and now they are fighting to represent Mexico in the tournament in which they will face the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and the United States in the group stage.
The three Santiagos are part of a list of 25 footballers. The basics are America Yes Chivas, beside Alexis vega Yes Alan Mozo They return to a concentration of Jaime Lozano, after being excluded from the sport in the past.
In case of Alexis Vega, Chivas striker asked not to be called, after being injured in a previous microcycle, Y Alan Mozo was chosen for indiscipline, which meant that the U23 coach who will represent Mexico was not taken into account.
There are also players like that on the list Emilio Lara from America and Paolo Yrizar from Toluca, players who stand out in the minor divisions, but have a few minutes in the First Division.
The list lacks footballers like that Diego Lainez, who currently plays in Real Betis from Spain or Jose Juan Macías, considered the star attacker of the Mexican team.