El Salvador’s national football team traveled to the Caribbean to face Montserrat without three players called up to face Granada
National selection football Savior is already in Curaçao to play the second game of First round of qualifications for the CONCACAF World Cup heading to Qatar 2022.
But it existed three footballers, summoned to the national team against Granada, who did not travel with Blue to play against Montserrat, the second rival of this FIFA match in March.
Those absent are the FAS goalkeeper, Kevin Carabantes, Santa Tecla’s defender, Alexander Mendoza and Aurora’s attacker from Bolivia: Erick Rivera.
Until Saturday, no one from the Technical Corps gave public clarifications regarding absence of the three footballers, who were called up for the match against Granada in which Select they won 2-0 at Cuscatlán Stadium.
By the way, none of the players mentioned had any activity against them Granada.
COURT tried to contact the press federation already Carlos De los Cobos to know why these players did not travel. Santa Tecla FC replied that in terms of Mendoza it was a “technical decision„.
Hugo Carrillo, the president of Fesfut, told CANCHA in this regard that “he understands that De los Cobos informed the footballers who did not travel to Curaçao that this was a technical decision, taking into account protocols biosecurity and number which allows Concacaf in this type of games ”.
In response to his statements Hugo Carrillo it is worth clarifying that it is not Concacaf the one who decides how many footballers should take a team to another country in qualifications, but FIFA. The governing body of world football has allowed, as is well known, a total of 23 players by the national team.
For example, for this first round, the football team a Guatemala he took his 23 footballers to meet the British Virgin Islands in Curacao (nation where Selecta will play), while Nicaragua he took his 22 selected A Dominican Republic for the game he will play against the Turks and the Caicos. Both by qualifications.
Actually, Granada brought 23 troops in the country to measure against Selecta. Thus, it is clear that neither the Guatemalans, the Grenadians, nor the Nicaraguans mobilized only 20 footballers for “health restrictions„.
“Only 20 travel and they had to to stay three, so easy. Today it’s our turn, at others trips Others remained, “Alexander Mendoza told CANCHA.