Diego Cocca says that the doors of the Mexican National Team are open

The Argentinian Diego Coccacoach of the Mexican National Team, said Monday that the team’s doors to the 2026 World Cup are open because they want to have the best-level soccer players.

“I have 34 (soccer players), but I want more, it’s a message for the Mexican player, the doors of the national team are open and I don’t say it lip service,” he said at a press conference.

Nock He began his work with the national team this Monday with 15 figures from the Liga MX; the coach analyzed videos and then led a job on the pitch for just over an hour, in which he emphasized strategy, first in confined spaces, then across the pitch.

The strategist gave indications about the work on the wings, the reception of passes, the technical approach and aspects of what his philosophy will be at the head of the Mexican team. “Our game system will be given to me by the player; Atlas has already passed, Tigres has already passed and I have the advantage that I can choose them, ”he said, referring to the two most recent teams he led, in the MX League.

The coach confessed that he felt comfortable in his first training camp and thanked the clubs for facilitating the presence of those called up because he wants to have them close. “We were able to connect, chat, live together; We must take advantage of every minute. With our way we are going to help to put them at the highest level ”, he added.

Although he defended the idea of ​​gathering those selected whenever possible, Diego Cocca He emphasized the importance of returning them rested to their teams because he is interested in them playing well in the league and thus staying in shape. “If the Liga MX grows at the individual level of the players, it will serve us all,” he concluded.

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The first concentration of Nock was spent with a mix of veterans and youngsters, with some of the members of the Mexican team in the Qatar 2022 World Cup as Néstor Araujo, Jesús Gallardo, Roberto Alvarado, Uriel Antuna and Henry Martín, among others.

Mexico He will debut with Diego Cocca as coach on March 23 in Paramaribo against Suriname and on March 26 he will receive Jamaica at the Azteca Stadium, in the group stage of the Nations League.

He has a degree in Communication Sciences from the Universidad de Occidente, Guasave Unit, with a specialty in Communication Media. In his career as a journalist, he has carried out work focused on the agricultural, fishing, health, and economic sectors, among others. In 2016 he joined EL DEBATE, where he worked as a local reporter in Guasave, where he also covered the news, sports and police sections. Since 2017, he entered the digital area as a reporter for the website of the newspaper EL DEBATE at www.debate.com.mx, specializing in the Sports section. In addition to taking and passing the “Sports Journalism Workshop” at the University of Guadalajara in its Virtual University system. [email protected]

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