Conflict of interest in Mexican football: Chivas de Guadalajara coach confronts El Tri

Mexico national team will face the new edition Classic Concacaf against the United States. However, this fight will friendly character out of FIFA date. This point makes coach Chivas de Guadalajara raise refusal to give up his footballers to represent El Tri. Veljko Paunovic would put his interests ahead of those of Diego Cocchi with El Tri.

“I don’t like to be ahead of the facts, you have to wait to see this list and see who can be called up (to the national team), in case someone is called up, of course, this will change the availability of our squad, and at the moment in the championship, which is already decisivePaunovich explained.

On Wednesday, the Mexican national team will play with the United States. April 19. On this date, Chivas de Guadalajara will have a busy schedule at the Clausura 2023 tournament. Sacred Flock will play against Club Leon on April 15th and host Cruz Azul on the 21st of the same month.

“In this aspect, you have to see when the time comes, make decisions and find out what we really represent here. At the end of the season, we need all available players, to the maximum (…) FIFA is very clear about the dates when players should be released from the national team. When we play the last part of the season, I think we should have the best players with us, we’ll see what happens next,” he added.

Chivas de Guadalajara is sixth in Mexican football with 22 units. The sacred herd is fighting for direct qualifying positions in Liguilla. During the tournament Paunovic will play the most important matches of the season at the height of Diego Cocchi’s commitment to the Mexican national team.

Author: Wilson Flores
Source: La Opinion

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