Raul Jimenez says goodbye to the concentration in Mexico: the attacker underwent surgery due to pain in the groin

Raul JimenezEnglish Wolverhampton striker He underwent surgery for groin pain and was ruled out for the Mexican national football team’s friendly match against Cameroon. which will take place this Saturday at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego (USA).

“The discomfort didn’t stop him from playing, but it hurt him. After undergoing a medical examination, he was advised to undergo a procedure agreed by a player approved by the club to which he belongs, and with the support of the Mexican team”, the Mexican Football Federation said in a press release on Friday.

Jimenez will remain in Mexico until Sunday. but without playing a duel with the Cameroonians.

It was this injury that prevented Jimenez from being at his best. its highest level at the last World Cup in Qatar 2022, in which he made a substitution in the three games the Mexicans played in the group stage in which he scored no goals.

The striker was the best player in Mexico until in November 2020, he broke his skull in a match between Wolverhampton and Arsenal, collided with Brazilian defender David Luiz.

This caused him to be absent from the courts for several months and even his career was in jeopardy.

Despite this, Argentine Gerardo Martino, Mexico’s coach in the Qatari trial, constantly kept him on his calls. he once suffered a skull fracture and took him to the World Championships.

Argentinean Diego Cocca, who replaced Martino, included Jimenez for the first time in the squad for friendly matches against Guatemala last Wednesday and against Cameroon this Saturday, but this excluded him from the summer tournaments, the CONCACAF Nations League semi-finals and the Gold Cup.

Jimenez captained Mexico against Guatemala and he scored one of the two goals, after which Kokka praised him.

“We gave Raul the captain’s armband and made him play because we want him back.”said the strategist at the end of the duel against the Central Americans.