Both players were called up by Jaime Lozano to determine the squad that will play the Concacaf Pre-Olympic
Santiago Muñoz, Santiago Naveda and Santiago Giménez compete for a place in the Concacaf Pre-Olympic, as Jaime Lozano called on the three footballers, under the age of 20, to compete for a place in the previous microcycle raced in Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Muñoz and Santiago Naveda were not on the radar of the Mexican National Under 23 Team a year ago, which will compete for a place in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics., and now they are in the final micro cycle taking place March 7-10 at the High Performance Center.
Along with Muñoz and Naveda, Santiago Giménez also joins the list, who stood out with Cruz Azul. and now he is fighting to represent Mexico in the tournament where 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. Being the basis America Y Chivas, in addition to Alexis Vega Y Alan Mozo They return to a focus of Jaime Lozano, having been excluded from the sport in the past.
In case of Alexis Vega, Chivas’ attacker, asked not to be summoned after injuring himself in an earlier microcycle, Y Alan Mozo was selected for lack of discipline, which meant that no account was taken of the U23 coach who will represent Mexico.
Also on the list are players such as Emilio Lara from America and Paolo Yrizar from Toluca, players who stand out in small divisions, but have few minutes in the First Division.
In the list there are missing soccer players like Diego Lainez, currently playing in the Real Betis from Spain, or Jose Juan Macías, considered the Mexican team’s great forward.