Sources close to the Mexican national team revealed that the Puebla player is ineligible for a possible call
PUEBLA – The attacker of Puebla Santiago Ormeño, is not in the Mexican national team’s plans and ahead of him, in the mind of coach Gerardo Martino, there is a long list of strikers with more experience in the Liga MX.
Fountains in the National selection confirmed that there is no interest in it at this time Santiago Ormeño nor fear it would be summoned by Peru.
This source indicates that Santiago Ormeño He is considered a good player although he is in old age for El Tri, aside from excelling in his performance for barely six months, unlike other Mexicans who have gone before him on the road, including José Juan Macías himself , before the age of 21.
The debut of Santiago Ormeño It happened in October 2018, in a game against Morelia, and he only played 17 minutes. He then played three exchange matches until he started to get regularity in the previous Guardians 2020 with 13 games and six goals. In Guardians 2021, he already exceeded half of the minutes played in fewer games (seven).
‘Tata’ Martino recognizes the effort that Santiago Ormeño has put into his performances, but for the time being has Raúl Jiménez, the world top.
Another important sector that Mexican team He has in mind those of the Mexican American players, who are being watched by people from Tri with the goal of picking elements and making sure they don’t fall in love with the United States.
The source later said that if Santiago Ormeño keeps a solid step in the game and in goals, he will certainly win a chance, but not in the short term, so his name will not appear on a list of ‘Tata’ Martino anytime soon.
The Mexican National Team will play its first games of the year in March; Wales will be measured in Europe on the 27th and Costa Rica on the 30th of the same month at the location to be determined.