At noon this Tuesday, October 15, Javier The Basque Aguirre was admitted to an emergency hospital in the city of Guadalajara (Jalisco), prior to the match scheduled for tonight between Mexico and the United States. The first versions allude to the fact that the coach of the Mexican team felt bad during the morning and even fainted. However, almost an hour after being hospitalized, Aguirre walked out, smiling and confirming that he will be on the bench tonight for the game. “Don’t be gossips, bastards,” El Vasco said with a laugh before getting into his truck.
Aguirre left the Medyarthros surgery center dressed in the team’s official tracksuit for training and asked the journalists who were waiting for him to come over. “(I’m) very good, very good,” said the coach and explained that on the night of Monday the 14th, former soccer player Rafael Ortega invited him to learn about his new venture: the clinic. “He was my teammate in Chivas. Good doctor, good guy. He invited me to come and see his clinic. It happened that I had back surgery a month ago and I said ‘Ah, well, let your doctors see me there,'” he said.
When he was about to go on his walk, a journalist commented to him: “it was said that you had fainted.” Aguirre ended the improvised press conference with a denial: “Many things were said, my king.” And he asked to be let go because he had to go to lunch with the team.
The concentration hotel, where the team is staying, had planned an event with fans. It is the first time that the team has set foot in Guadalajara territory in 14 years. On Monday, October 13, the day the soccer team arrived in the State of Jalisco, they were received by 50 supporters.
The Triunder the hand of The Basque, seeks to get out of the terrible streak that has been going on since Gerardo Martino took over in 2019. Aguirre arrived in July 2024 to replace Jaime Lozano who led the Mexican team for a period of one year after Martino’s departure, and won the Cup Gold in 2023.
This is Javier Aguirre’s third stage at the head of the national team. During this new cycle he coached his first two matches against New Zealand on September 7 and Canada on September 9. They won the first 3-0; the second ended with a goalless draw. This October 12, the team faced the Spanish club Valencia. The team played without its starting team and the match resulted in another tie, with two goals per side. In X a moment went viral during the second half when the fans in the stands chanted “ole, ole” in favor of Valencia. A clear gesture of dissatisfaction with the performance of the Mexican team.
On the night of this Tuesday, October 15, Mexico will play a friendly match against the United States, one of the team’s main rivals. Javier Aguirre said in a press conference on Monday, October 13, that the defeat he suffered against the American team during the 2002 World Cup in Korea, Japan “was one of the most painful of my career.” The match will be played at Akron Stadium at 8:30 p.m.
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