Gimenez shone with the Mexican national team, but this Cruz Azul player was erased by Martino

Mexico won 2-1 against Nigeria with a goal by Cruz Azul player Santiago Giménez, who responded positively to Mexican national team coach Gerardo Tata Martino by opening the score 1-0 in a friendly match on the road to the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The second goal was an own goal by William Troost-Ekong at 56' and Cyiel Dessers at 54'.

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Mexico's play was orchestrated as a whole, as from the first minutes the Tricolor looked more organized than the Nigerians, scoring in the 12th minute as a reward for their good ball handling.

The play started in the center of the field and thanks to his vision of the field, Montes sent in a cross where Gallardo had to head the ball back in, by which time Santi Giménez was already hunting the play, the cementero entered through the center and despite the ball bouncing off him, it went into the back of the net.

With this goal, Santi scored his second goal with El Tri, just a few months before his debut at the end of 2021, Tata Martino has given him a vote of confidence and the youngster is raising his hand to go to Qatar. Tata celebrated the goal from the bench and gave the son of Chaco Giménez, who came on in place of Henry Martin, 66 minutes of testing time.

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The Tricolor coach was without Uriel Antuna, who watched the match from the stands, while Lira and Cata watched from the bench. However, the former Cruz Azul player Orbelín Pineda came on in the 66th minute, although his lack of play was evident.

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