Mexico vs. Panama: press rumors indicate that Raúl Jiménez will play today, and that there will be other changes in the lineup

For today's Mexico vs. Panama match, rumors in the Mexican press indicated that Raúl Jiménez would play today, and that there would be other changes in the lineup.

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Although the Mexican national soccer team has not officially announced its lineup, media rumors claim that in addition to the addition of Jiménez, there will be other changes in the lineup.

Everything seems to indicate that after Gerardo Martino's terrible management of the Mexican national soccer team, today he has decided to modify his starting 11 to try to bring about changes in El Tri's performance. 

What are the changes that Martino would make in addition to the addition of Jiménez?

For starters, it is being confirmed by the sports press that Raúl Jiménez has recovered 100% from his calf injury and that he will be the one to lead Mexico's attack.

Along with his addition, Martino was forced to leave out Héctor Moreno and Luis "Chaka" Rodríguez because both are suspended for this match due to the fact that both players received yellow cards in the match against Costa Rica.

As a result, they received their second yellow card and are suspended for one game, which means they will leave the El Tri training camp to report to their clubs.

Rogelio Funes Mori is another of the changes that will be presented against Panama

The most striking change in this possible lineup would be the absence of Rogelio Funes Mori, one of the most criticized players in this World Cup Qualifying Round, as he would be replaced by Jiménez. 

It is worth remembering that Mexican fans have blamed him for not being the factor that makes the difference in Mexico's international matches and for not having scored more goals in this qualifying round. 

In fact, in the previous game against Costa Rica, when the player came on as a substitute, the Aztec Stadium booed him and this booing could be heard on national television. 

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Martino's other changes for the Mexico vs Panama match

To compensate for the absence of Héctor Moreno, "Tata" decided to field Néstor Araujo, who currently plays for Celta de Vigo and has been very active recently with his club. 

And to deal with the absence of "Chaka", Martino could field Julio César "Cata" Domínguez. 

The Mexican national soccer team's midfield will apparently also face changes as Edson Álvarez is still not at 100 percent, so Héctor Herrera will return to the starting 11.

The other two changes are Alexis Vega as a left winger in place of Tecatito Corona and Gerardo Arteaga for Jesús Gallardo.

With these changes, which have yet to be confirmed, "Tata" will try to beat Panama, a victory that is more than necessary for El Tri, if it does not want to go to reclassification as happened to Mexico when it failed to qualify directly to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

The Mexican National Team won 5-1 in the first leg at the Azteca Stadium and in the second leg, with a 4-2 win in New Zealand, they finished with the ticket to the World Cup thanks to a 9-3 aggregate score.