The player that doesn’t respect Guillermo Ochoa in Mexico National Team

With the 1-0 victory of Mexico National Team over Honduras on Sunday evening, added to the crushing 5-1 defeat of Panama against USMNT, and the 2-1 victory of Costa Rica against El Salvador, the 4 CONCACAF teams that will play in Qatar 2022 were decided.

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For now, only Canada has secured their place in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, as they are leading the confederation with 28 points and without any possibilities of falling to the fourth place, which leaves USMNT, Mexico and Costa Rica to decide the two other teams that will directly access the World Cup.

Mexico needs at least a draw against El Salvador on Wednesday night to avoid the playoffs, as the most that Costa Rica aspires is to tie in point both El Tri and the Stars and Stripes, who currently have 25 points, three more than the Ticos.

That’s why inside El Tri, now that they know they practically have secured their direct ticket to Qatar, there’s an ego battle that was notorious during the game against Honduras, especially on a play were Guillermo Ochoa was ignored by Hirving “Chucky” Lozano.

Why is there an ego fight?

The players know that their presence in the World Cup for the eight straight time is confirmed, which is why they are already thinking of the prizes that the Mexican Football Federation will give them for earning the ticket and being on the final roster.

But just like what happened during Russia 2018, not all the players agree with Guillermo Ochoa being the player that will represent the rest of the roster in the negotiations on how to handle the prizes, something that Lozano already demonstrated.

What happened during the game?

In some of the TV broadcasts it was able to listen what the players were saying as they let the ambient sound be heard during the transmission, given that the stands of Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano were empty.

Around the minute 65 when the referee called a free kick for Honduras, Ochoa requested that only a player was on the barrier, but Hirving Lozano decided to stay on the barrier as he thought Honduras had a dangerous opportunity. Ochoa insisted on leaving only one man, but Lozano completely ignored him.

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