Given the unfortunate absence of Luis Chavez due to a ruptured cruciate ligament in his knee, speculation about possible replacements for the player from FC Dynamo Moscow have not been long in coming and the name of Spaniard Álvaro Fidalgo has emerged strongly among them for a call-up. However, this possibility, instead of uniting followers, has generated controversy in the Mexican football world for the simple fact that Fidalgo will complete five years of stay in Mexico, as required by FIFA in its regulations, until next January in 2026, once he arrived in Aztec lands in 2021. Fidalgo is still in the process of obtaining his naturalization letter and for legal purposes he is already Mexican, but to be eligible for the Mexican national team he must complete an uninterrupted stay of five years and this will happen until next January, when speculation about his call-up can be started. For this reason, Aguirre was asked about this possibility and his response was blunt: "I don't like to talk about people who are not in the National Team. At this moment it would be speculation, we would enter a complex situation. We are focused on the team we have."

Luis Chavez out sensitive

On the other hand, Aguirre lamented Luis Chavez's injury and defined the event as an unfortunate event that has everyone in the Mexican national team dismayed: We are all dismayed, he had a knee movement, it is a very sensitive loss.

On the other hand, the national coach confirmed that Chavez will undergo surgery in Mexico soon, but avoided going into detail about possible replacements: We are focused on the group we have. Tomorrow we have two players who are unavailable, Cesar and Luis, and with the rest we will go out to try to beat Saudi Arabia and get to the semifinals, he specified.

The variants against Saudi Arabia

With respect to the variants that Javier Aguirre will be used to replace Cesar Montes in the defense due to an accumulation of cards and Luis Chavez due to his knee injury, Everything suggests that Israel Reyes will be in charge in Montes' position and that Orbelin Pineda or Efrain Alvarez will be in Luis Chavez's position.

In this way, the lineup would be as follows: Luis Malagon in goal; Jorge Sanchez, Israel Reyes, Johan Vazquez and Mateo Chavez in defense; Edson Alvarez, Orbelin Pineda or Efrain Alvarez and Marcel Ruiz in midfield; Alexis Vega and Raul Jiménez up front.