Five-time World Cup goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa will not be considered for the 2026 World Cup, where he could set a record with six World Cups, if he does not find a team to continue playing for, warned the coach of the Mexican national team, Javier Aguirre, this Friday.

The position of the Tricolor coach is not directly against the interests Memo Ochoa's team, but rather prioritizing all active players to fight for a spot among the 26 players who will be called up, as he made clear in the press conference prior to this Saturday's game against Japan in Oakland, California.

Aguirre was clear when asked about Memo Ochoa's sixth World Cup: "6 trophies? I'm not giving anything away, whoever is best will come and he doesn't have a team. I spoke with his agent, he has offers, the intention is to stay in Europe," said the Mexican national team coach, while also recalling the time when Mallorca did not want to renew his contract and at that moment he received the call to take charge of the national team.

"When Mallorca did not renew my contract, I was calm, I stayed a week in Madrid. When Juan Carlos called me, I was filled with enthusiasm to do well what I have to do well. If I look back it's only to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. I have been improving, Churchill said that success is going from failure to failure." said the Basque.

Very useful duel against Japan

Regarding the match against Japan, the national coach, Javier Aguirre said that it will be a duel between Mexico, ranked 13th in the FIFA rankings, and Japan, ranked 17th, which is why it will serve as a good guide in the preparation of the Aztec team.

"Japan is 17th, we are 13th. When I arrived in Japan, they told me that they saw similarities between both teams, that's why they signed me. When I arrived here, I told them that I wanted to face teams from all over the world, and that's what we're working on. It will be very useful for us to see other types of rivals; facing Concacaf can trap us in a bubble, and not everything is like that. We're talking about a top team in the world, outside of the hosts, they were one of the first to qualify for the World Cup, very sentimental, "I left good people there in Japan," he concluded.