Hirving “Chucky” Lozano will start this Saturday in the attack of the Mexican national team, assured coach Javier Aguirre in the press conference prior to the duel against Japan in the city of Oakland, California, where Rodrigo Huescas and Erick Sanchez are also contemplated to start.

Javier Aguirre now did not advance his usual three players in the starting lineup in the attention to the media prior to the first duel of the FIFA date in September and where next Tuesday will be completed facing South Korea, but he did guarantee the presence from the start of Chucky Lozano, who in this way will officially return to the Mexican national team after 18 months of absence.

As will be remembered, the forward for San Diego FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) was separated from the Tricolor for disciplinary reasons after assuming a rebellious attitude after not getting him first-class tickets on a return trip from the United States to Italy in February 2024.

On that occasion, Lozano was rude to the management, so from that moment on he was removed from the national team led by Jaime Lozano and later ratified by Javier Aguirre, until now his sanction was lifted and he will be able to play from the start against the Japanese in a highly dangerous due to the Asians' vertical style.

The rest of the lineup against the Japanese squad

After confirming Lozano, national coach Javier Aguirre stated that the other starters will be known when they jump onto the field of play, but according to what has been seen in training, Mexico will use the best of its repertoire.

So Luis Malagon will start in goal; Rodrigo Huescas on the right, Cesar Montes and Johan Vazquez in the center and on the left Jesus Gallardo; while in containment will appear Edson Alvarez, Marcel Ruiz and Erick Sanchez or Orbelin Pineda, while up front the trio of attackers will be made up of Hirving Lozano and Alexis Vega in front of the two defensive midfielders and Raul Jimenez up front.

Without a doubt, a lineup that seems sensible and with the best of Mexico's repertoire, because there are those who say that Aguirre could ultimately decide on two center forwards with Santiago Gimenez and Raul Jimenez, sending Marcel Ruiz behind them as a playmaker, with Alexis Vega being sacrificed, but all those doubts will be dispelled moments before the match.

The reasons for sending Gilberto Mora to the U-20 World Cup

Javier Aguirre also clarified the doubts regarding whether it was not a setback in Gilberto Mora's career to go to the U-20 World Cup where he is currently concentrated to travel to Chile or to have been called up for the senior team for these matches and the Mexico coach said that the best thing for the player's growth process was decided.

"Gilberto Mora is a a boy who is doing well in his development, he is a kid who is well supported by his family and representative, people who take great care of him. So Andres Lillini, coordinator of the minor national teams, Duilio Davino and I sat down to decide what was best for Gil's development and we decided that it should be with kids his age and that he should continue with his growth process."

Aguirre also added that: "Mora is a diamond in the rough and forgive me for this metaphor, but the kid is in this growth process, it is true that he advanced steps because the major came to him suddenly, but his talent put him on par with those who have 100 games in the Tricolor and so we believe that it should go in accordance with his growth," he concluded.