Four players don't want to miss the 2026 World Cup
The Mexican national team will play in Panama and Bolivia at the beginning of the year.
Cesar “Chino” Huerta, Rodrigo Huescas, Kevin Alvarez and Luis Chavez don't want to miss the 2026 World Cup, so they sought to accelerate their rehabilitation Working with the Mexican national team's physical trainers for the past two weeks at the CAR facilities in Mexico City. For this reason, these players were seen in various parts of Mexico when they were supposed to be in Europe, but the reality is that they traveled to the Aztec capital to undergo rehabilitation sessions under the supervision of specialists from the Mexican national team, under the orders of Javier Aguirre, in order to closely monitor their recovery and consider them for the final six months of preparation before facing the global tournament that will be held in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Huerta is recovering from a severe hip injury, while Kevin Alvarez is recovering from pubalgia, which plagued him in the last tournament and prevented the former Pachuca defender from regaining the form that allowed him to play in the last World Cup. Meanwhile, Luis Chavez and Rodrigo Huescas are trying to return ahead of schedule after the serious knee injuries they suffered that have kept them out of action for the time being. currently playing for Dynamo Moscow and FC Copenhagen in Denmark.
The four players are important elements in Javier Aguirre's process with the Mexican national team, and for that reason, with the mutual agreement of their respective clubs, they were authorized to work with the rehabilitation and physical trainers of the Mexican national team to assess their current fitness level.
The training session took place from December 5th to 20th, after which they returned to their respective clubs, where they will ultimately be able to staff to showcase their abilities and be considered for the remaining World Cup matches.
The Mexican national team will play in Panama and Bolivia at the beginning of the year, The Mexican national team will be without players based in Europe because the matches are not on FIFA dates, as well as the games against Portugal and Belgium next March.The first game will be at Estadio Azteca on March 28th, and the second game will be against Belgium in Chicago on March 31st. The team is trying to fill the remaining gaps in the roster for the World Cup, where they will face South Africa in the first round on June 11th, South Korea on June 18th in Guadalajara, and then again at Estadio Azteca on June 25th against an opponent yet to be determined, which will come from the European playoff between Denmark, Serbia, Ireland, and Macedonia.

