Portugal with Cristiano Ronaldo at the helm, would not be the only high-level adversary that faces Mexico on the FIFA date next March, but the current world runner-up team, France, is in negotiations to face the Tricolor in the same third month of 2026.

The above is derived from information published in France by the prestigious French sports newspaper L'Equipe, with great influence in the sports field in the French nation and other latitudes of the world, which published that the team led by Didier Deschamps and Kylian Mbappe, seek to face the host teams of the next World Cup such as Mexico, the United States and Canada.

According to information released by the French newspaper, the organization of France's visit to North America is the responsibility of the United States Soccer Federation, which is why the "Les Bleus" would face the team led by Mauricio Pochettino and the second option is between Mexico and Canada.

Without a doubt, if they materialize, the preparation matches in the FIFA dates calendar for March would be a milestone for Mexico, since they would not only be facing Portugal in the reopening of the Azteca stadium, the scene of the opening of the next World Cup scheduled for June 11, 2026.

There are barely any approaches

So far everything is in simple approaches where they will have to overcome some obstacles for that meeting such as the fact that France wants to accept this short tour of the United States to face the host teams of the World Cup.

As long as the pass of the French team is not confirmed, it will not be possible to advance in the scheduling of these commitments, in addition to dealing with the European teams to which it will be difficult to request authorization for these high-octane commitments.

Another alternative would be to face Argentina

L'Equipe also reports in another article that the directors of the French Football Federation (FFF) are looking into another option to face Argentina in a city in the United States, although they also clarify that Mbappe dissuaded the French directors from moving forward with negotiations to face the Albiceleste due to the demands that such a long trip would entail on those dates when the European tournaments are at their highest level.

Meanwhile, for Mexico the safest bet is the duel against Portugal to reopen the Azteca Stadium (Banorte), going all out with the visit of Cristiano Ronaldo to Mexico City as a special guest in one of the first rehearsals of how the historic venue that will host the opening of a World Cup for the third time in history will look.