Javier Aguirre is a coach who does not beat around the bush and prefers to bet on what is established rather than on surprises. For this reason, when structuring the list of 26 called up for the 2026 World Cup, they decided to bet on 12 players who participated in the negative Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Led by the one who will celebrate his sixth World Cup, Guillermo Ochoa, these twelve World Cup winners in Arab lands will try to remove the bad taste in their mouths from what happened four years ago under the command of the Argentine Gerardo Martíno and with their experience, be able to boost the dreams of thousands of fans who are looking for a change of direction in the fair that will begin next June 11.

Aguirre had intentions of renewing the squad with more players like Gilberto Mora, Brian Gutiérrez, Obed Vargas and Israel Reyes, using Jesús Alejandro Gómez, Kevin Castañeda and Everaldo López, but after taking a good look at it he decided that experience was the best and opted for Luis Chávez, Alexis Vega and César Huerta, who were the players who were in doubt due to physical problems.

The twelve players who will repeat in a World Cup tournament are: Guillermo Ochoa, Jorge Sánchez, César Montes, Johan Vázquez, Jesús Gallardo, Luis Romo, Edson Álvarez, Orbelin Pineda, Luis Chávez, Roberto Alvarado, Alexis Vega and Raúl Jiménez.

Cases like that of Guillermo Ochoa who saved a penalty against the Polish Robert Lewandowski or Luis Chávez, who scored a great goal against Saudi Arabia, was an experience that could not be missed and Aguirre decided to take advantage of it.

Also the touch of Edson Álvarez to mark Lionel Messi will serve a lot, as long as all these players can be ready for the World Cup competition, because if their physical problems do not allow them to play, it will have been a waste.

Another player who will have the opportunity to demonstrate his ability is Raúl Jiménez, who is repeating in his fourth World Cup after having been called up in Brazil 2014, Russia 2018, Qatar 2022 and now the United States, Mexico and Canada 2026, where he arrives as the leader of the forward line and not as a complement as in previous editions.

Of the list of players who repeat from Qatar 2022, the list also includes Memo Ochoa with his sixth World Cup appearance, Raúl Jiménez with the fourth edition, Edson Álvarez and Jesús Gallardo with the third; Alexis Vega, Johan Vázquez, Orbelín Pineda and César Montes with the second world championship.

These twelve players will join the 14 who will play in their first World Cup, such as Raúl Rangel, Carlos Acevedo, Israel Reyes, Mateo Chávez, Álvaro Fidalgo, Obed Vargas, Brian Gutiérrez, Armando González, Santiago Giménez, Julián Quiñones, Erik Lira, Gilberto Mora, César Huerta and Guillermo Martínez, who will try to make history in this competition that will always leave a mark for any player.