Santiago Giménez is a forward of great faith and for that reason, after his disastrous performance in AC Milan and in the Mexican national team, he assured that there is no evil that lasts a hundred years and that, after accepting criticism for his poor performance, he is preparing to begin his stage of redemption.

This is how the forward of the Rossoneri squad handled it on the Media Day that took place on the eve of Mexico's second preparation duel against Australia this Saturday at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, where the World Cup list will be defined.

Giménez, with an unflattering outlook in the Italian team with just five goals in the last year and a half, as well as an absence of a finisher for more than 15 months in the Tricolor, acknowledged that the criticism is fair, but that there are things that have surrounded his outlook as a high-level striker in European football, as demonstrated by his high signing.

"I don't feel that I have been unfair, I am being criticized fairly, I am a striker and the fans want goals; a club like Milan has to be in the top positions," Santiago declared.

In the face of criticism, it is obvious that Santiago Giménez has not had it easy in the Mexican national team, because after being left out of Qatar 2022 due to his lack of experience, he was expected to arrive with everything ahead of him to be a figure in 2026.

“In the first years I did very well, I scored a lot of goals, I had very good seasons and last year, unfortunately, I had to have surgery and that affected my performance,” he mentioned about his poor scoring streak.

The 2026 World Cup could be the first World Cup tournament that Giménez competes in and the opportunity to have his redemption with the Mexico team in this sense and demonstrate his true ability after he did not receive that opportunity in Qatar 2022.

"They are such close matches that every detail counts. My teammates at Milan told me that they don't want to face Mexico because of the altitude, the heat, the stadium and the people," commented the Rossoneri striker.

Santiago Giménez decided last December to have surgery on an ankle that had some fissures that caused him pain when seeking his maximum performance and that ended up working against him when he reappeared almost four months later and had little time in football rhythm before the World Cup.

But there will always be a first time and Giménez changed his chip to look for the light at the end of the tunnel in the attack of the Mexican team in its World Cup debut in the United States, Mexico and Canada 2026.