It will always be wise to reconsider; After he declared in recent days that the World Cup would be close to the chest in the broadcast of the podcast by Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Germán Villa and Isaac Terrazas, Mexico's coach, Javier Aguirre, reversed course and said that the competition will be complex.

Asked about the forecast he gave in this broadcast with the three former national teams, “Vasco” Aguirre clarified this Thursday that everything had been part of a “show” and that the reality of the competition will be very complex from the group stage, where they will have to compete with South Africa, South Korea and the Czech Republic.

Aguirre said on the eve of the game against Serbia, coached by the old Liga MX acquaintance, Veljko Paunovic, that he had commented on the chest as a message to his players of motivation, but not regarding the outlook that awaits Mexico in the World Cup competition.

“When I saw the role, the schedule, the home games, I said: 'It's hard not to let her go.'' That's what I'm telling my players: playing at home is priceless," he reportedly commented in that broadcast that is projected on social networks and where the national coach was the guest.

Aguirre clarified that his statement was part of a show where they were supposedly having a “mess” and that said comment was part of the same theme of the broadcast hosted by the three former players of the Mexico national team who were World Cup winners in France 1998.

For that reason, he corrected himself to point out that South Africa will be a very tough team for the inauguration on June 11 and that the point was to: “Cheer up the moment,” highlighted the national coach, trying to compose the comment that generated endless reactions.

"In the podcast we just go on a rampage, they are complicated and serious teams, you put on your show, it's nothing official, no, no, imagine, when I'm going crazy, no, no, it's a very tough team, South Africa, they've done well, they beat me in the Africa Cup, we already faced each other a few years ago, with players abroad, starting with that, it's a show like you do, it's a little bit to brighten the moment, just like that, I don't give it importance," stood out.

He also noted that "I hope it is the good one, a brave team, they are not exactly an African style, it is a mix, European, they have a Belgian coach, interesting players, two bullets, the winger and the winger; let's hope that this is the good one, rising to the occasion, reiterating the utmost respect, is not going to be easy."

The reason for calling up four forwards

Javier Aguirre also clarified the reasons for calling up four attackers for the World Cup, arguing that one of the reasons is that he will be able to play with two forwards and that he could not be left without the contribution of Armando “Hormiga” González and the functions of Memote Martínez.

“Because you can play with two forwards, they are players of proven quality, González's moment is spectacular, Memo is different from the other three, the quality of Santi and Raúl is proven, I couldn't do without these four”

Meanwhile, Raúl Jiménez is set to be the starting forward for the opening game against South Africa on June 11, where he explained that this Thursday's lineup against Serbia will not necessarily be a sketch of those who can start against Bafana Bafana.