If the devil does not get his tail in at the last minute, everything indicates that Luis Chávez of Dynamo of Russia and César “Chino” Huerta of Anderlecht of Belgium would be the last two players to close the list of 26 called up for Mexico for the World Cup that coach Javier Aguirre will announce next Monday.

This version somewhat contradicts Aguirre's speech this Friday in Pasadena, California, in the sense that the game against Australia this Saturday at the Rose Bowl will serve to put the final touch on the list of summoned players.

But compared to this version, it is stated that both Kevin Castañeda and Jesús Alejandro Gómez, from the

With this version, the calls of Carlos Rodríguez from Cruz Azul, Jordan Carrillo from Pumas and Marcel Ruiz from Toluca, who still had options to be taken into account for their great work in the league for the title that concluded last week, were also ruled out.

Nor did Germán Berterame from Inter Miami of Major League Soccer (MLS) appear on the list, who lost the race with Hormiga González, who had a great development with Chivas and earned his call-up.

Richard Ledezma, who could not close strongly to convince the national team's coaching staff that he was the right man over Jorge Sánchez, especially because he knows how to play very well up front, but with many doubts when it came to defending.

The supposed list

The supposed list that will be officially announced next Monday will be made up as follows: Goalkeepers: Raúl Rangel (Chivas), Carlos Acevedo (Santos Laguna) and Guillermo Ochoa (AEL Limassol).

Defenders: Israel Reyes (America), Jorge Sánchez (PAOK of Greece), César Montes (Lokomotiv), Edson Álvarez (West Ham United), Johan Vázquez (Genoa), Jesús Gallardo (Toluca) and Mateo Chávez (AZ Alkmaar).

Midfielders: Erik Lira (Cruz Azul), Luis Romo (Chivas), Obed Vargas (Atlético de Madrid), Gilberto Mora (Xolos), Luis Chávez (Dinamo), Álvaro Fidalgo (Betis), Brian Gutiérrez (Chivas), Orbelín Pineda (AEK Greece).

Forwards: Guillermo Martínez (Pumas), Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), Santiago Giménez (AC Milan), Armando González (Chivas), Roberto Alvarado (Chivas), César Huerta (Anderlecht), Julián Quiñones (Al Kadisyah) and Alexis Vega (Toluca).

Twelve will repeat in the World Cup

If this list is finalized, twelve players would repeat as World Cup players after having been called up for Qatar 2022, such as Guillermo Ochoa, Jorge Sánchez, César Montes, Johan Vázquez, Jesús Gallardo, Orbelín Pineda, Edson Álvarez, Luis Romo, Luis Chávez, Alexis Vega, Roberto Alvarado and Raúl Jiménez.