The Mexican coach Javier Aguirre said that playing at home The 2026 World Cup will be an opportunity to make history and that towards that goal will lead his work in the next year and a half.
«Our main objective is to get in the best way and with the best possible team to the World Cup. We play at home, a great opportunity, so games of this 2025 become fundamental, ”said the strategist in a press conference.
“The Basque” Aguirre recalled that by not playing World Cup qualifiers, it will be necessary for the “Tri” to face quality selections to grow, tutor the rivals in the World Cup and cause pride in the fans.
The strategist confirmed that in March Mexico will face Canada and Panama or the United States; In April to Switzerland and Türkiye, plus the rivals of the Gold Cup, in which his team will look for the title.
«We are going to play against Switzerland and Türkiye, two European hierarchy rivals, with players in some of the best teams in the world. They will be an important test for us, ”said Aguirre.
According to the technician, who directed Mexico in the World Cups of 2002 and 2010, in September they will play friendly against Selections from Asia and in October before Conmebol teams, one of the meetings in Mexico.
Aguirre will release next Monday the list of players of the “Tricolor” for the Concacaf Nations League, which will face on Thursday, March 20 (10:30 PM ET) to the dangerous selection of Canada in the semifinals to be played in the Sofi Stadium, in Inglewood, California.
That Tournament and the Concacaf Gold Cup, in which Mexico will defend the title, are the main commitments of the Aguirre team this year. In the Gold Cup the Mexico City will play with the absence of some of its figures, which will be with their teams in the Club World Cup.
Mexico was next to Brazil one of the two teams that was classified for the round of 16 in all World Cups between the United States 1994 and Russia 2018, but in Qatar, with the Argentine coach Gerardo «Tata» Martino, was eliminated in the group stage.
Now “El Vasco” Aguirre intends to put the Mexico team at least in the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Cup, a difficult challenge, according to the ups and downs in the results shown by the Azteca team in the last two and a half years.
