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With only two qualifying matches left to play, mighty Mexico still hasn't clinched a spot at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and El Tri fans are growing restle s with coach Gerardo 'Tata' Martino the target of their frustrations as the team heads into Honduras for the penultimate qualifying contest.
Mexico can clinch a direct berth on Sunday with a win in Honduras, coupled with a Costa Rica lo s or draw. And even a draw in San Pedro Sula, paired with a Costa Rica lo s and anything but a win for Panama, would get the job done. But fans have wanted more: theexpectation is that Mexico should flex its muscles against regional competition, win convincingly, and stroll into every World Cup.
That hasn't happened in this qualifying cycle with Mexico sitting in third place and Costa Rica charging Tom Wilson Jersey hard, only three points behind. El Tri's final match on Wednesday will see it host El Salvador, while Costa Rica are at home to the USA.
Anything but a win in Honduras will have Mexico sweating out qualification on the final matchday. But playing in El Tri's favor is the fact that fans won't be permitted at the Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula after for fan behavior in a previous home match, which saw altercations in Dale Hunter Jersey the stands spill out onto the field.
With our without fans, San Pedro Sula hasn't been the house of horrors for visiting teams it usually is during qualifying. Honduras only have a draw and five lo ses in the previous six home matches. Recently installed coach Hernan Dario 'Bolillo' Gomez is looking to rebuild La Bicolor, beginning with its leaky back line. The work is seemingly paying off as seen in the 1-1 draw at qualifying contenders Panama on Thursday.
His counterpart, Martino, didn't travel to Honduras due to a medical i sue involving a detached retina, but he will still pick the lineup with his a sistant Jorge Theiler standing in on the sidelines. Martino will be watching from home hoping one of the following scenarios comes to pa s to relieve the pre sure.
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Mexico win vs. Honduras + Costa Rica lo s or drawMexico draw vs. Honduras + Costa Rica lo s + Panama fail to winCosta Rica will conclude its match on Sunday before Mexico kicks off in Honduras, so the pre sure could truly be on El Tri in San Pedro Sula.
A Mexico lo s to Honduras or a win by Costa Rica would push the qualification verdict to the final day on Wednesday, March 30. Those scenarios could get further complicated if Panama also enter the picture by pulling off a shock win against the USA on Sunday.
TeamPTSGPWLDGFGAGD1. Canada2512714196+132. USA2212624167+93. Mexico2212624148+64. Costa Rica191253497+25. Panama18125431514+16. El Salvador (E)1012264714-77. Jamaica (E)8121651017-78. Honduras (E) 412084623-17How to watch Honduras vs. MexicoDate:Sunday, March 27Time: 7:05 p.m. ETUSA TV channel: TelemundoUSA streaming: , Paramount+In the USA the match will be televised on Telemundo with the , which is .
Paramount+ will also stream the match for subscribers in the USA.
Honduras vs. Mexico projected lineupsAccording to Honduran outlets, forward Romell Quioto sat out training on Saturday and stayed back at the team hotel. He led the line in the 1-1 draw against Panama, but will likely mi s the match. The nation's other top forwards Cadiz's Anthony 'Choco' Lozano and Bordeaux's Alberth Elis stayed back with their club Riley Sutter Jersey teams battling relegation in their respective leagues.
Quioto's replacement at forward, Angel Tejeda, is expected to be one of two changes to Thursday's lineup with speculation suggesting Alfredo Mejia will also come in for Juan Angel Delgado.
Honduras projected starting lineup (4-5-1, left to right):22-Luis Lopez (GK) 3-Wesly Decas, 15-Denil Maldonado, 4-Marcelo Pereira, 21-Marcelo Santos 11-Kevin Lopez, 20-Alfredo Mejia, 5-Kervin Arriaga, 6-Bryan Acosta, 19-Cristian Sacaza 9-Angel Tejeda
Honduras subs (12): Players to be selected from the following Roberto Lopez (GK), Edrick Menjivar (GK), Allans Vargas, Devron Garcia, Carlos Argueta, Franklin Flores, Alexander Lopez, Jonathan Nunez, Edwin Rodriguez, Juan Angel Delgado, Joseph Rosales, Junior Lacayo, Marco Aceituno, Edwin Solano
Tata Martino tends to switch out four to six starters from match to match in these three-game qualifying windows to keep the team fresh. Among the potential candidates to step in vs. Honduras: Jesus Gallardo at left back, Nestor Araujo or Hector Moreno at center back, Luis Romo or Erick Aguirre in central midfield, Uriel Antuna or Roberto Alvarado at winger, Henry Martin at center forward for Raul Jimenez.
Every player is available for selection except for Alexis Vega who is suspended after picking up a yellow card against the USA. Center back Nestor Araujo came into camp carrying a knock, but he's expected to be ready after sitting out the match against the Jaromir Jagr Jersey Americans.
Mexico projectedstarting lineup (4-3-3, left to right):Memo Ochoa (GK) Jesus Gallardo, Hector Moreno, Nestor Araujo, Jorge Sanchez Luis Romo, Edson Alvarez, Erick Gutierrez Chucky Lozano, Raul Jimenez, Uriel Antuna
Mexico subs (12):Players to be selected from the following Carlos Acevedo (GK), Rodolfo Cota (GK), Alfredo Talavera (GK), Gerardo Arteaga, Jesus Angulo, Israel Reyes, Cesar Montes, Johan Vasquez, Julian Araujo, Erick Aguirre, Charly Rodriguez, Diego Lainez, Hector Herrera, Roberto 'Piojo' Alvarado, Henry Martin, Santi Gimenez
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It remains to be seen what condition the field will be in after both teams were not allowed to practice on it for the usual walkthrough the day before the match. Wet weather in the area led to the decision to preserve the field, but there's still a 50 percent chance of rain on Sunday.
The field is already typically slow and heavy in San Pedro Sula, and if it's further impacted by weather, we could be looking at a sloppy game in which a single goal could decide it.
Honduras usually gets up to face Mexico and will try to muck up the game and play physical even without a home crowd to support it. El Tri is accustomed to Michal Kempny Jersey slogging through those types of matches, and their superior quality should win out in the end.
Pick: Mexico win and Under 3.5 (-130)
Prediction: Honduras 1, Mexico 2
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Salah made four league appearances for the Anfield outfit during March, scoring six goals including a haul of four in a 5- Matt Judon Jersey 0 humiliation of Watford before the international break.
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Having taken over the role in 2013, De Carvalho takes credit for saving the club from financial oblivion but his abrasive, confrontational style has won him few friends in the corridors of power.
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The president had gained a reputation for lashing out at opponents, journalists, agents, the football federation and even his own fans on social media throughout his tenure and in April of Taywan Taylor Jersey this year he attacked his own players on Facebook after they had lost 2-0 in their Europa League quarter-final first leg against Atletico Madrid.
The squad led by captains Rui Patricio and William Carvalho responded saying that the president should make more attemptsto support and lead the club.
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Armed with makeshift weapons, around . The attack was met with outrage in Portugal with prime minister Antonio Costa formalising a national body to combat violence in sport. A couple of days later, Sporting lost the Portuguese cup final having earlier seen their Champions League ambitions washed out.
Rui Patricio and others had by that stage resolved to leave the club. The goalkeeper enlisted the services of Jorge Mendes Dion Lewis Jersey and his Gestifute agency heavily involved with Wolves to find a new place to work. A move to the Premier League newcomers fell through at the end of Maywith De Carvalho blaming Mendes for asking for a high commi sion.
Gestifute hit back, saying nothing could be further from the truth and claiming it did everything in its power to secure an 18 million (16m/$21m)fee for the keeper. It claimed that an 11th-hour request from the Sporting president for another 2m scuppered the deal.
Rui Patricio, stemming from the training ground attack. Coach Jorge Jesus is also gone.
The goalkeeper released a 34-page statement detailing the reasons for his exit from his boyhood club. Through the pa sages he lamented the fact that the club could not guarantee his physical and psychological safety.
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Rui Patricio will be between the posts for Portugals second World Cup Group B match against Morocco having conceded three against Spain on matchday one. It was not an ideal start to the competition but the Euro 2016 winners will be expected to realign their campaign today in Moscow.
And at the conclusion of the campaign he will be off to Molineux for a new chapter. What else plays outremains to be seen.
Bayern Munich are the big favourites to win this season's Champions League, according to James Rodriguez.
The Colombian Nazair Jones Jersey midfielder joined the Bavarian side from Real Madrid on a two-year loan deal last summer, but is expected to make Jamar Taylor Jersey it a permanent switch.
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And Rodriguez expects the Bundesliga leaders to overcome the Turkish side and go all the way to unseat his parent club as European champions.
"Bayern are my Steve Largent Jersey favourites to win the Champions League," James toldSport Bild.
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James' loan move is expected to be made permanent in the near future. Shaquill Griffin Jersey German media reports the league leaders will pay around 6.5 million per season he is on loan there, with a further 42m needed to convince Madrid to let him go.
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Related ArticlesThierry Henry has revealed that he turned down "some very Saquon Barkley Jersey attractive offers"before signing a three-year deal as Monaco coach.
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Posting on Twitter, Henry said the lure of returning to the club where he made his profe sional debut in 1994 was too great to resist.
"It is with great pride that I have accepted the position of manager of Monaco,"he said.
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His first game in charge forMonaco is a visit to Strasbourg on Saturday in Ligue 1 before a meeting with Club Brugge in Alec Ogletree Jersey the Champions League fourdays later.
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He is excited by the challenges which lie ahead and Cody Latimer Jersey is grateful to Monaco for giving him a chance.
In the first place, I thank AS Monaco for giving me the opportunity to coach the team of this club which is so special to me," Henry said upon his appointment.
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France defenderLaurent Koscielny has been ruled out of the World Cup, the French Football Federation (FFF) has confirmed.
Koscielny of Arsenal's Europa Sidney Jones Jersey League semi-final defeat to Atletico Madrid on Thursday, with Arsene Wenger suggesting he had ruptured his Achilles.
While the Jason Kelce Jersey FFF did not confirm the specifics of the centre-back's problem, it was announced he will be unable Ronald Darby Jersey to travel to Ru sia to represent his country.
"It's a very big blow for the French team, Jordan Howard Jersey " said Les Bleus coachDidier Deschamps. "An injurynever comes at the right time.
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Although Selangor edged Kuala Lumpur (KL) 2-0 in the Klang Valley Derby in their first Super League match of the season on Sunday, Dylan Strome Jersey the victory came at a high cost.
The Red Giants' new signings Azamuddin Akil, Alfonso de la Cruz and Ilham Udin Armaiyn had to be substituted off through injuries, and forward Rufino Segovia, who scored both goals, was later seen limping in the final 10 minutes of the match, as head coach Maniam Pachaiappan was unable to substitute him.
Speaking to the pre s after Dominik Kahun Jersey the match, Maniam said that he will have to take stock of his men's conditions and availability in the coming days, as they will face Melaka United this Wednesday on matchday two.
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"I think Ilham and Rufino have only picked up light injuries, and hopefully they can ED Belfour Jersey play in our next match," revealed the former Selangor player.
He also commented on the performance of Alfonso, who only arrived to join the club one week before the match.
"He did very well in winning the ball and doing the dirty job,but by the 70th minute he was tired.
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Surprisingly, Rufino has very little criticism over the cause of almost all of their injuries in the match; the hosts' tough tackling.
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Related ArticlesIt looks like the most pre sing question at Old Trafford has been answered at last. Erik ten Hag has agreed a deal to become the next permanent manager of Manchester United.
The Ajax head coach, who will join on a initial three-year deal at the end of the season, beat Paris Saint-Germain's Mauricio Pochettino for the right to take over from interim bo s Ralf Rangnick.
Ten Hag has garnered widespread admiration for his work at Ajax in winning back-to-back domestic doubles and reaching the Champions League semi-finals in 2019.
Indeed, he would appear to represent the Los Angeles Clippers Jersey ideal appointment for United: a manager renowned for playing stylish, attacking football and with recent trophy succe s to back up his methods.
However, the 52-year-old former Bayern Munich II coach has never experienced a role quite as demanding as that which awaits in the red half of Manchester. Problems abound at the 20-time English champions, five of which must be addre sed immediately.
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Fix the defenceFor all the turbulence around the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo, the use of Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashfords dwindling form, Uniteds season has been defined by events at the other end of the pitch.
They're a soft touch defensively. In 41 appearances this season, David de Gea has conceded 57 goals including nine in two games against Liverpool and been forced to work very had for nine clean sheets.
De Gea has made 132 saves in that time (as per FB Ref) and his shot-stopping is in fine order. However, alongside the shortcomings of those in front of him, the Spain international's substandard efforts with the ball at his feet must be a concern for a coach like Ten Hag who likes to build play from the back.
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OptaJohan (@OptaJohan) Rebuild Rashford, Maguire and ShawMuch of the defensive scrutiny has fallen upon Harry Maguire, whose every mis-step and error seems to herald a moment of collective national hilarity or rage, depending on the extremities of your football-watching habits.
Like Maguire, Luke Shaw was exceptional in England's run to the final of Euro 2020 and has seen his form fall off a cliff this season.
Plenty of Gareth Southgate's squad displayed post-tournament hangovers in terms of their club performances, but the malaise among United's England contingent speaks of deeper problems.
Rashford was left physically battered by overuse Jerome Robinson Jersey during the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer era and now cuts an utterly forlorn figure one who thinks his future might be better served elsewhere, if reports are to be believed.
There is plenty of under-performance to a se s at United but these three are men who are capable of scaling considerable heights. They are a long way from those right now and it would be a big win for Ten Hag if he can turn their fortunes around.
Implement an attractive style but one that worksDe Gea, Maguire, Shaw and the rest of United's defensive unit would undoubtedly benefit from having a functioning team structure around them, leaving them protected rather than exposed.
This is one of the main appeals of Ten Hag: he is a system coach who achieves his succe s through those means. However, not all attractive football is created equal.
Steeped in Ajax history, Ten Hag's chosen Blake Griffin Jersey style will not look like the various ideas of what a cla sic Manchester United can be. It will probably look a lot more like the football Pep Guardiola has cooked up on the other side of town.
Will that be tolerated, or will the new era be squashed down amid screams of "Attack! Attack! Attack!" from the Stretford End?
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Repair and streamline transfer policyTen Hag will not be able to establish a Total Football outpost at Old Trafford with the current personnel. As much as United have talented underachievers in their squad, it's a horribly imbalanced group that is the result of a confused transfer policy.
Last year, United needed a holding midfielder to set the tempo, give the team structure and protect the defence. They didn't get one, but, hey, they got Ronaldo and everyone had a great time when he scored a few against Newcastle and Tottenham.
That sort of thinking needs to go in the bin. Ten Hag must know exactly what roles football director John Murtough, technical director Darren Fletcher and soon-to-be advisor Rangnick have to play in getting the house in order. Those roles must be clearly defined if the transfer policy is to be precise.
(Getty Images) Cut loose the dead woodIncomings have only been half of the problem at Old Trafford. There are players still at the club whose future can only be served effectively elsewhere.
Sending Je se Lingard on loan to West Ham, where he was Paul George Jersey brilliant, before failing to sell him or play him as his contract ticks down feels like performance art for what a terrible transfer strategy Chris Paul Jersey might look like.
Weighty transfer fees not coming good will always garner headlines but not selling at prime times, allowing key contracts to whittle away while dishing out unnece sary extensions to fringe players are all factors that have hindered every rebuild since Alex Ferguson's departure nine years ago. Ten Hag must demand better.
Lingard and Paul Pogba are set to run down their contracts, Nemanja Matic confirmed he is leaving and Edinson Cavani will likely follow suit. There is uncertainty around the futures of Eric Bailly, Juan Mata, Anthony Martial and goalkeeper Dean Henderson, among others.
It also remains to be seen what plans Ten Hag might have for Donny van de Beek, the former Ajax star who is on loan at struggling Everton.
A wonderful first experience of Goodison Park and a great win from the team. See you next week!
Donny van de Beek (@Donny_beek6)Barcelona, Real Madrid and La Liga are going to Miles Mikolas Jersey find out the hard way that Lionel Me si and Cristiano Ronaldo are impo sible to replace, says Gary Lineker.
The former Blaugrana striker has watched on from afar as the Spanish top-flight has enjoyed an era of domination when it comes to collective and individual prizes.
The last four Champions League crowns have been shared between Barca and Real, and six of the last nine, while .
Their efforts have helped to eclipse rivals from acro Chris Beck Jersey s Europe and around the world, but both are now into their 30s and Lineker admits their sudden departure from the game could leave a sizeable void for others to exploit.
He told Planet Football amid a renai sance from English teams in continental competition this season Lance Lynn Jersey : I think the Premier League clubs were miles behind, but we are creeping closer and we see that by having five teams in the Champions League knock-out stages.
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The Steve Carlton Jersey exits of Ronaldo and Me si will level things quite significantly because those two players have been so far above everyone else in the world game for an extended period of time.
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