Mexico captain Edson Álvarez will miss the remainder of the Copa América after struggling a hamstring damage, confirmed the boys’s nationwide crew participant on Tuesday.
“Sadly, my participation within the Copa América has come to an in depth,” mentioned a social media submit from the West Ham United midfielder, who acknowledged he would preserve an off-the-field position. “However I additionally needed to let you recognize that I’ve made the choice to stick with the crew till the top.”
Alvarez, 26, limped out of Mexico’s Copa opener vs. Jamaica final Saturday after hitting the bottom and clutching his left hamstring following a counter from the opposition within the first half.
Regardless of El Tri occurring to win the sport 1-0 due to a strike from Gerardo Arteaga, the consequence would show to be a bittersweet one for supervisor Jaime “Jimmy” Lozano and his males as they’re now and not using a key chief.
Earlier on Tuesday, Lozano famous that probably shedding the participant to damage “could be a heavy blow” for the nationwide crew.
In his place, the coach mentioned that 27-year-old Almería defender César Montes would now take the captain’s armband.
“Now it is César’s flip to captain and I believe he will assist us quite a bit too,” Lozano mentioned.
“The identical with Julio [Gonzalez], Johan [Vasquez], I wish to see soccer just a little from the again going ahead and I believe they’re the individuals who have a bit extra stability.”
Relying on the results of the opposite Group B matchup between Ecuador and Jamaica, each Mexico and Venezuela are searching for to probably safe a spot within the Copa knockout spherical with a win on Wednesday.
Following the second spherical of video games, Group B will shut out with Mexico enjoying Ecuador and Jamaica taking over Venezuela Sunday.
