Rogelio Funes Mori in goal celebration.
Photo: Juan Angel Ovalle / Imago7
Rogelio Funes Mori did not appear in Diego Cocca’s first call with the Mexican National Teamand after hearing this news, the Rayados de Monterrey player uploaded a story through his Instagram account, which was seen by fans as an alleged response to the South American coach.
“Don’t Worry and be happy“Was the phrase that the twin wrote, accompanied by a photograph in training with his two thumbs up as a sign of calm, or at least that’s how he wanted to show it. In this way, he would be downplaying his absence from Cocca’s first call in El Tri for his next international commitments.
Funes Mori joined the great absences in Diego Cocca’s call
The Argentine nationalized Mexican striker was one of the great absences in Cocca’s listHowever, the same coach said that he was not closing the doors to any of the players who were not called up in this first call.
In addition to Rogelio Funes Mori, Diego Cocca left out important names such as Héctor Herrera, Andrés Guardado and Javier “Chicharito” Hernández, However, despite not having these so-called “Sacred Cows”, he did call Guillermo Ochoa, a historic Mexican goalkeeper from Salernitana from Italy.
The controversy of Rogelio Funes Mori in the Qatar 2022 World Cup
Funes Mori was at the center of the debate for his call to the Qatar 2022 World Cup by Gerardo Martino, many criticized the presence of the 31-year-old striker who ended up playing less than 30 minutes in the great World Cup event.
Despite the criticism, Martino always risked it with the presence of Funes Morisomething that according to sports media, Diego Cocca does not want to repeat, although the former Atlas and Tigres assured that all the players would have the doors open for this process.
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