The national teams of Peru, Colombia and Sweden will be the last preparation rivals of the Mexican team before their debut in the World Cup in Qatar 2022 , which will begin in November.
The Mexican Football Federation announced this Tuesday in a press release that these friendly matches will form part of the ‘Tri’ Farewell Series, and then travel to the Middle East and compete in the World Cup.
The duel against the Peruvians will be on 24 in September at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena in Los Angeles (USA), the Colombians on 27 in September at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara (USA) and that of the Swedes will take place at the Montilivi stadium in Girona, Spain.
The The meetings will include activities so that fans can say goodbye to Mexico before they face the World Cup, among which are open training sessions for fans.
The Mexican selection , trained by the Argentine Gerardo Martino, integrates the gr Group C of the World Cup in Qatar together with Argentina, Saudi Arabia and Poland.
Meeting Peru and Colombia, teams that were left out of the World Cup, will help Mexico to rehearse their duel against Argentina since the three pictures are part of the South American confederation.
With Sweden, the Mexicans will have their only European rival on the tour to prove what the Poles, who play in UEFA, could show them with the Swedes, in Qatar.
Mexico qualified Qatar for the finish second in Concacaf World Cup qualifying with 28 points, the same as leader Canada, which had a better goal difference.
The preparation of the ‘Tri’ for the match began in April when they drew against Guatemala. In May, the Mexicans defeated Nigeria, in June they fell to Uruguay and tied with Ecuador.
Furthermore, in June, Martino’s team faced their first two duels in the Concacaf Nations League by beating Suriname and drawing with Jamaica, to place second in their group, A.
In Qatar, the Mexicans are confident of overcoming the barrier of the round of 16, in which they have stayed in their last seven participations in the world championships, and equal or exceed their best result, the quarterfinals, which they reached in the editions 1970 and 1986, in which they were hosts.