Everything is ready for you Mexico play the round of 16 against Ecuador at Mexico City Stadium (Estadio Azteca), so Javier Aguirre has already shared with FIFA the starting lineup, which will fight for a place in the 1/8 finals of the 2026 World Cup this evening and one of the absentees is Brian Gutierrez.
Brian Gutierrez will not play between Mexico and Ecuador
This Monday at the conference before today’s game, Vasco said it still has doubts in midfield and that one possibility was that he could play with Edson Alvarez and Eric Lira, which was already limiting the space in that zone. But I was the one who had the uncertainty of who would be driving, and I had options.
Ideally, they could repeat what their opponents brought with Moises Caicedo and Pedro Vite.so the options included Brian Gutierrez, Gilberto Mora and Alvaro Fidalgo. In the end, the strategist decided to switch to the Xolos de Tijuana player, leaving the Chivas player on the bench, who did not give such good results.
Despite this, Brian himself, already in the first meetings, showed self-criticism towards his mistakes.so now Mora has taken this position, although it is quite possible that he will not remain there the entire game, but on the contrary, in any difficult situation for them, Vasco will be able to adjust with Gutierrez in this zone.
As a result
- Technical Director Javier Aguirre determined Mexico’s starting line-up for the meeting with Ecuador.
- Football player Gilberto Mora from Xolos de Tijuana will start the game as a starting midfielder.
- Midfielder Brian Gutierrez He was benched due to his previous results.