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Rafa Marquez at risk to miss CONCACAF Cup with injury

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By SBI SOCCER

Mexico may have one less veteran defender to call in for the CONCACAF Cup, as the injury bug continues to affect players from El Tri.

After Andres Guardado was officially ruled out of the Confederations Cup playoff tie against the U.S. Men’s National Team early Monday, Rafael Marquez suffered an injury against Atalanta over the weekend and may be in serious doubt to miss the October 10 clash.

Hellas Verona head coach Andrea Mandorlini said he will miss the team’s upcoming game, and while he did not reveal what injury is bothering the 36-year-old defender, Univision speculates it is a muscle problem in his right leg.

Marquez was called in by El Tri interim manager Ricardo Ferretti for the country’s September friendlies against Trinidad & Tobago and Argentina. He started in the team’s 2-2 draw with Lionel Messi and company, but he was substituted off before Messi equalized with minutes to spare.

Marquez played an important role for El Tri early in the summer when he captained his country at the Copa America in Chile, but he missed out on the team’s Gold Cup triumph.

What do you think of Marquez’s injury? Think he was going to be called into the squad to face the USMNT?

Share your thoughts below.

Comments

  1. did guardado and marquez both get “jobbed”?
    is the concacaf cup match being “fixed” for usa victory?

    watch to see which referee is selected. for example, mark geiger.
    watch to see if the usa-mex game is decided by referee decisions.
    you know, pk for usa, non-pk call for mexico
    and/or red card to mexico and non-red card to usa (if applicable).

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  2. This one really hurts. Now the U.S. Will have to play 11 on 11 as Red Card Rafa won’t be able to sabotage his team at a critical moment.

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  3. same response as the others! USA needed him to screw up or get carded in this game!

    seriously tho, Mexico has depth but CB isn’t their deepest/best position and Marquez solidifies the 5-3-2 formation at the CB/CDM. without him either they move HH back there or change formations.

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    • Mexico was holding off Argentina pretty good until Marquez left the field.

      Then Argentina immediately scored twice.

      Maybe they would have done so anyway but the thing Guardado and Marquez both bring to Mexico is an undefinable leadership quality which I suspect they will miss.

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      • im thinking they line up:
        –Vela——-R.Jimenez/Hernandez—–
        —————-Gio——————————-
        ——–JdS————–Vasquez————
        -Layun———HH——Aguilar/I.Jimenez-
        ———Moreno-Reyes———————–
        —————-Munoz————————–
        still a very dangerous group of attackers and solid defense but nothing too scary.

      • Jonathan Dos Santos MUST fill in for guardado. He’s the only player I think is up to Guardados quality. Really don’t think any of the Liga Mx players can cut it there.

  4. This is actually bad news for the USMNT, I actually prefer him to play, especially when we have DeAndre, Wood, or Zardes coming off the bench with speed that would burn Rafa and make him commit stupid fouls that could possibly lead to him getting red carded.

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  5. If Trump was President, we wouldn’t even have to play the Mexican team to go to the Confed Cup. We’d just get it because we are America and America is the best

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