With extensive experience as a planner in Liga MX and with the Mexican national team at the World Cup level, Ricardo Antonio LaVolpe assured in a conversation with La Opinion that Memo Ochoa's physical problems are no longer fit for a World Cup and that Luis Malagon should improve.

With six months left before the ball rolls in Mexico's opening match of the 2026 World Cup against South Africa, LaVolpe addressed the question of who should be the Tricolor's athletes for this competition. He was asked to evaluate the present state of the Mexican national team, led by Javier Aguirre.

Would you choose Memo Ochoa to play as the third-choice keeper?

I don't believe he has what it takes. No, I did not take him that, in order to justify their decision to take him, but because it would depend solely on team dynamics, no, no. I believe that at that time, you begin to have reflexes and reaction time.

Aside from that, I don't have to say it; appear how difficult it is for him to find a staff, and I don't see hundreds of teams, right?

What would you suggest to Malagon to restore his fame as a goalie, as a World Cup person in 1978, as a World Cup trainer in 2006, and with your experience as a keeper?

Malagon has a difficulty that I've been complaining about for a while. I'm not one to condemn people, but I may say it because it's my location, which upsets me. I would show the mentors and athletes to work on two issues with me during education, not just the physical component but the complex one, ever since I first started playing in Argentina or when I was a member of a group. What exactly is the professional component?

What is it that we are seeing, and how do you know how to move around the purpose?

Because it's fine, I understand that the other day they said they beat Kevin Alvarez on Monterrey's goal, but Malagon is beaten from the front, not from behind, so it's something basic that you learn from the goalkeeper, the ball, the man, the reference point.Look where my opponent is, and that's the six-yard box, the goalkeeper's area.

LaVolpe argued in favor of Malagon, saying that" that number one spot should have been given to me. " Why? Because you go out the top of the six-yard box and see where the mix is coming from, and it's a mix from the goalkeeper. I can recall that well.

" I've been saying this since the Gold Cup: There are problems if you don't leave that small box," I've said. Malagadon is a fantastic shot-stopper due to his excellent sensations, creativity, and power. But that's only a small portion of it because he is unsure of how to manage the place. So it upsets me that the mistake coach isn't working with him on that. I believe he needs to work on that a lot because" Tala" ( Raul Rangel ) can exploit that otherwise.

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