A year later, Santiago Giménez, who was loaned by AC Milan to FC Porto, returned to the title in Mexico's selection, in the heavy defeat suffered before the US, by 3-0, and signed an exhibition that is giving rise.
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04/10/2026
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O Mexico left, early on Saturday to Sunday, ‘vergado’ of the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, in the United States, the result of the heavy defeat suffered at the meeting of particular character disputed with the United States of America, by 3-0, in which Santiago Giménez was the protagonist... by the negative.
The advance loaned by AC Milan to FC Porto was bet the titular, in the tricolor formation, something that had not happened since October 12, 2025, at the time of the election endorsed before Colombia, by 0-4, but the truth is that he did not know how to seize the opportunity, and even added two wasted opportunities that left the fans on the verge of a nervous attack.
The first took place at the end of the fourth minute, when, following a counterattack, he combined with Roberto Alvarado before, completely isolated before Diego Kochen, he failed to hit the ball. The second one, appeared on the edge of the whistle for the interval, when, at the ‘mouth’ of the goal, he shot next door, already in effort.
The popularity of the 25-year-old player towards public opinion continues to pique, and the numbers speak for themselves. In 52 internationalizations, it takes only six goals scored, the last of which on September 9, 2025, in a friendly dispute with South Korea, which culminated in a two-ball draw.
After the accounts, it has an average of a straight shot every 392 minutes, and it no longer has any kind of interference of direct interference in goals (whether marking or watching) from Mexico 225 of the minutes it spent in the field. The reactions, moreover, were not delayed on social networks.
“I fail to be ashamed”, “absurd” or “another wasted opportunity” are some of the comments collected by the newspaper Tag, who also notes that there is no lack of those who argue that “it is time” for the national selector, Rafa Márquez, to remove him, once and for all, from the lists of summoned from Mexico.
It is now left to the natural footballer of Buenos Aires, Argentina, to prove that he still has something to give to the American team. The next opportunity will take place at 03:30 a.m. ( Continental Portugal time) next Wednesday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, in the test against Chile.
Difficult life (also) in FC Porto
If the situation that Santiago Giménez lives in Mexico is far from being the best, the one that goes to the service of FC Porto is not, at all, the ideal, despite the fact that it has already begun to mark, in the goal applied to Casa Pia, in the Municipal Stadium of Rio Maior, in the conversion of a great penalty, already in the compensation period.
André Silva has earned the confidence of Italian coach Francesco Farioli as the front holder of the blue and white attack, with positive numbers (three goals and two assists in nine games), giving him little room for manoeuvre. Also, Samu Aghehowa is recovered from injury, and promises to complicate his task further.