Giovanni Dos Santos estados unidos

The Mexican team, you just deal with Venezuela in Texas, will play against Colombia in Florida, against Wales in New York and against Bosnia in Illinois Over 20 million Mexican Americans live in the U.S.

America is the second `home´ of the Mexican national soccer team. Not for nothing is the country where more Mexicans living abroad: more than 20 million among US-born of Mexican descent and those from Mexico residing in a licensed or authorized in the northern neighbor.

The Mexican Football Federation (FMF) takes the desire to soccer (called `soccer´ to Americans) and negligible purchasing power of the `Chicano´ to organize dozens of friendlies in the U.S. that provide excellent collections.

Whatever the city `Yankee´ where you play the `Tri´ , fill the stadiums of enthusiastic fans conveniently armed with T-shirts, flags, hats and anything that will approach his beloved Mexico. To which are added the thousands of `hot dogs´, hamburgers, sandwiches, burritos and cold beverages are consumed within and outside the stadium. A colossal business.

Not yet played a friendly match last week of the Mexican national soccer team in Houston (Texas), where the FMF has already confirmed the dates for two new meetings in the U.S.. The combined Jose Manuel `Chepo´ de la Torre will play against Wales on May 27th against Bosnia Herzegovina four days later.

The Wales match will be played at Stadium Metlife, New York, and Bosnia, at Soldier Field, Chicago. Before, the `Tri´ will play a game that was already confirmed for February 29 in Miami against Colombia. The three commitments are part of the preparation for a World Cup Brazil 2014.

This year the Mexican soccer primary goals is to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, which failed in 2008, and successfully face a World Cup Brazil 2014, where the `Tri´ aims to reach at least quarters -finals.

Mexico, which last week beat Venezuela 3-1 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, will debut in World Cup qualifying in CONCACAF on June 8 against Guyana. The game will be played, of course, in Mexico, although not yet confirmed.

We must defend well

On the eve of the friendly match in which Mexico will be facing their similar United States, Giovani dos Santos, one of the most promising of Mexican soccer, primarily emphasizes the great importance of the fact that the strategist of the Tricolor Hugo Sanchez may have increasingly militen players in Europe therefore considers it beneficial for the Mexican team.

"I think its important for the selection that young people are grasping experience there and thus consolidating its level and good, I think it is important for Mexico to have players of quality and harsh work now, we still have a lot of time to work and I think it is very good for the selection, "said the Barcelona player exclusively for ESPNdeportes.com.

The striker acknowledged that one of the major weaknesses of the Mexican defense are playing to the ball stopped, which could be used by the Americans: "Of the little that I have seen, I believe that Mexico is a very solid ball stopped, I believe that in a party can spend a lot of things but it is true that for the United States stopped the ball is one of their weapons put into practice during the game, I think we have to defend well and make a very serious ".

When asked about the key to winning the team of the bars and stars, insisted on the defensive aspect.

"Defending well and worry about us, I think we have good players who are in good shape and doing our job I think we can get the victory," he said.

Also highlighted the great importance of winning lands Americans.

"The truth that is a difficult moment for Mexico because I believe we have to win it or it is a party that in recent years has been compounded by defeats so I think that is an opportunity to change what happens in these parties," he concluded .

Hugo Sanchez intends to take in the Preolímpico March, but the player knows that the season will be seething azulgrana

It will be an important decision. Giovani Dos Santos must weigh between playing with Barça the final stretch of this season or move preolímpico of CONCACAF that Mexico must play by the middle of next March. The young striker is in a encucijada but does not hide his desire would be with men Frank Rijkaard on dates that can be positively keys to finalize the season in Spain. Their progress in the first team has the wind in its sails and move away from the discipline azulgrana at a conference as important would be very inappropriate.

The tournament will be held from 11 to 16 March in the United States, specifically in Tampa (Florida), Carson (California) and the finals in Nashville (Tennessee). The player should concentrate with their selection few days before it is lost several parties Champions League, League and Champions League depending on when he would like to Hugo Sanchez.

The Mexican has been screening these days in Madrid and is expected to come to Barcelona to try to negotiate its incorporation, but the player remains on the lookout. "The Federation wants it to go but it will be complicated by the timing. I spoke with Hugo Sanchez and would like to be with them but we all know that these dates will be very important to be Barça because they may decide many things. This is the last leg and that will help the team as it is, "says the young man crack.

The Barça have supported that qualifying is not dated by FIFA which is not required to relinquish his footballer if you do not want. What we also want the entity is Catalan clash with the Mexican National team in order to achieve future agreements.