National Soccer
Marcelo Neveleff explained the reason why Mariano Díaz will not be for the duel against Guatemala of the qualifiers.
Mariano Díaz during his presentation at Sevilla FC a few years ago. (Free Press Photo: EFE)
The Selection of the Dominican Republic He reported a last -minute decline for his confrontation of World Cup qualifiers against Guatemala.
Argentine coach Marcelo Neveleff shared in an interview that the player Mariano Díaz will not be eligible for the partysince he is in Spain closing a contract with his next team.
He asked us for a while because he is about to fix a contract in a club. He will not come because he is about to fix something in Spain and prevents him from coming, he feels bad. It will not come for the match against Guatemala, the coach said during the interview.
In this way, the decline of a player who aimed to be important in the tie is confirmed, since, although he was without a team, The Dominican has demonstrated its quality after going through several teams in Europe as Real Madrid and Olympique de Lyon.
Despite Díaz’s decline, the Dominican Republic still has several players who can quietly occupy their place, such as striker Peter González and also Dorny Romero.
The rival team of Guatemala He concentrated the last days in Colombia, where he made a preparation camp with the aim of heating at height, similar to that of Guatemala.
The combined blue and white is the current leader of Group E of the qualifiers with six points after two dates. Dominican Republic has three units.
The duel of Friday, June 6 will be decisive in the aspirations of both selections in the face of their goal of advancing to the final round of the qualifiers.
Once this match is held, Guatemala will visit Jamaica on June 10 and that same day the Dominican Republic will face Dominica.