One of the big and tough absences from Javier Aguirre’s first list for the Mexican National Team’s concentration for the 2026 World Cup was that of Marcel Ruiza Mexican midfielder who would have had his place almost assured if it had not been for the broken cruciate ligament who suffered, although he seems to be ‘fine’.

As halftime learned, Vasco Aguirre spoke with Marcel and explained that he could not consider it due to the risk posed by his injury. He thanked him for forcing and avoiding surgery so he could be there, but he could not take the risk of losing someone during the tournament.

Toluca ‘sent’ a clear message

After Marcel Ruiz’s name did not appear on the list of Liga MX players who will start working on May 6 at the High Performance Center (CAR), Antonio “Turco” Mohamed had no qualms and sent his starting player for the game against LAFC.

In the Concacaf Champions Cup Semifinal against the Los Angeles team, Mohamed not only decided to start Ruiz, but gave him the captain’s badge as a ‘declaration’ after what happened; Marcel is at risk of his injury becoming even more serious.

Marcel Ruiz highlighted

The Mexican midfielder He was one of Toluca’s best players tonight against LAFCstill shows no obvious differences due to having a broken cruciate and injured meniscus, because he asks for the ball, continues to make the Mexican team play and contributes to the recovery.

In fact, Toluca found the tie after Marcel played the ball, avoided losing it by locking downhe touched and the ball later reached Jesús “Canelo” Angulo, who defined perfectly to sign a great goal that came from Ruiz, who played 88 minutes today.