It remains to be seen how bad the injury is, but at first glance it does not appear to be a very serious injury. According to the TV channel TUDN Álvarez is a doubt for Thursday’s game against Panama. Álvarez is a fixed value in Erik ten Hag’s team at Ajax this season. The controller played almost everything for the Eredivisie leader, who took him over from CF América in 2019.
The draw against Costa Rica was bad news for Mexico, which had distanced itself from Panama in the battle for the World Cup tickets with a win. In the Concacaf group, there are still four rounds to go and Canada has a four-point lead over Mexico and the United States. Those two countries will normally decide with Panama (which has one point less) which two countries go directly to the World Cup and which country has to play an intercontinental play-off to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.