Brazil-Mexico promotes the re-meeting of the remains of London-2012

Monday's match between Brazil and Mexico in the World Cup Round of 32 will pit two generations who have taken very different actions over the past six years. If from 2012 to now the Mexican Olympic champions have progressed with some relevance in their career and have gained place in the main selection, some Brazilians, defeated at Wembley from 2 to 1, have not confirmed in their majority the wait created. . But those who have worked are the protagonists of world football.

The figures attest to this difference in trajectory. Among the 18 players that Mexico took to London in 2012 and which were behind one of football's greatest successes, seven of them form the group of 23 athletes who occurred in Russia. 2014, Germany, by 1-0.

And this number could be even higher if there were no injuries. Néstor Araujo, present on a preliminary list of 28 summoned, had to be dismissed for having been bruised. After closing the team of 23 players, defender Diego Reyes was cut to be injured on the eve of the World Cup.

Thus, from this group that defeated Brazil, goalkeeper Corona and striker Oribe Peralta, author of the two Mexican goals in this decision, will review the national team five times, as well as midfielders Héctor Herrera, Giovani dos Santos and Javier Aquino, as well as forwards Marco Fabián and Raúl Jiménez

. Russia, has not yet managed to win the main role in the selection, so that Herrera is the only one who has title status with coach Juan Carlos Osorio. Raúl, Giovani dos Santos, Fabián and Peralta have each left the Mexican reserve bench in the group stage of the World Cup.

This is virtually the opposite of what is happening with the few "survivors" of Brazil's defeat. London-2012, a decisive result for the fall of Mano Menezes from the main selection command a few months later. After six years, three of the four players who were part of this defeated attempt to win the then unpublished Olympic gold are protagonists with Titus.

Neymar, who was already a Brazilian football star, became an extraclbad, The biggest case in the history of football as they traded Barcelona against Paris Saint-Germain about a year ago. Thiago Silva, then one of the veterans of the team and internationally recognized, would captain of Brazil at the 2014 World Cup, would leave with the stained image, but would recover, being already there. one of the highlights of the selection in Russia. And Marcelo expanded his collection of achievements at this time by Real Madrid, considered by many to be the best left-back in the world.

The Brazilian quarterback present in London-2012 and is now part of the Cup team in a new encounter with the Mexico is Danilo, recently postponed a right hip injury and n & # 39; Did not play in this decision, where Brazil was beaten 2 to 1. "Mexico has a lot of fast and quality players, I am a friend and I know a lot of them."

14 other names , however, remained on the way, some of them looking promising, like Alexandre Pato, Ganso, Oscar, Lucas and Leandro Damião.On Monday, far from Samara, they will follow Mexico by winning another of the biggest victories of their history or expanding the parish before the Brazilian national team.