After tagging along to the Confederations Cup, the 20-year-old will be El Tri's youngest player in Russia. And this time he has a roster spot
When 20-year-old Edson Alvarez sets foot in Moscow and begins to travel to Mexico's first game of the World Cup, it won't be his first time in the city. Alvarez has been here before, not in the squad for Mexico's Confederations Cup run in 2017, but brought along to train and see how the country's best do things.
With Diego Reyes an injury doubt for Saturday's friendly against Denmark and the tournament that follows, the versatile Alvarez has stepped into the gap.