The Mexico national football team, led by coach Javier Aguirre, started their World Cup 2026 campaign without Charly Rodriguez, who was left out of the final list. The Mexican player, who plays for Club de Futbol Cruz Azul, had maintained an agile, versatile, and dynamic level of football, but was not considered by coach Aguirre. Although the Tricolor has already started their participation in the World Cup, Charly Rodriguez prefers to take a break from football for a moment to live magical moments and fill them with love with his family at Disneyland. The absence of Charly from the final list of the 'Vasco' generated several criticisms, mainly from the fans of Cruz Azul, because they considered his exclusion from the Mexican national team unfair. Charly Rodriguez was part of the World Cup preparation of the Mexican national team, but Javier Aguirre considered him in few occasions, which could have been the main reason why the midfielder was left out of the World Cup 2026. Carlos Rodriguez played 15 games under the direction of Javier Aguirre in the Mexican national team. He was called up for 23 of the 26 games that the 'Vasco' directed in his last process towards the World Cup 2026, but only had activity in 15 of them. He participated in the final phase of the Concacaf Nations League in 2024 and in the Gold Cup in 2025, although he did not play minutes in the finals of these competitions. Days before presenting the official list for the World Cup, Rodriguez maintained the illusion of receiving the call from 'Vasco Aguirre' to dispute his second World Cup four years after his debut in Qatar 2022, but the selector opted for other profiles and left Charly out. Wearing the captain's armband in the grand final of the Clausura 2026 tournament of the Liga Mx, Carlos Rodriguez conquered the tenth star with the Máquina de Cruz Azul, publicly declaring that for some reason he stayed with the cement team after being absent from the Tricolor's call-up. 'Yes, God, destiny for some reason put me here, for some reason I was left with the team (Cruz Azul). I had that feeling that this tournament was the right one and thank God we are here', he said in CU after being crowned champion of Mexican football with Club de Futbol Cruz Azul. Unlike Charly Rodriguez, 'Vasco Javier Aguirre' did call up Erik Lira to play with the Mexican national team in the World Cup 2026 and the agreement, agreed upon by the directors, is that the players considered by the national coach would not play the finals of the Liga MX. For this reason, Erik Lira did not play a minute of the Liguilla with the Máquina cementera, but his teammate, Charly Rodriguez, promised that they would make their greatest effort to achieve the league title, which is already in the facilities of La Noria after winning the Mexican tournament. Although Lira did not have permission to play, he did attend the final in CU and together with Charly Rodriguez, they lifted the tenth cup of champion of Club de Futbol Cruz Azul.