A number of Mexican national team players involved in prostitution scandal. (REUTERS / Henry Romero)
A total of nine Mexican national team players will be performing at World Cup 2018 partyed with 30 commercial sex workers in a private complex in Mexico City on Saturday (2/6) after a 1-0 win over Scotland at the Aztec Stadium.
Based on TVNotas magazine report, the magazine publishes images of Mexican national team players who arrived for partying with the title 'Party Eleven Really El Tri'.
Nevertheless, the Mexican Football Federation (Femexfut) does not seem to be concerned about it because the moment was done Juan Carlos Osorio's side were on vacation.
"Holiday is a holiday and it is a risk that someone runs it with freedom," said Secretary General Femexfut Guillermo Cantu quoted from Sports NDTV.
For that reason Femexfut will not sanction any players involved in such activities.
Giovani dos Santos is one of the players who participated in sex. (REUTERS / Carlos Jasso)
"Actually, this is not whether we like [what players have done] or not, it's just that we have to be clear that they do not miss training or meetings," Cantu added.
Among the players involved in the prostitution scandal were goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa and Benfica striker Raul Jimenez. Two brothers who played in the Los Angeles Galaxy, Jonathan and Giovani dos Santos also came on the occasion with defender Carlos Salcedo and Marco Fabian.
Currently the El Tri squad is in Copenhagen, Denmark. Mexico are preparing to test out with the Danish national team on Saturday (9/6) before departing for Russia.
Femexfut will not punish players who are involved in prostitution scandals for being off workouts. (AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. Brown)
Controversy with commercial sex workers in Meskiko's national team is similar to what has happened in recent years.
In September 2010, Mexican players partied with women after the match at Monterrey. On that occasion, the involved players were fined. Including a six-month suspension for defender Efrain Juarez and striker Carlos Vela.
Then in June 2011, shortly before the trip to Argentina to participate in the Copa America, the Mexican players also interacted with sex workers at a hotel in Quito, Ecuador. They were fined and suspended from the national team for six months. (ptr)