Luis Chávez had to break rocks and sleep on the streets to become a star, revealed Miguel Herrera

There are stories that mark life and leave a mark. One of them was revealed by Miguel Herrera, former national coach and current commentator for Fox Sports, about the complicated career of Luis Chávez, current midfielder for the Mexican national team and Dynamo Moscow.

Herrera reviewed that Luis Chávez, scorer of a great goal who made all Mexicans dream that they could qualify for the second round of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, had to break ground and often sleep on the streets to achieve his dreams.

“Some told me that he smuggled himself into the Atlante clubhouse so he could eat, so he could have dinner. That he slept several times under a bridge, near Zaragoza, where the clubhouse was. They took him out of that clubhouse because he was not an Atlante player, he was testing himself everywhere,” said the former América, Xolos Tecos and Atlante coach among others, as well as in the Mexico national team.

“These are stories of many players, extraordinary anecdotes, unthinkable. When I arrived at Xolos for the first time in 2015, I reached this agreement with Jorge Alberto (Hank) and he had to appoint an interim coach, who in this case was Raúl Chabrand, who at that time managed the Xolos Under 20 team,” said Herrera.

And he added: “I started to watch the training sessions because I couldn’t direct, I had just left the national team, so I watch training sessions and that’s where my first contact with Chávez comes. I remember that I was behind one of the goals watching the training and suddenly I saw that Juan Arango grabbed Chávez and they started kicking. We all knew what Arango was at kicking free throws, he was impressive, but he grabbed the guy (Luis Chávez) and said: ‘Do it like this, over here, you have to do this.’ I saw the quality and how the boy shot, impressive quality and strength, one free throw after another, they all went in,” Herrera said.

Miguel Herrera also stated that in the collection of free throws he was polished by the Venezuelan Juan Arango, “Whoever taught it in Xolos, I think it was important that he learned that technique and perfected it,” he concluded.

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