Tuesday, October 8

They fell on him!: Fans rejected Héctor Herrera after boasting about his return to the Mexican National Team

Héctor Herrera attended training sessions with the Mexican National Team.
Héctor Herrera attended training sessions with the Mexican National Team.

Photo: Alex Grimm/Getty Images

Manuel Acevedo

Soccer player Héctor Herrera returned to the Mexican National Team after being contemplated by Jaime Lozano to play the friendlies of the Tri this September. But his return was not well received by fans since many rejected him in his post on his X account, formerly known as Twitter.

The player of Houston Dynamo He boasted on the social network some photos in which he is in training for the Mexican team. In the publication he wrote the message: “Always proud to wear my colors”, after this the positive comments exploded but the ones that stood out the most were the negative ones.

“Grandfather escaped again”, “Sorry to see how my team continues to summon semi-retired packages. Hopefully it will be your last call”, “Your best moment was at Atlético de Madrid but you preferred dollars to continue growing, you do not contribute anything to the team, have dignity and step aside”, “Oh, players from other teams that already give way to the kids, you should do the same”.

Those are part of the comments that fans posted against “H H”.

Days before the fans had also criticized the inclusion of herrera in the selection call. At that time, the Mexican player said a few words in response to the barrage of criticism.

“I imagine who are the ones who say, but the comments are taken from whoever comes. There are people in our country who believe that they are the Messi of football and believe that they have the power to speak to say who does things well, who does things badly, when they have never even touched a ball in their life”, said the midfielder in an interview with Hi! SportsTV.

🇲🇽 The words of Héctor Herrera, after being criticized for returning to the Mexican National Team:

🗣️ “I have one of the best careers as a Mexican player”.

🗣️ “Let a person come to tell me that whether or not I can be in the National Team, it doesn’t make me lose sleep”.

🎙️: @fvreporter… pic.twitter.com/N4h3FoSRA0

— Hi! Sports TV (@HiSportsTV) August 31, 2023

Since when was he not called up with the Mexican National Team?

Hector Herrera He played his last game with the Tri against Argentina in the last World Cup disputed in Qatar. From that moment he was not summoned for any type of meeting: international friendlies, Concacaf Nations League and the last Gold Cup.

“HH” has a total of 104 matches with the senior team, in which he made his debut on October 17, 2012 against the El Salvador team, and has scored 10 goals with El Tri. He was part of the team that clinched the 2015 Gold Cup title and has assisted at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Keep reading:

– Héctor Herrera responds to his detractors that they do not want him in the Mexican team

– The great absences of the call of the Mexican team of Jaime Lozano

– Is Héctor Herrera a setback for the Mexican team? Discussion over his possible return to El Tri