Guillermo Ochoa has been in the eye of the hurricane in recent days. Memo’s participation with El Tri did not fill the fans’ eyes and His performance with Salernitana has also left much to be desired. This is why criticism has not been lacking and has even begun to be heard. air conflicts from the past thanks to Miguel Herrera.
Currently, the national team goal continues to be one of the positions in which a generational change is needed. But this position has been developing problems throughout the processes. Miguel Herrera revealed a conflict between Memo and Jesús Corona before the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
“It was complicated with Corona and Memo because there was a quarrel between themand in that previous week of speaking, first for the number because they both wanted 1. I sat them down to talk, there they brought up their 2-3 difficult moments that they had between them; We didn’t totally reach an agreement, they talked loudly among themselves, they started yelling at each other until he slapped his hand. ‘It’s me who’s screaming here’”he recalled.
This anecdote concludes with the conversation of the two great references of Mexican archery. Memo and Corona talked, settled their differences and came to an agreement regarding the number.
“It’s good that they are taking their things out, maybe there was a misunderstanding. They hug each other and the next day I see that they are talking; Memo comes up to me and says ‘now, we’ve already decided on the number, Chuy gets 1 and I get 13.’′”, Herrera said.
The trust was for Memo Ochoa
For that 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Jesús Corona had great options to be the starting goalkeeper for the Mexican team. But Miguel Herrera ended up opting for Memo Ochoa and, in the end, the Aztec agreed with him. El Piojo clarified that his decision was not imposed by anyone.
“The difference between Memo and Chuy was minimal, it was nothing. Chuy was upset, but I spoke with them, with Talavera. I put the three of them together and told them the one who starts is Ochoa.. It was not a decision pressured by anyone, the decision is 100 percent mine,” she concluded.
Almost 10 years later, Guillermo Ochoa’s numbers continue to inflate wearing the Mexican national team shirt. The Salernitana goalkeeper has already accumulated 146 games with El Tri. Memo’s main objective will be to arrive in optimal conditions at the 2026 World CupWorld Cup in which he would be 41 years old.
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