By: Kike Frias Posted 21 Sep 2023, 16:36 pm EDT
The decision of Julian Quiñones to naturalize and represent the Mexican team and not the country where he was born, Colombia, it continues to fall very badly in that countrywhere the media does not stop criticizing the forward.
What caused the most annoyance about his decision is that he was called up by the Colombian team in recent months, but Quiñones was always very clear that his dream is to wear greencarry the shield of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) and with their goals contribute to the path to the 2026 World Cup.
Another naturalized person has given his opinion on this discomfort. Franky Oviedo He was born in Cali, Colombia, but fell in love with Mexico and assumed that nationality. Although in his years as an active soccer player he never had the opportunity to defend the colors of El Tri, he considers the country as his own with an identity.
Oviedo did have a very deep relationship with Liga MX since he began his career as a coach and even his daughter, Valentina Oviedo, as a Mexican, plays in the women’s first division.
The opinion of the former midfielder, now 50 years old, is that Quiñones was little known in Colombia and that is why he decided definitively on Mexico.
“He has spent his entire career abroad from a very young age, mostly in Mexico, so Julián Quiñones is not well known in Colombia“Oviedo bluntly declared to This.
Without questioning the level of the Águilas del América scorer, he explained that due to a matter of distance, in Colombia they should not suffer so much for his decision.
Oviedo also questioned the reasons that led Julián Quiñones to decide on naturalization.
“You have to look at the player’s conditions, why he became a national and wants to play with a national team from a different country than where he was born. He has demonstrated his conditions in Tigres, in Atlas, since its beginnings,” he commented.
Julián Quiñones knows the anthem of Mexico
For all those who criticized whether or not Julián Quiñones was an authentic Mexican to play with El Tri, before the last edition of the Liga MX National Classic between América and Chivas, The forward sang the Mexican anthem in a very concentrated and heartfelt way.
The moment was captured by cameras and celebrated by the Mexico team itself on their social networks.
In the Liga MX clip on the social network game in which the Águilas destroyed Chivas by a 4-0 win.
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