Beyond that Raúl Jiménez is injured, that Javier Hernández is banned, of the losses of Alan Pulido and José Juan Macías, and that Henry Martín go to the Olympic Games, the call of Rogelio Funes Mori to the National Team it is more than justified.
Why? Because Mexican soccer has been determined todig with the production of front centers. In 50 short tournaments that have been played since the second half of 1996, foreigners have dominated the scoring table. Only 10 Mexican attackers have been crowned as scoring champions, and of that ten, Jared borgetti has repeated a couple of times.
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“It is difficult to train the striker and for them to be patient with him. If one comes out, he will surely go abroad early, and normally the teams in Mexican soccer always have foreign players in that position, it seems they don’t trust you or rather, it seems easier to buy than to train, ”said Carlos Hermosillo, the national player with the most goals in the history of the League.
From the 2010 Bicentennial to date, only three Mexicans have been crowned in individual scoring: Chicharito Hernandez of Guadalajara, in that 2010 Bicentennial, Ángel Reyna —being a steering wheel— of América, in the 2011 Clausura, and Alan Pulido, with Chivas at the Apertura 2019. Outside of them, Argentines, Uruguayans, Peruvians, Colombians and even people from Cape Verde have been crowned.
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