Bofo was a less talented, lazy and apathetic version of Blanco... Even at 40 years, Blanco was still hustling... Do I need to remind you Bofo was the slowest player during the 2010 World Cup?. Conejo being a GK ran more miles than Bofo... Dat disrespect... Aguirre wasted 3 spots with Bofo, Medina, and Guille Franco... El día que el Conejo Pérez corrió más que el Bofo Bautista.Según la página de la fifa, Bautista corrió 5,297 metros mientras que el conejo recorrió 5,522.¡¡¡UNA REVERENDA VERGOÑA!!! pic.twitter.com/Sb93ny4bHt— Don Justin Compean (@DonJustino_) January 23, 2018 Totalmente cierto @Potropegaso21: El Conejo Pérez corrió 5.522 kilómetros, según la FIFA, y el Bofo 5.297— San Cadilla (@SanCadilla) June 15, 2014
That is the most lame argument you could have possibly made... That's not gonna prevent México from losing to Germany... Even Atlas fans knows Rafa is way past it... This is exactly why Mexican football is stuck... We romanticize idols who are past their prime and bums like Gio AKA "Denny's boy" dos Santos... The fucking jeraquía...
You're right because Lozano isn't the most skilled. Although he is probably the most in form player atm
He was subbed out at halftime. His replacement, Pablo Barrera, logged similar numbers in the second half. I understand why Aguirre started Bofo. Guardado and Gio were on the wings and Chicharito was up front. Bofo was an attacking mid behind Chicharito and in front of Torrado and Juarez. Yeah, Bofo was a headcase, but if you watched him with Chivas, he was effective in that position. On counterattacks, he could make incisive passes into space (speedy players like Venado Medina and Omar Bravo benefitted from this A LOT with Chivas) but that whole plan went south after the offside Tevez goal and Ricardo Osorio giveaway. Down 2 goals, Mexico couldn't sit back and try to counter, so Bofo was subbed out. By this point in the tourney, I believe Vela had a hamstring injury. The other offensive options were Blanco, Venado Medina, Pablo Barrera and Guille Franco. I could see Blanco starting in that position over Bofo, but I don't know if Blanco was capable of playing a full '90 during that time.
Not if you're tryna explain it through tactics. Carillo was picking the teams,and he was in love with bofo based off his picante comments. He mentioned also on picante also some bs that they started him because Argentina knew him because he struck fear whenever he played there in club competitions. As if a stacked ass team of euro argies have a flying fvck abou bofo lmao.
Bofo had also been playing really good at Jaguares where he had been sent to rot. He also performed well in the pre WC friendlies.. If people still want to blame Aguirre just remember that Mario "Capello" Carillo also played a role in selecting the NT Squad.
This isn't just a Mexican fútbol thing it's a sports thing. You think the heat carried a 40 yr Juwan Howard as the 12th man on the roster because of what he could do as player? They could have had a much younger player but that player wouldn't have played anyways, so carry the veteran that helps younger players and helps the locker room.
It's the only question that matters to you. If he had a Chuki like season I can understand the uproar.
Bofo had flashes of brilliance his entire career. He used to score some beautiful goals and had great vision. But despite how he was playing leading up to the world cup, he had never once showed his characteristics carried over to the national team, as far as I can remember. He was already 30-31 at the world cup and had never made the type of impact on the national team that would warrant being played in the most important game of a four year cycle. So yeah, the choice to include him in that game was asinine. I think what this list confirms is something we always debated: would a foreign coach pick skill and form over jeraquia. It's not just the mexican coaches that make stupid decisions. Leads me to believe mexico a) doesn't know how to hire the right coach or b) there's marketing deals involved in all of this. I wouldn't be surprised to hear SUM has a vote in callups, for example.
Hay lo que hay. All our best talent is included. I also would have chosen Pizzaro over Gio, and maybe found a way to include Gallito (Peralta?) but this is basically the best pool we have, and the "snubbed" players are not difference makers, they are judgment calls, which JCO picks based on how he wants to play. Basically JCO's choices reflect how he values LigaMX relative to european leagues. We may not like the implications of that but its hard to argue especially since we are always clamoring for our best players to go to europe. Bring on Germany and lets see whats what.
I just Rafa in the last minutes being a goal down than anyone else on the team. The dude is clutch. THAT'S why you take him. He's a talisman, ala Temoc. He motivates players, he's a calming presence. There's NO ONE on the team that is like that. THAT'S why you take him.
What will prevent Mexico losing to Germany??? Have we ever beaten Germany in a big game? We tied them in a Confeds cup back in 05... but right now Germany is probably close to the best its ever been. That said, I agree on Gio. He was my boy back in the day and four years ago he was still playing fairly well. He came through somewhat in the game vs Holland... but right its over for him. He can barely hang in the MLS. Pizarro hasn't really played all that well with Mexico when Osorio gave him a shot, but I don't recall him playing with our best team on the field either. We all know that Osorio already knows who is going to play against every team, all the way to the WC finals lol.. he knows how many minutes each player is going to get. I still can't get over the explanation he gave for subbing Gio in for Vela against Portugal. He said he'd made that decision over a year prior. Mind boggling. Gallito is a monster on the field. He was one of the biggest reasons we did so well in Brazil and he was probably the player we missed most when we played Holland. He's a beast when he's on. Osorio doesn't like short mofos though.
No one other than Lozano had a Chuki like season. Definitely not Gio. Gio sells more shirts or hamburgers or whatever he advertises, that may have more to do with it.
I was talking about ligamx Chuki where he dominated and left no room for doubt to be included in the nt. thats the kind of season Pizarro needed to force the hand. I just don't think he did enough.