Mexican football no longer has a representative in the run-up to a Champions League final and here we tell you who was the last Mexican at that stage
There have been six years in which Mexico has not had representatives in the semi-finals of the Champions League Jesus Corona and Porto were eliminated by Chelsea in the quarter-finals that left Javier Hernandez as the last Aztec to be in the prelude to the final for the ‘Orejona’, the same one that the ‘Chicharito’ played with Real Madrid in 2014/2015.
‘Tecatito’ Corona was Mexico’s last remaining representative in the Champions League, after the knockout was eliminated in the round of 16 Atletico Madrid, team in which he plays Hector Herrera, Meanwhile, he has Ajax from Edson Alvarez could not pass the group stage.
postage was disappointing in the quarterfinals ChelseaThe English won 2-0 in the first leg, while the Portuguese won 0-1 in the first leg, leaving the key 2-1, which was held in the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Blue Dragons took second place in their group, sharing it with Manchester City, the market leader, as well as Olympiacos and Olympique de Marseille, third and fourth respectively.
The Portuguese team provided the surprise in the round of 16, phase in which they eliminated Juventus, one of the favorites. The Portuguese reached the quarter-finals thanks to the visitor’s goal after a 4-4 draw on the total scoreboard in a tie determined in overtime.
With the above, Javier Hernandez remains the last Mexican to play a semifinal Champions LeagueThe ‘Chicharito‘he did it with him Real Madrid in the 2014/2015 season, the year in which the youth team Chivas scored the goal for him Athletic that gave the Merengues a pass to the semi-finals, where they were eliminated by the Juventus