He is one of the best foreigners to come to Mexican football, he marked an era with him Necaxa to make him the 90’s team and he was very close to signing at América – then both clubs are of the same owner – however the actual president of the republic ordered Alex Aguinaga not to leave the Rayos
From 1994 to 2000 Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León was the President of Mexico and was a known follower of Necaxa, which was experiencing its best times precisely before those years Aguinaga as a banner, accompanied by other unforgettable players such as Sergio Zárate, Alberto García Aspe, Ivo Basay and Ricardo Peláez; most of them later wore the cream-colored blue shirts, but Alex was forbidden to do so by the country’s boss
“We were champions in ’98, we went to Los Pinos and there the president said: ‘Alex Aguinaga is not moving there (to America)’I was a very important figure in the team and it was very difficult for me to leave or change, ” said the former footballer. Millennium
“When that option was given, there was talk in Los Pinos President Ernesto Zedillo with Alejandro Burillo, who was the president of the three teams: América, Necaxa and Atlante, and told him he could move whatever he wanted, but Alex Aguinaga stayed in Necaxa. It was when they said to Güero, ‘It’s a presidential order, so it will stay that way’It was like that and I stayed in Necaxa the whole time until my stay there ended, ‘he added, who signed with Cruz Azul after leaving the Rayos.
‘Televisa always saw us as less than America’
In those years it was common to see the most notable Necaxa players go to America, while those who didn’t fit into the Eagles were “thrown” to the Rays, something that always boiled Aguinaga’s blood, for that reason despite the fact that they both belonged to Emilio Azcárraga, they knew in the necaxista team that they always had to beat the azulcremas so that they would turn to see them.
In the economic part, we were seen differently by the same companyAmerica had sponsors, more people went to the stadium to see it. While we weren’t the favorite brother, every time we faced América, we wanted to beat them and get better, we knew we could, we had the squad to do it. We always think about winning every game, with America being number one because it came from the same house and also we wanted them to turn to see us with more respect“, he pointed.
‘Everything was for America, money, prices … everything’
Although in the 90’s the Necaxa was a football machine, while America never won a single title, the popularity of those from Coapa and their tradition made them the darlings of Azcárraga.
In all aspects there was a difference in treatment, salary and payObviously America had much more important prices than us, but it made sense; You don’t have to be a genius to use math, if we put 10, 15 or 25 thousand people in the Azteca and America 60, 70 or 80 thousand, it was a matter of numbers and it made sense that the support would be more for Americasaid Aguinaga, who currently works as an analyst at Fox Sports