At 30, Rogelio Funes Mori is one of the best foreign strikers to come to Mexican football; he is currently three goals away from an equalizer Humberto Suazo as the top scorer in the history of the royal club with 121.
Funes Mori, WHO today it is celebrating its third decade, arrived in the summer of 2015 at Monterrey amid criticism of the board and the media for bringing back a ridiculous past from his native country, where he was not lucky enough to be accurate on many occasions, to the extent that even a song was made to serve his ministry.
However, the Twin he would show the quality he has as an attacker, he would leave behind those teasing he had to overcome with a psychologist to become a ‘scary’ item for your rivals.
The Melli It came from the Benfica, which it acquired in 2013 and loaned it to the Eskisehirspor, where he scored 14 goals in 36 games, that’s why Striped became interested in their services.
“I’m very happy with it Rogelio, five years ago we brought it in and got a lot of criticism, that’s history, all those accusations were not reality. I hope it keeps making history Bay is happy and Pacifier also because the records are for someone to overcome them, ”he said. Antonio Mohamed when he was still a technician Monterrey
“It is a pride to come to this club and write history in a short time. I am not satisfied, I want to keep doing important things and represent this club that has given me important things, ”he said. Funes Mori a Fox Sports.
While in an interview with La Nación de Argentina he remembered where he lived River Plate (He was active from 2009 to 2013), when the fans ridiculed his performance and revealed what role he should be in with a psychologist.
“In River we went to have a look Marcelo Roffe, who had mainly been a psychologist on the youth team for what I had to live, to be so criticized, not to collapse mentally. Ramiro He also got sad about what had happened to me, which hurt him a little. It helped us a lot to go to the psychologist. “
I was the one who wanted to leave, I felt like I needed a change of air Ramon he took me into account, but at one point Rami and I were pulled out of the preseason due to a formal offer of Portugal. They put us both in the same bag, but my brother didn’t want to leave, he wanted to renew me RiverThe truth is, I enjoyed sharing the roster with Rami for a few years, but not as I would have liked because the pressure was too high, ” he revealed. Rogelio.
Funes Mori lived his European adventure, but it was in Striped where his quality exploded as a striker, in such a way that today at the age of 30 he can tell that bitter anecdote in which he lived Argentina as something from the past, but that has been exceeded 100 percent; because it wasn’t enough he did it with goals, silencing the critics who never imagined the level he would show and the lucky one was the Monterrey and the Liga MX because they had him in their ranks.