The day Tuca was surprised by Cantinflas

Monterrey, NL

Ricardo Ferretti He is used to being asked by the fans on the street for his signature, the image of the memory, but he never thought that one day who recognized him would be Mario Moreno ‘Cantinflas’

The anecdote that the helmsman will never forget Tigers told a press conference on the University Stadium, after joking with the press, in particular a journalist who said he would grow a mustache like the actor and comedian of Mexican cinema.

“Don’t mind, they are jealous of us, tell them ‘if we get a mustache, you’ll see how handsome’; how old are you, 25? Well, it didn’t come out, at most one from Cantinflas comes out , ‘he said.

It was there that the topic arose, Tuca spoke about the day he met him at a gas station and Mario Moreno called him by his nickname

“The man was one of the few people, he was once there near Cuajimalpa, he lived there; then I got to a gas station and the man was in his car and he lashed me out.”

“If there is such a person in us admirable, to me it was Cantinflas, I went to his glass and said ‘sir, excuse me, I admire you very much’, He says’ oh thanks Tuca ‘and I,’ pum! I was surprised ‘, I knew who he was; I was like, ‘How is it possible that such an important character recognized me? I was like a peacock‘boasted Goatskin.

Cantinflas died on April 20, 1993 at the age of 81, at that point, Tuca had become an idol of Pumas and had already gone from player to coach with the A

“His films are not like today’s about slaughter, all of his films had a message, but they are no longer being made,” added de Bigotón.

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