It will be this Thursday when the clubs know their future in the next edition of the UCL
So far and before the summer market closes there are four Mexican footballers who would participate in the Champions League 2021/2022. Héctor Herrera (Atlético de Madrid), Jesús Corona (Porto), Edson Álvarez (Ajax) and Eugenio Pizzuto (Lilla), Are the Aztec representatives who will seek to raise the ‘Orejona’ at the end of the season.
Héctor Herrera’s Atletico Madrid and Eugenio Pizzuto’s Lilla are in the Drum 1 for the Group Stage draw, while Edson Alvarez’s Ajax and Jesus Corona’s Porto they are located in the Drum 3.
However, the future of ‘Tecatito‘He could be away from the Blue Dragons, because the Mexican has been tied to him Seville, Which is in the Drum, and with the AC Milan, Which is located in the Bombo 4.
It will be this Thursday, at 11 a.m. Mexico time, when the draw will take place to find out the fate of the 32 teams participating in the eight different groups, in which they will seek to advance to the round of 16.
The challenge for the Mexicans will be to break the six-year streak without the presence of Aztec footballers in the semifinals of the Champions League.
Javier Hernández he was the last Mexican to hit the key to fight for a ticket to the final. the ‘Chicharito‘, He did it in the 2014/2015 edition with Real Madrid. On that occasion a goal from the planter of Chivas against the Athletic of Madrid put the Merengues in the semifinals, an instance in which they were eliminated by Juventus.
The 2021/2022 edition will tie in the 2018/2019 as the Champions League with more Mexicans in the last four years. On that occasion there were also four Aztec footballers, who were divided into two teams. Hirving Lozano i Erick Gutierrez in the PSV i Héctor Herrera and Jesús Corona with Porto.
In 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 they had three representatives from Mexico. At first it was Edson Alvarez (Ajax), Hirving Lozano (Napoli) and Hector Herrera (Atletico Madrid). In the second he repeated Alvarez and Herrera, But he joined Jesus Crown with Porto.