Mexican football will never have a representative in the anteroom of a Champions League final and here we tell you who was the last Mexican in this phase
It has been six years since Mexico has no representatives in the semifinals of the World Cup Champions League. Jesus Corona and Porto were eliminated by Chelsea in the quarterfinals with what leaves to Javier Hernández as the last Aztec to be in a prelude to the final for the ‘Orejona’, same as the ‘Chicharito’ played in 2014/2015 with Real Madrid.
‘Tecatito’ Crown was the last representative who had to him to Mexico in World War II Champions League, After that in the round of 16 was eliminated the Athletic of Madrid, Team in which it militates Héctor Herrera, while the Ajax of Edson Alvarez he could not pass the group stage.
I bring fell in the quarterfinals in front Chelsea. The English won the first leg 2-0, while in the return leg the Lusitanians won 0-1 to leave the key 2-1, the same that was held at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán by the Covid-19 pandemic .
The Blue Dragons finished second in their group, which they shared with Manchester City, a leader in the sector, as well as Olympiacos and Olympique de Marseille, third and fourth respectively.
The Portuguese team surprised the round of 16, a phase in which they eliminated Juventus, one of the favorites. The Portuguese advanced to the quarterfinals thanks to the away goal after tying 4-4 on the overall score in the playoffs that was set in overtime.
With this, Javier Hernández remains as the last Mexican to play a semifinal of Champions League. the ‘Chicharito‘He did it with the Real Madrid in the 2014/2015 season, year in which the nursery of the Chivas score the goal in front of the Athletic which gave way to the Merengues in the semifinals, an instance in which they were eliminated by the Juventus.