Mexico City /
Héctor Horta caused a great stir on social media after claiming that players from Blue Cross had received calls prior to the return match between the Celestial Machine and Pumas in the Semifinals of the MX League. This controversy has made the ESPN television commentator very popular, although few know what his career is.
Horta began his journalistic career in 1977 as a reporter and was even able to make a World Cup coverage in Mexico 86 when Diego Maradona’s Argentina. His media career has been a correspondent for three years for the Spanish newspaper AS. In addition to covering the 1994 World Cup in the United States and South Africa 2010.
Today he has received a lot of comments following the Blue Cross scandal, however in his career he has been in newsrooms (as a correspondent) for media such as El Heraldo and El Universal. Besides that in Guadalajara it worked for the Jalisciense and the Informant.
His participation in different books stands out for delving into academic texts. That’s how he wrote the book Heroes of Popular Consumption. Other books he has written are called The Fifth Match, 23 Football Tales as well as Time and Space co-authored with Guillermo Dellamary.
With the 2000s, Horta was able to venture as part of the Reforma editorial team, in addition to that he also previously worked for the magazine process and in recent years he has been well known for being part of the analysis tables of Spicy Football and The Captains in the Band of José Ramón Fernández.
the controversy
Horta went out to insure that his statements were misinterpretedAlthough it provoked all sorts of reactions, some support trying to justify it the incredible elimination of the Blue Cross at the hands of Pumas with a 4-0 at the University Olympic Stadium who became the mother of the comebacks in the history of La Lligueta.
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