Funes Mori: “I will defend Mexico with all my heart”

The forward said he was proud to be able to wear the Tri shirt and to be able to defend their colors.

The striker of Rayados, Rogelio Funes Mori, made it clear will defend the colors of Mexico with his heart and said that his goal will be to improve at all times to reach the Gold Cup.

“I will defend Mexico with all my heart, the same with the club when we go to another field to play, people treat me well and obviously it is a good support for me and my teammates. We hope to continue improving, doing things well to get to the Gold Cup if God wants it to ”, he said in a video published by the Monterrey club through its social networks.

Funes mori He obtained his Mexican naturalization letter a few days ago and was summoned by the technician Gerardo Martino to the Tricolor, so now he is working with the team in the face of the friendlies that will go to the Gold Cup.

The attacker said that he was proud of having naturalized, that he has affection for the people of this nation and recalled that one of his children was born in Mexico, so for him it was not a complicated decision.

“I think it was a dream and when you dream things can be achieved and from the moment I set foot in Mexico, I felt very comfortable. It was not a difficult decision, I felt a lot of love for its people who treated me well; I have a Mexican child, my youngest child is Mexican, so I am very proud, very happy and I hope to continue here in Mexico for many years ”.

“I think that in another life he was Mexican, I lived a long time in the United States and I also feel that the people who go to the other side to live better and those things, to me Mexico He has given it to me, I have many Mexican friends, not only here, but also in the United States and the truth is that representing Mexico is a source of pride for me and my family, “he added.

Rogelio Funes Mori He asserted that when he received his role of Mexican nationality, he felt like crying because in this nation he has had everything, including work, which makes him feel proud.

The forward even recalled in the interview the singer Chavela Vargas when she declared that as she says “are Mexicans born where? … There you complete the phrase (laughs)”.