The two soccer figures Hugo Sánchez discriminated against when he was a player

Hugo Sanchez was one of the most prominent figures that had Mexico on the football plane. Even last week, in The Chiringuito de Jugones, Rafael Marquez recognized him as the best player born on Aztec soil in all history. His memorable Chilean women became a select part of the biography of the Real Madrid, a club that enshrined its legend in the Old continent.

However, his beginnings in Spain were not easy at all. Arrived at Atlético de Madrid as a figure of Cougarsbut he soon had to deal with it racism of a sector of the mattress hobby. Like his own Hugol has related it on several occasions, from the stands the cry of Indian, Indian, Indian!”, Which was used in a derogatory way, alluding to Sánchez’s nationality.

The attacker was able to overcome that situation to earn a place in the team, become a figure and earn his signing by Real Madrid. But despite the fact that he was a victim of racism on the soccer fields, Hugo Sánchez also had episodes in which he paid with the same coin. In particular there are two known cases, both revealed by his former partner and now sportscaster, Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri.

The Bighead shared a dressing room with Sánchez in two different periods. First at Real Madrid in the 1989-1990 season and then at the America in 1992. According to a program of 90 minutes of soccer, for Fox SportsHis arrival at Real Madrid had a very particular incident. The welcome of Hugo Sánchez, figure and reference of the white box, was not the friendliest.

According to Ruggeri’s account, upon his arrival at the Madrid dressing room he heard the word greaser, which is used in Spain in a derogatory way to call people born in Latin America, particularly in South America. “Hugo Sánchez yelled sweaty at me. He received me like this. I tell him. ‘where are you from? I tell him about Mexico, ”the world champion recalled.

Despite that incident, Ruggeri stressed that to this day he maintains a close relationship with Hugo. “We are still talking to Pichichi. Then he scored goals, a crack. He combed his hair for an hour in the mirror. Roller by roller he combed his hair, ”he said about the well-known vanity of the Aztec scorer.

In another edition of the same program, Ruggeri revealed details of the conflictive relationship between Sánchez and Antonio Carlos Santos, who married Emma Portugal, Hugo’s ex-partner. As the Argentine recalled, Male It bothered him that Santos answered the phone when he called home and asked Ruggeri himself to send him a very particular message, with a racist insult included.

“I would sit next to Hugo Sánchez and he would tell me: ‘Óscar, tell the slave that when I call, he doesn’t answer, I want to talk to my children, ‘”Ruggeri recalled about the way in which Hugo Sánchez addressed the then most important player in America. Neither Ruggeri nor Hugo played much longer at the Coapa club, but his passage through Nest He left numerous anecdotes that are still remembered today.

Although he knew and suffered from racism for practically his entire career, Hugo Sánchez had controversial episodes in which he also used discriminatory words. In his role as a commentator he has also been characterized by his criticism of foreign coaches, particularly in recent times a Gerardo Tata Martino and Juan Carlos Osorio.

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