Liga MX: Apertura 2012

HÉCTOR ALFONSO MORALES
DOMINGO, 22 DE JULIO DE 2012

Hugo Sánchez simplemente no se dejó tratar como “chamaco baboso” por Ricardo La Volpe cuando coincidieron en el Atlante en 1994, recuerda Octavio Rivas.

“Cuando La Volpe lo tuvo como jugador, Hugo sintió que era una persona que se sentía más que él porque era extranjero, que había estado con su selección, y podría tratarlo como chamaco baboso; entonces le dio con todo cada vez que podía”, asegura el sicólogo deportivo.

La rivalidad entre ambos estrategas que hoy vivirá un duelo más desde los banquillos comenzó cuando ambos eran jugadores. Hugol era el delantero emergente de los Pumas y Ricardo Antonio el guardameta de los Potros.

Corría la temporada 1979-80 y nació el encono.

“Cuando jugamos contra el Atlante, Hugo le metió un golazo de chilena o de tijera y como buen argentino bocón —no todos son iguales— dijo que ‘ese pendejo chamaco no me vuelve a hacer un gol así’; el siguiente partido se lo volvió a hacer y desde entonces [La Volpe] no se lo perdona”, expone el especialista y personaje cercano a Sánchez Márquez en su carrera como jugador y director técnico.

Aún con los antecedentes, Rivas explica que los medios de comunicación han maximizado la polémica y el morbo generado ante la latente y añeja rivalidad.

“Se exagera. Hugo Sánchez no es un tipo rencoroso ni mucho menos. Si puede, en el momento se desquita y después adiós, no hay resentimiento y busca una buena relación”, resalta el ex sicólogo de los Pumas de la UNAM.

La fama de El Pentapichichi indica que es un tipo que suele ser altanero, quizá soberbio, pero el doctor manifiesta que sólo es una especie de pantalla, porque en realidad “él nunca te va a atacar bajo ninguna circunstancia”.

“Él no te va a atacar jamás, si estás con el ánimo de minimizarlo, de devaluarlo y sobre todo de lo que consideran es su mayor defecto, calificarlo de soberbio, también de prepotente, entonces él como para justificar que sí lo es, les da con todo”, describe.

Aunque, para Rivas, la mentalidad ganadora de Hugo lo hace generar envidias.

“Sobre todo en los mediocres”, sentencia.

Y de la rivalidad con La Volpe, “habrá que ver si sigue”.

SophisticatedBeggar wrote:The handshake was the only thing people took away from the game.

Leon
are still on a high from their promotion, but it will eventually run
out. If they will get enough points to go in to the liguilla remains to
be seen. I see them just missing it. They don't seem like a team capable
of withstanding any injuries.

As far as the new league goes,
I'm not pleased with the changes. The liguilla stayed which was foreseen
as it brings in big money, but they got rid of the advantage given to
the top seeded teams. There is no motivation for teams to get placed
higher, as long as they make it into the top 8. The teams that have a
secured spot before the season is over will just stop giving their all
to get the higher seed, and just rest their players.

The much
talked about Pacto de Caballeros is still in place, but as Ferretti
said, it isn't up to the league to change that. It is something that is
unspoken, and agreed upon by the team owners. Just look at Cristian
Riveros. He hasn't belonged to Cruz Azul since 2010, but when Tigres
tried to buy him this off-season they had to pay Cruz Azul for the
transfer to go through.

The Copa MX has good things about it.
Like the 2nd division teams having home advantage, certain amount of
players from the first team must play, etc. What is stupid about it is
the separation into two Copas. Every major league has one cup per year.
The English have the FA cup, the Spanish have the Copa del Rey, and so
on, but they decided to have two copas for every football year. Just as
stupid as dividing the season into two. The other thing that bothers me
about it is that teams participation in the CONCACAF Champions league,
or later in the Libertadores, don't get to participate in the cup. You
don't see Manchester not being allowed in the FA cup just because they
are also in Champions.

There are other things that are still
problems, but I'll stop there for now. Even with all this shit, I am
excited that the league is back. Weekend football watching, just isn't
the same.

10RLegend wrote:^


That's probably the dumbest thing they could have done with this new copa. How teams cannot compete in multiple tournaments is beyond me. They say it's a calendar thing and what not, but if it was a year long season, maybe the Copa matches could be spread out throughout the year like the Premier League. As far as the league goes, I'll have to see how the away goal rule plays out in the liguilla. I think if it's tied on away goals then the higher seed goes through to the next round.

Pacto de Caballeros is horseshit. Riveros wasn't part of Cruz Azul, and yet they would receive money for him? That makes no sense to me. Hercules Gomez spoke on it pretty damn well. They should all just come together and refuse to play until they terminate that rule. No play=no money for those clowns.