“France Football shows ignorance”: harsh criticism for leaving Hugo Sánchez out of the list of the best strikers in history

One of the most important magazines in the world of soccer, France Football made a Dream Team history of the Ballon d’Or. He published the nominees in the forward position, but the Mexican Hugo Sánchez does not appear, who is one of the best scorers in the history of Real Madrid.

Among the footballers nominated for best forward in the history of France Football are: Dennis Bergkamp, Johan Cruyff, Kenny Dalglis, Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, Sandor Kocsis, Gerd Müller, Romario, Ronaldo Nazario, Marco Van Basten y George Weah.

The news was shared through his news portal and had a greater following on Twitter, where he shared the information, with the following message: “Such a unique year cannot, and should not, be treated as an ordinary year. In sporting terms, only two months (January and February), of the eleven generally required to form an opinion and decide among the best, is too little to evaluate and judge, “wrote the magazine on social networks to announce the search for a Dream Team in a year in which there will be no Golden Ball delivery due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The search for Dream Team It began on October 5 when voting began to choose the goalkeeper, they continued with defenders, midfielder and now forwards, among which the historic Real Madrid scorer, among others, does not appear.

Nominees for the left-forward position include Oleg Blokhine, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dragan Dzajic, Ryan Giggs, Thierry Henry, Rivaldo, Roberto Rivelino, Ronaldinho, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Hristo Stoichkov. While for the center forward there are: David Beckham, George Best, Kevin Keegan, Samuel Eto’o, Luis Figo, Garrincha, Jairzinho, Keevin Keegan, Stanley Matthews, Lionel Messi, Arjen Robben.

Hugo Sánchez is one of the most important soccer players in Mexico, as he managed to obtain five Pichichis and a Golden Boot during the 10 years he was in soccer in Spain. He won five Leagues, a Copa del Rey and three Super Cups, as well as a Copa del Rey with Atlético de Madrid. His numbers for the Spanish League are compared to Sandor Kocsis, who was considered by the French magazine.

The participation of the Mexican was also prominent in Europe, since He played 27 games in the European tournament and scored 17 goals. In the 1986-87 edition, Real Madrid was eliminated by Bayern Munich in the Semifinals, in 1987-88, PSV threw the competition to the Merengues in the same instance, year later, AC Milan was responsible for Madrid not will reach the Grand Final so the Mexican was close to playing a final.

With the Mexican national team debuted in 1977 and in June 1978 they played their first World Cup in Argentina. Participated in the 1981 Concacaf Championship and in the 1986 World Cup, the 1993 Copa América and the 1994 World Cup. In this category of national teams, they compared the Mexican with George Weah who never played a World Cup with his team.

Some journalists and sports commentators in Spain have already spoken on the subject, as for some he is the best striker who has played in the Spanish League. Among the commentators who think this are Tomás Roncero, Paco Buyo and Josep Pedrerol, some consider that it is better because he had greater facility to mark annotations.

To the analyst David Faitelson did not think that the magazine will leave Hugo Sánchez out. The Mexican wrote on Twitter that not including Pentapichichi it only shows ignorance and injustice against the Mexican.

“I do not agree … Any list that includes the best scorers in the history of football must include Hugo Sánchez. ‘France Football’ shows ignorance and / or commits an injustice … ”, said the communicator.

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