How a joke ended in a fight between Jorge Campos and Cuauhtémoc Blanco at the 1998 World Cup

The World cup It is one of the tournaments that unleashes the most passion among the Mexican fans, since with each new edition there is the illusion that Mexico get through the group stage and reach the “fifth game” that takes you beyond the round of 16.

Editing 1998 disputed in France It was one of the most important contests in the history of the national team, since the quality of the players that were in the team were among the greatest exponents of football and the public trusted that they would give a historical demonstration.

Led by Manuel Lapuente, the players who stood out were Jorge Campos, Claudio Suárez, Luis Garcia Aspe, Ricardo Peláez, Luis Garcia Postigo, Cuauhtémoc White, Juan Francisco Palencia, Pável Pardo, among other figures from the late nineties.

Outside the field, there are anecdotes between these figures who were left in the locker room and on the bus routes to the games. Despite the fact that Lapuente always kept all his players on the sidelines and no scandal of the national teams was known, there is an event where The inmortal fought with him Cuauh.

One of the characteristics of both players is the charisma they have, because they always look for a way to taunt your rival and see the comic side of situations. However, the jokes were the cause of a Butt collision where Campos and Blanco engaged in an exchange of punches.

Claudio Suarez was the one who uncovered the story and told the time when El Brody and the Americanist figure did not tolerate more mockery and decided to fix it with blows. In interview for the podcast The ball who knows from TUDN, the former right-back told the details of that anecdote.

He began by pointing out the level of jokes in the group, mainly between Blanco and Campos: “There was good chemistry between all but the jokes that characterize the good Cuauhtémoc, Jorge, the K-brito (Jesús Arellano) not good ”.

It all happened while the Tri disputed the first phase of the competition, his next rival to face was the team of Holland, so the national team would play the third game of the group stage. When leaving the hotel concentration, the footballers crossed with a group of Mexican fans waiting outside the venue to obtain a photograph or signature of the national figures.

Some stopped to attend to the fans and they gave away signatures, the ones that took the longest to get on the truck were Jorge Campos and Cuauhtémoc, so that action was the starting point of the discussion.

According to the testimony of the Emperor explained that when they both got on the bus they started joking, because Campos said that he would give a signature to his colleagues even offered a signature to the Cuauh, the American forward replicated the action and in a discussion about being the best idol of the Mexican fans, both ended up embroiled in blows.

“Cuauhtémoc and Jorge start with their jokes, there were fans who were there to say goodbye and encourage us, so you go out and get the autograph and they give you the down. Cuauhtémoc and Jorge keep the down in hand, They get on and start ‘let’s see, I’m going to give you my autograph’, ‘I am your idol’ and the other ‘no, no’ and that the little swords and I don’t know what.

And everything starts at stake when suddenly we see (blows) and ‘ch * nga you … ‘And they catch on with blows, then we all jump’ wait, you bastards, ‘”Suárez said.

In the end they had to separate them to deter discussion, when it was time to play the game both apologized and everything was in a bad moment. The match against the Netherlands ended with a tie 2 – 2 and they continued their participation in the World Cup, they were eliminated by the German team in the second round.

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