▲ The midfielder paid his release clause with Pachuca to leave the club.Photo @fcdynamo
Erendira Palma Hernández
Newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, August 26, 2023, p. a10
The emblem of an extinct era has allowed Luis Chávez to realize the European dream. With the hero badge, the midfielder was officially presented as a new member of Dinamo Moscow, a club that lived its glory decades ago, but which could be the door to the football elite in the old continent.
The soccer hero of the Mexican highlands, now in Russian lands. Under the stars of two countries, he plays his tune. Dinamo, meet your new player, were the words with which the club introduced Chávez with an ingenious video on social networks in which he narrated the trajectory of the tricolor.
I have a story for you, about a hero born from the sun of the Mexican highlands. A hero who left his home to test his destiny. One night, during the Day of the Dead festival, the spirits of his ancestors revealed the truth to him. Winning the Concacaf Gold Cup would not be enough to become a true soccer hero. It was necessary to go on a trip to distant Russia.
A powerful left-footed shot at the 2022 World Cup made international viewers turn to see Chávez. However, being 27 years old, the chances of a transfer abroad decreased. The midfielder clung on and even paid his release clause with Pachuca, and found a place in a club far from the European powers, but with a great history.
Dinamo Moscow, which celebrates a centenary of its foundation, had been one of the greatest representatives of Russian football decades ago, winning eleven titles in the now-defunct First Division of the Soviet Union. But since the creation in 1992 of the Russian Premier League they have not been able to be crowned. The last scepter of the so-called Blue and Whites was the Russian Cup in 1995.
With Dinamo, Luis Chávez could have an opening to later make a leap to another team on the old continent.
However, for now he will not have the chance to play in the Champions League or the Europa League due to the sanctions against the Russian league due to the conflict in Ukraine.
Still, Duilio Davino, director of national teams celebrated the decision of the midfielder. Luis left his comfort zone, he was a different country and the adaptation will be complicated, but all this will make him grow a lot and even if he doesn’t play in European competitions, he will make him grow. We’ll keep an eye on him, he pointed out.
The transfers of Mexicans to Europe have been scarce this summer. Chávez is only the second tricolor to sign with a club on that continent before the transfer market closes on September 1. Just a few days ago Jorge Ruvalcaba, 22 years old, left Pumas to sign with a subsidiary of Standard Liège, from Belgium.
“It makes me happy that A flower has chosen to go to a European challenge. Very good, he goes to a league where they will take care of him and that he will be a springboard. Although he is a subsidiary, they would not have taken him if he was not going to play in the first division later. It’s good that he dared, ”said Andrés Lillini, who worked with the winger at Pumas and is now director of youth teams.
2023-08-26 10:20:57
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