Like many other Mexicans, my first reaction to reading about the statements (eye on not the statements themselves) was anger. The news reports mentioned that Javier Aguirre, coach of the Mexican soccer, had spoken ill of the current situation of the country and bad football and the players that he directs. All this during an interview with English radio station. Everything reminded us that national politicians, just outside the borders of the country, make outrageous statements, as if they thought that the echo is never going to arrive in Mexico. Aguirre looked well in the second-hand reports, as a cynical politician, drawing on the distance, leaves mouth.
However, I did not want to be sure, so I started looking original audio file full interview with Aguirre, and the thing was very different. Input, the statements of Mexico are only a very small part of the conversation he had with the Cadena SER journalist (the oldest in Spain, founded in 1928). The interview covers many other topics, and even eventually start talking about literature and come to light Queen of the South and Pérez Reverte, and the interviewer and the player make book sharing commitments, which (not Felix Fernandez, goalkeeper and man of letters) would be unthinkable in other characters in football and national television.
However, the Mexican media did not look at that, which permeate are the first seconds of the interview, when the question of "how is Mexico," national coach responds clearly and plainly: "fucked." What is taken out of context is that the answer is the explanation, "the rains", and then the rest is shelled. In Aguirre's mind is as fresh flood of sewage Canal Company, and can not think of a better adjective. Then, with the natural characteristic of a conversation about rhythm ("my buddy Javier Aguirre," the announcer introduced him), he comments on the insecurity of Mexico
, and recalls how, years ago, the drug traffickers were killing each other, but now the violence has reached a civil society. Therefore, Aguirre says, his family is in Spain, so he insists, he finished the World returned to Europe and try his luck in either Spain or England or wherever you can, but not in Mexico. Although many have accused him of malinchista and hypocritical (remember that opened next to Calderon, a tourism promotion campaign in the country), Aguirre said no lie. In Mexico, the thing is fucked, violence, flood, corruption, the weakness of the federal government is not the exit of the drug war declared by many things. Certainly, for the position, and the ease of data today, the Basque should have been more cautious, but ultimately, there is no comparison between that and the nonsense that Fox threw increasingly traveling abroad: what Aguirre was neither lies nor bluster or exaggeration.
Another issue is the football. It is undeniable that Aguirre was wrong to speak of having "players who are very young and very old", and that the statement was unfortunate. However, he did not lie by saying that "and, well, fuck, Mexico is what is" and enumeration of the positions that we occupied in the recent world: between 11 and 15. In this statistical reality to expect that once we get to the top three is an abysmal distance, said the coach, He is right. Realism sometimes do not like among the fans who wanted to cast bells ringing, but in this case the most knowledgeable about the team's chances allocates and not with your feet on the ground, is careful to imply that there will be miracles because the national team will have serious rivals in the first round, and to be seen.
A side issue that has resurfaced in light of recent statements: the astronomical salary of national team that does not correspond either to the posit ion
that the country holds in world football, or the expectations he it has for the next World Cup. Aguirre wins per year, 1 million 800 thousand dollars, that it would like Maradona (1 million 200 thousand) or Marcelo Bielsa (850 thousand). Beyond these, regrets and pains, yes would have to be revised because it is obscene that Javier Aguirre wins 64 thousand dollars a day (do the math, 13 to the dollar) and that he himself is aware of what we are going to short be in this world is coming. In a country as fucked up, and under these conditions football, accept a salary that's questionable, to say the least. 're on the Web: www.ErnestoCortes.com. I read: Ernesto@CuerdaCueroyCanto.com. Also here: www.twitter.com / ErnestoCortes
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