With a contract of only six months, but the intention to extend its activity until 2026, the Mexican Guillermo Ochoa made his debut as a starter this Wednesday in the Italian League with salernitana against Milan, in the match on the sixteenth day that marks the continuation of Serie A after the World Cup in Qatar.
Ochoa, starter in the three games played by “Tri”. Qatar -where he even stopped a penalty from the Pole Robert Lewandowski-, back to european football, after passing through France (Ajaccio), Spain (Málaga and Granada) and Belgium (Standard de Liège). He is the only Mexican goalkeeper who has played in four European countries.
His decision, which meant a significant decrease in the salary he received at Las Águilas del América, was motivated by the goal of trying to stay at the highest level until the 2026 World Cupwhich comes with almost 41 years and Mexico will cooperate with the United States and Canada, as revealed by the sports director of La Salernitana, Morgan de Sanctis.
“When we met, he was very excited and desire to play in Italy because you want to achieve your goal of participating in your sixth World Cup”, said De Sanctis, former goalkeeper among others from Juventus or Seville, when the signing was announced.
Ochoa played 135 times in Qatar fifth world consecutively, in which he equaled his compatriots Antonio Carbajal, Rafael Márquez and Andrés Guardado, the German Lothar Matthaeus, the Italian Gianluigi Buffon, the Argentine Leo Messi and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, the players who participated in the most World Cups.
Source: La Verdad
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