César Huerta scored the first goal of his career in the Mexican national team for the 2-2 draw against Australia and he said that he will give his debut jersey with El Tri to his mother, who has supported him in his career.
“The shirt is going to my mother’s house, I am grateful and I have to give it to her, “As all debut shirts are for her, this is no exception,” added the Tricolor forward.
Huerta, Pumas UNAM player, explained that what he experienced is thanks to all his work and recognizes that there are few opportunities so he has to take advantage of each one of them.
“A dream, it is something that anyone would like to experience, it is the result of so much work, so much dedicationNow it’s time to continue, because there are not so many opportunities. Look, since I was going to enter, all the moments that I had lived passed through my head, they are inexplicable sensations. You don’t win this twice, these are things that happen once,” Huerta explained.
Jaime Lozano scored a draw in his first game as an official coach after leaving the interim position in the Gold Cup. Lozano highlighted Huerta’s work and acknowledged that “it is the best there is at the moment.”
“We have to help them maintain themselves, they have to have their feet on the ground and know that they need to stay there for about three years to consolidate themselves, ‘Chucky’ Lozano is still missing, there is (Alexis) Vega, He needs to grow, today he took a big step, he was the player of the match, he left good feelings. “You can support them and they make an effort,” Lozano explained.
The 22-year-old is in his second championship with the Pumas after having been with Chivas de Guadalajara. This year he has two goals and one assist in seven games.
With the cats, Huerta has 56 games, 5 goals and 3 assists.
The next game of the Mexican national team will be next Tuesday, September 12 against Uzbekistan at the Mercdes Benz Stadium.
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