At 30, Rogelio Funes Mori is one of the best foreign strikers to come to Mexican football; He is currently three goals away from the draw Humberto Suazo as the best scorer in the history of the royal club with 121.
Funes Mori, which today it is celebrating its third decade, arrived in the summer of 2015 at Monterrey amid criticism of the board and the media for bringing a ridiculous past from his home country, where he was unlucky to be fair on many occasions, to such an extent that even a song was made to make fun of him act.
But Twin he would show the quality he has as a striker, he would leave behind those teasing he had to overcome with a psychologist to become a “scary” element for your rivals.
Mella It came from Benfica, which bought it in 2013 and a year later lent it to Eskisehirspor, where he scored 14 goals in 36 games, therefore Striped became interested in their services.
“I am just happy to be here Rogelio, five years ago we brought it and we were very criticized, that is history, all those allegations were not true. I hope it continues to make history, Bay is happy and Pacifier also because the records are for someone to surpass them, “he said. Antonio Mohamed when he was still a technician Monterrey.
“It’s a pride to come to this club and make history in a short time. I’m not satisfied, I want to keep doing important things and it represents this club that has given me important things, “he said. Funes Mori a Fox Sports.
While in an interview with La Nación de Argentine he remembered what he lived through River Plate (He was active from 2009 to 2013), when fans made fun of his show and revealed the part where he had to be with a psychologist.
“In the Bad we went to see Marcelo Roffe, who had been a psychologist on the youth team in particular for what I had to live, to be so criticized, so as not to mentally fail. Ramiro He was also saddened by what happened to me and that hurt a little. It helped us a lot to go to a psychologist. “
“I was the one who wanted to leave, I felt I needed a change of air. Ramon he took me into account, but at one point Rami and I were taken out of the pre-season for a formal offer of Portugal. They put us both in the same bag, but my brother didn’t want to leave, he wanted to renew himself with Bad. The truth is that I liked the fact that I shared a few years with Rami in the team, but I would not have wanted to because the pressure was too great “, he revealed Rogelio.
Funes Mori he lived his European adventure, but It was in Striped where he exploded as a striker, so that today at the age of 30 he can tell that bitter anecdote in which he lived Argentine as something past, but which has been surpassed 100%; because it wasn’t enough, he did it with goals, silencing those critics who never imagined the level he would show and the lucky one was Monterrey and Liga MX because they had him in their ranks.