The traditional one will take place this Saturday Boxing day in the Premier League, the date on which the English league matches are scheduled for the next day Christmas. Ever since the Mexicans came into league with Jared borgetti in 2005, few Aztec players were able to participate in this iconic date. Actually, have only appeared in eight games in the last 15 and that’s because of players like that Javier Hernandez, who was the one who had the most duels at this time.
From there, out of the 10 Mexicans who were in First league in these 15 years, only five of them could be considered at the time to play on December 26, the date on which the English league matches are scheduled.
In this 2020 there will be no Mexicans to participate in Boxing Day, as Raúl Jiménez is recovering from a skull injury and you will have to follow wolves from a distance.
The attackers gave up
The curious thing is that the attackers rose in favor of the Mexicans from Boxing Day. For example, your own Borgetti was in December 2006 in the duel in which Screw on drew 0-0 against Sunderland. The next participant was Guillermo Franco, Argentine naturalized Mexican, who played but did not score, in the 2-0 victory of West Ham about him Portsmouth, in 2009.
Therefore, the next striker who will play a Boxing Day was Javier Hernandez, what the participated in five duels on this date. The Mexican has been considered four times by Manchester United and one for him West Ham. The sweetest participation was on December 26, 2012 when Red devils they beat 4-3 at New Castle with Chicharito’s goal, which was the victory.
Raul Jimenez played the two previous occasions (2018 and 2019) of which the best was the last, where one of his goals was part of the victory from Wolverhampton 3-2 against the city of Manchester.
Another Mexican who had the opportunity to play on December 26 was Carlos Salcido, which spent the 90 minutes in Fullham’s 1-3 loss to West Ham United.
They did not have the opportunity to play the famous day
On the other hand, the rest of the Mexican players who were in First league but they didn’t play Boxing Day sonny Nery Castillo, with the city of Manchester, as well as Young Dos Santos, who never had a chance to play a Boxing Day nor with him Ipswich Town nor with him Tottenham in the various stages he played in these clubs.
It adds Pablo Barrera in its stage of West Ham, as well as Carlos candle, who in December 2008 and 2009 played matches with Arsenal but none in Boxing Day.
Finally, the other Mexican who was in the English countries without playing on this date was Miguel Layún with Watford and curious, In December 2016, there were no Mexican players in the Premier League.
What is boxing day?
He Boxing Day is a traditional meeting in England dating back to the Middle Ages, where rich families fed their servants the day after Christmas; it was delivered in boxes, hence the name. First league adopted on this day to schedule football matches.
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