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Hector Huerta caused a furor on social networks after stating that the players of The Blue Cross received calls before the return match between Celeste Machine and Pumas in the semifinals of Liga MX. This controversy has made the ESPN television commentator very popular, although few know what his career is.
Huerta began his journalistic career in 1977 as a reporter and even managed to cover the World Cup in Mexico 86 when Diego Maradona played Argentina. His media career was a correspondent for the Spanish newspaper AS for three years. In addition to covering the 1994 World Cups in the United States and South Africa 2010.
Today he received many comments following the Cruz Azul scandal, but In his career he has been in newsrooms (as a correspondent) for media such as El Heraldo and El Universal. In addition, in Guadalajara he worked for El Jalisciense and El Informador.
His participation in various books is notable for his adventure in academic texts. That’s how he wrote the book Héroes de Consumo Popular. Other books he wrote are called The Fifth Match, 23 Football Stories, and Time and Space. co-author with Guillermo Dellamary.
In the 2000s, Huerta was able to join the Reform editorial team, in addition to having previously worked for the magazine Trial and in recent years he has been well known for being part of the analysis tables of Futbol Picante and Los Capitanes next to José Ramón Fernández.
Controversy
Huerta went out to insure himself that his statements were misinterpreted, although it provoked all sorts of reactions, some supporting the attempt to justify the incredible elimination of Cruz Azul in the hands of Pumas with a score of 4-0 at Estadio Olímpico Universitario who became the mother of returns in the history of Liguilla.
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