Mexicans in Europe, 4/3-4, 2010

April 5th, 2010 | by: Al |

Jonathan plays with the senior Barca squad, Osorio finally gets a few minutes, and many more Mexicans ride the bench.

Spain

Rafael Marquez (FC Barcelona):

No appearance for Rafa in Barca’s 4-1 romp over Athletic Bilbao.

Jonathan Dos Santos (Barcelona Atletic):

Entered the 74th minute in Barca’s win over Athletic, and played a cool one-touch match.

Andres Guardado (Deportivo de La Coruña):

Played the full 90 in Depor’s 3-0 loss to Atlético Madrid. Had a really bad game and Depor looked helpless.

England

Carlos Vela (Arsenal FC):

Came on in the 79th minute in Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Wolves. Van Persie is likely to return soon, so Carlos better get his minutes from somewhere.

Guillermo Franco (West Ham United):

No appearance for Franco in West Ham’s 2-2 draw away to Everton.

Germany:

Ricardo Osorio (VfB Stuttgart):

Came on in the 87th minute in Stuttgart’s 2-1 win over Borussia Monchengladbach (gosh it hurts to pronounce that).

Holland:

Carlos Salcido (PSV Eindhoven):

Played the full 90 in PSV’s 1-0 win over Willem II.

Francisco “Maza” Rodriguez (PSV Eindhoven):

Maza played 72 minutes in that same match as well.

Hector Moreno (AZ Alkmaar):

Didn’t play from suspension, but AZ won 2-0 over Utrecht.

Turkey:

Giovani dos Santos (Galatasaray):

Playing as I type this. Galatasaray is tied 1-1 away to Sivasspor and a huge fight broke out between both teams. No goals from Gio yet.

Ukraine:

Nery Castillo (FC Dnipro):

Wastin’ away again in margaritaville.

Bryan-ChilticIcxitl

Nerry wake up! If he gets back on track he could do some damage. Is it me, or do Mexican players maybe need to play back in the Americas? Maybe some should try MLS…even if they don’t have the same competition, they could see a lot of playing time.
http://mexico.theoffside.com/ Albert

Cuauh says he doesnt think Nery is out of not going to WC. that is surprising. Is Nery Aguirre’s big surprise?
Coconut

On another website, it was stated that Aguirre was originally going to pick 18 players for the training camp, however he only picked 17. Now this is only hearsay, but word on the street (there’s no real street) is that Castillo is that 18th player.
Richard

Nery Castillo? are you serious? The guy hasnt been called up since Honduras. I’m Speechless.
Gabriel

well anything can happen i guess… Aguirre called el bofo
Vic

He called of Bofo and el Conejo…those guys are useless. Nery would be a good player if he changed his attitude…
Al

Rafa did quite well today against Barcelona.

Unfortunately, Nery does have a shot at the World Cup. Consider Osorio, who hasn’t been playing, will probably still make the roster. There are much better options than Nery but you never know how Aguirre works. So despite him being a waste of space on the pitch, he’ll probably still have a shot. Now we need a time machine to get Nery from 2007 back
Coconut

Al, who would you take to S. Africa though? Nery or Sabah?