The Mexican Hugo Sanchez, who won five Pichichi trophies for being the best scorer in the Spanish league, called his compatriots to be united on Monday to avoid the spread of COVID-19 that registers 316 cases in the country.
"Friends, we have to play as a team to beat the Coronavirus. Let's be aware, obedient and disciplined following the instructions of the authorities"Said the former scorer on his Twitter account.
Sánchez, considered the best Mexican soccer player in history for his performances in Spain in which he scored 234 goals, thus joined other soccer personalities who have called Mexicans to isolate themselves and follow health recommendations to flee the pandemic.
Two days ago the Uruguayan Nicolas Vikonis, Puebla's goalkeeper, called his team to fantasize that the virus was eradicated instead of imagining favorable results in games to be held at Clausura 2020 in which the team appears in ninth place.
"It seems to me more important to fantasize that this pandemic disappeared tomorrow, not with the result of a game; it is time to be united not to viralize by banalities"Vikonis wrote on his Twitter account referring to a Puebla post in which the team defeated Cruz Azul, his next rival, when he resumes in Clausura with a goal.
The Mx League suspended all its competitions, which has forced the teams to break concentrations and send the footballers to train at home, a decision described as wise by figures such as the Argentine Rubens Sambueza, midfielder of Pachuca, and Gabriel Caballero, coach of Juárez.
"First there is the human being, everything that has been done seems drastic, in the end we will see that it was the best to protect the health of all"He told the agency EFE Sambueza a couple of days ago, while Caballero called to be serious, aware of the pandemic to take possible precautions.