Watching last night's World Cup Qualifier between the US and Mexico, I can't help but wonder what goes through Mexico's - and my beloved FC Barcelona's - defender Rafa Marquez's head. Yet again in a big game he unleashes a vicious foul on a US player that gets him a well-deserved red card:
It's likely that machismo played a role in the actions of Mexico's
Rafael Marquez in the recent game versus the United States. After all,
it's not as if the captain offered a better explanation on his own.
"My desire always is to win and perhaps when we don't, I don't know what to do and that is what causes me to do this," said Marquez in his apology statement.
The problem is that if Marquez really wants to be victorious, he has made it more difficult for his beloved El Tri to achieve that, as the red card he earned with his back-kick cleating of U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard now leaves him out of Mexico's next qualifying game.
"My desire always is to win and perhaps when we don't, I don't know what to do and that is what causes me to do this," said Marquez in his apology statement.
The problem is that if Marquez really wants to be victorious, he has made it more difficult for his beloved El Tri to achieve that, as the red card he earned with his back-kick cleating of U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard now leaves him out of Mexico's next qualifying game.
One really wonders what possesses a skilled player at the top of his game to do something so stupid.
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