FIFA places Memo Ochoa at the level of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

History is history and for FIFA the career of the goalkeeper of the Mexican national team, Guillermo Ochoa, did not go unnoticed by this organization that, in honor of its sixth World Cupput the Mexican’s career at the level of the Argentine star Lionel Messi and the no less international figure Cristiano Ronaldo.

This was pointed out by FIFA on its social networks by publishing an image showing the three players who have defended in five world cups the colors of Mexico, Argentina and Brazilat the moment when they are on the threshold of the sixth World Cup.

Ochoa is one step away from turning 41 years old and is the only player on the Mexican team who is on the threshold of his sixth World Cup.the same as the stars of Argentina and Portugal, representing a historic moment in a competition where many things have to be combined to be able to compete in them and in the end, six times, it represents a historic milestone.

The first time the destinies of the three players crossed was at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, where Messi and Cristiano debuted in the competition where Italy ended up being crowned, while Memo Ochoa did not see action as he was Mexico’s third goalkeeper behind Oswaldo Sánchez and Jesús Corona.

The same thing happened in 2010 in South Africa when, at the last moment, Javier Aguirre ended up using Óscar “Conejo” Pérez, until Brazil 2014 He was able to achieve his goal of debuting in a World Cup to repeat in the next two editions as a great starter.

While Cristiano Ronaldo has played 22 games in the World Cup, scoring eight goals in all the editions that ‘El Bicho’ has played since the distant 2006 World Cup in Germany.

For his part, Francisco Guillermo Ochoa has played 11 games and has conceded 12 goals, taking into account that Ochoa did not play in two of the World Cups where he was called up.

Finally, Lionel Messi has played 26 games in the World Cupa historic figure that makes him the footballer with the most matches played in the history of the World Cups, surpassing the mark of the German Lothar Matthäus with a title won in Qatar 2022.

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