By Wilson Florez
Javier Eduardo Lopez He was one of the most promising Mexican soccer players of the last 20 years. Chofis was a determining figure in his first stage with Chivas de Guadalajara. Miguel Ponceformer Sacred Flock player, considers that López had the same conditions as a legend like Lionel Messi.
Miguel Ponce played with Javier Eduardo López in Chivas de Guadalajara. In the seasons in which Matías Almeyda was in charge of the team, the last successful years of the club, Chofis was a stellar figure on the team. Ponce admired López’s qualities as a player.
“Chofis López was an outlierwhat we all saw when he was doing very well with Almeyda, was a better version. What happened to him was totally a waste, since he was the player who I could do things differently in Chivas and in the national team“Ponce said in statements compiled by Mediotiempo.
“Pocho” even compared Javier Eduardo López with Lionel Messi. Miguel Ponce highlighted the Mexican’s imbalance that made him a difficult player to mark. The “Mexican Messi” who got lost along the way.
“Completely, He had similar conditions to Messi, There were friendly matches in the United States in which you saw how one was taken away from another, super close. So generation. “That bastard was complicated,” he added.
Chofis in Chivas
Javier Eduardo López played 192 games with the Chivas de Guadalajara shirt. Chofis scored 24 goals and provided 12 assists in just over 10,000 minutes played with the Sacred Flock.
The footballer born in Torreón He went to the MLS with Matías Almeyda to play for the San José Earthquakesbut its performance was decreasing. Chofis returned to Chivas, but his level was not the same. López had a brief return to Pachucabut could not gain the trust of his coaches. At 31 years old, Chofis is currently an out-of-contract player who has not played an official match since September 2025.
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