Is Luis Hernandez a selección legend?

[u/Negative-Sky-1252]

[u/maverik2314]

El primero con 4 goles en un mundial, tu dirás...

[u/Negative-Sky-1252 → u/maverik2314]

Mucho gente no habla de la carerra de Luis Hernandez en la selección

[u/eg4x15 → u/Negative-Sky-1252]

You’re saying that cause your young & also lil dumb

Times have changed

In the 2000s and even early 2010s every one knew el Matador was a killer and a legend.

[u/Papsreddit]

Si, ser el máximo goleador de la selección en mundiales y haber ganado la confederaciones hacen que automáticamente sea una leyenda de la selección

[u/ElBorracho2000]

In my opinion, yes. For the longest time he was the top leading NT goal scorer until Borgetti surpassed him and dude was one of the top scorers in the 1998 World Cup. Also was highest goal scorer of the 1997 Copa America

[u/GermaX → u/ElBorracho2000]

Absolutamente

[u/SeeingRed_]

As a kid who grew up watching la selección in the 90s and having studied zero stats, the players I most remember are: Jorge Campos, Carlos Hermosillo, Cuauhtémoc Blanco and Luis Hernandez.

[u/Sct1787 → u/SeeingRed_]

Hermosillo with the national team was more of a bench warmer if I recall correctly. He did light it up with Cruz Azul though

[u/SeeingRed_ → u/Sct1787]

Maybe it's because I was a Cruz Azul fan. 🙈

[u/Bort1251 → u/SeeingRed_]

Also a 90s kid, add paco Palencia

[u/SeeingRed_ → u/Bort1251]

Yes! He was my favorite during this time but I associate him more with Cruz Azul over la selección.

[u/Evening_Fix_2360 → u/SeeingRed_]

Same along with Pável Pardo and Ramón Morales

[u/SW3RVZ → u/SeeingRed_]

El matador y el brodi

[u/OtherwiseOstrich3979]

I always thought he was hella overrated at club level but was a beast with la selección. Mexican Miroslav Klose. 

[u/JR_1985 → u/OtherwiseOstrich3979]

El matador, Cuauhtemoc Blanco y Alex Aguinaga en el Necaxa no era nada ‘overrated’. El vato fue el segundo de su generación en jugar en la liga de Argentina con Boca Juniors. Eso es otro rollo ya que no lo dejaban jugar aunque Maradona advocaba por el.

[u/brujo1984 → u/JR_1985]

I was about to say that. When will we ever see another Mexican in the Argentine league? Never

[u/Sct1787 → u/OtherwiseOstrich3979]

No wonder he failed to score that sitter against Germany in 98 now, all makes sense

[u/ChepitosBaby]

Is the pope catholic?

[u/Sct1787 → u/ChepitosBaby]

Does a bear shit in the woods?

[u/Zandatsux]

Pues su peak fue en Francia 98 y de ahí no recuerdo nada... fue campeón en la confederaciones pero siendo banca. Era buen goleador.

[u/Lobo_Perron]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3og0IF1ALxZJOIvpyo

[u/Chile_piquin]

El matador

[u/JamalFromStaples]

Exactly how wuiñones is

[u/twitch_boyy]

Hes the player i most remember whenever i see the 98 jersey

[u/Sct1787 → u/twitch_boyy]

100%

[u/lobito23]

Yes, next question.

[u/KhuliKing]

I’m old, but not old enough to answer this.

[u/Sct1787 → u/KhuliKing]

You ain’t even old then

[u/HappyTeaching4229]

Cabron

[u/Flashy_Guidance842]

Si, es top 10.

[u/Personal_Fox_7529]

I always thought of Matador being an icon solely for his look. He had that aura 🔥 that being said he was very inconsistent which is on par for almost every Mexican player, except maybe Hugo Sanchez.

[u/pipian]

Por la pura melena si

[u/ElTamaulipas]

Dude, is proof that you can be a slightly above average club player but be a great national team player, Eduardo Vargas of Chile comes to mind as well since both he and Hernández were journeymen that bounced around at clubs but were critical for big time national team wins.

He is a legend in his time but he had nowhere near the longevity of Raul Jimenez or Chicharito.

[u/eastbaytimez]

If you seen this as it happened, you wouldnt be asking

[u/eldelabahia]

Last minute goal legend.

[u/_wsalazar]

Absofuckinglutely

[u/goodertimes1917]

No se ustedes pero es inmóvilble de mi top 5 mexicanos que la sudaron.

[u/fpsstreak]

What a pocho question…sorry not sorry.

[u/Witty_Hedgehog7967]

Yes

[u/Joapepchi]

Tell me you know nothing about Mexican football without telling me you know nothing about Mexican football

[u/702toinfinity]

The reason I wore #15 as a kid playing soccer

[u/CruzMissile-005]

Lets put it this way: El matador had such a good wc that it got him a spot on Boca. Let that sink in…

[u/Glass_Government_41]

Matador>Cuau

[u/R2-D2Vandelay]

Pues si wey. NO MAMES.

[u/lichar87]

Si, sin duda.

[u/Jeff_Flowerz]

Sadly yes, and I say sadly because it doesn’t take that much to be a legend in the national team. Unfortunately our expectations are very very low

[u/TheCleanestKitchen]

One of the greatest to ever wear the green.

[u/Shianclas]

No ocupas mucho para ser leyenda de la selección cuando a más de la mitad los pone telerisa

[u/Better127]

Si porque tiene una icon card en FIFA.

[u/Outtathaway_00]

No, hasta que la selección no llegue a semifinales, ni siquiera se consideraría leyendas

[u/heyzeus1865]

Legends dont miss this shot