Italian Media Defends Memo Ochoa Despite 8 Goals From Atalanta

In Mexico ridicule rained down on him and criticism Guillermo Ochoa after the 8-2 win he scored with Salernitana against Atalantawhich corresponds to date 18 in Serie A, the highest football track in Italy.

comments like “El Chavo del 8” and “8-A” in terms of the number of goals scored. the goalkeeper of the Mexican national team, were regular visitors to social networks after the announcement of the result; However, two Italian publications were less harsh on him and mentioned that his performance could be salvaged.

And the fact is that the Aztec footballer had nothing to do with any of the goals he scored, since most of them were errors in defense and the errors of the rest of his teammates; actually Paco Memo even stopped the penaltyalbeit with such bad luck that the rebound fell on the opponent and ended with the ball crashing into the net.

La Gazzeta dello Sport, one of Italy’s main sports newspapers, stressed that the goalkeeper had done his job well and that if not for his game, things could have been much worse.

“In his usual show, he did everything to delay the victory,” the newspaper mentioned, referring to the other two days he participated in, where he had an outstanding performance despite not yet winning the Italian championship.

“Ochoa saved a Koopmeiners penalty in the 38th minute”emphasized, for its part, La Reppublica, another important newspaper in the country.

Memo Ochoa faces an even tougher test

Next week, Paco Memo will have the option to remove the spike after this win; however, the bad news is that will play with the current leaders of Serie A, Napoli, where is your compatriot playing “Chucky” Lozano.

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Alvaro Morales gave everything to Memo Ochoa for the victory that Atalanta gave him