Raul Jimenez is sometimes lost in the shuffle among Mexico's European-based players.
Not Sunday, though, as Jimenez flashed the kind of form that caused Benfica to sign him in the first place and Benfica rolled over Rio Ave, 3-1.
.@Raul_Jimenez9 selou o resultado com um remate forte! #SejaOndeFor pic.twitter.com/DgDlWTXfpp
What can you say about the little pea that hasn't already been said? Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez scored his 17th goal in his last 14 games — he has 19 total this season — to give Bayer Leverkusen a 1-0 win over FC Ingolstadt 04 Saturday.
And it was a beauty. Hernandez timed his run perfectly and finished cleanly, two talents that he has shown throughout his career.
A 1-0 lead during a match never guarantees you’ll be the eventual winner. Not in professional soccer. Especially not at the Club World Cup. The Club World Cup, the premier club tournament that only includes the top teams from each of the six confederations and the host country's champion club, was the opportunity Club America needed to end their year on a high note.
This has been a hectic year for El Tri. From losing to the United States Dos a Cero in the beginning of the year, to redemption in their Gold Cup Final win over Jamaica, there have been plenty of highs to a few lows. 2015 will be a year to remember for Mexico’s Men’s National team. Let’s reflect on El Tri 2015!
Mexico started the year off with two consecutive wins but in their third match of the new year, they were completely owned by the United States men’s national team.
The Mexican exodus to the German Bundesliga might turn out to be a thing. After Chicharito transferred to Bayer Leverkusen from Manchester United this summer, then proceeded to rip the Bundesliga apart (he was named Bundesliga player of the month for November, and was just named player of the week for last week), another Mexico international attacker is headed to Germany — Marco Fabian is officially headed to Eintracht Frankfurt.
This is exciting news, because Fabian can do stuff like this:
There was only one option for Bundesliga player of the week after Mexican striker Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez scored a hat trick for Bayer Leverkusen against Borussia Monchengladbach.
Mexican hat-trick hero! There was only one choice for the star man on Matchday 16: @CH14_ https://t.co/ZVP1e24ee6 pic.twitter.com/jWmEDNbn1v
The Houston Dynamo have new (sort of) ownership. Mexican businessman Gabriel Brener, a minority owner of the Dynamo since 2008, has pushed his chips into the middle of the table and bought the majority ownership of the Dynamo, Houston Dash and affiliates.
Bayer Leverkusen played today, and you know what that means: Chicharito scored another goal.
Video | @CH14_ juega. #Chicharito mete gol. This guy can’t stop scoring!! #PanchoVillasArmy https://t.co/mfWIYDcSOe
To the surprise of appriximately nobody, Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez is the most popular player in the Bundesliga.
We know he's the most popular player in the Bundesliga because the Bundelsiga held a Twitter popularity contest, called "Bundesliga Idol," and, predictably, Hernandez won.
Bundesliga Idol followed the format of its namesake, TV show American Idol, with one contestant voted off every round.
Javier "Chicharito" Hernández finalmente ha salido y ha dicho por qué se fue del Manchester United. No es que no supiéramos ya por qué se fue.
Como era de esperar, Chicharito descubrió que Louis van Gaal era mucho menos fanático que el anterior entrenador Sir Alex Ferguson. Chicharito dijo en una entrevista con la televisión española (citas cedidas por Marca) que van Gaal intentó que se fuera nada más llegar el holandés al Manchester United.