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Jennifer Hermoso leaves Barcelona and goes to Pachuca

2022-06-22T15:43:29.997Z


The second best player in the world in the last edition of the Ballon d'Or, decides to play in Mexico after rejecting offers from Madrid and Atlético


Jennifer Hermoso celebrates, in 2021, a goal together with Pereira with Barcelona. Alejandro García (EFE)

"

#

ElFútbolEsHermoso", announced the Tuzos de Pachuca on their social networks.

He was in Barcelona and now he will also be in Mexico.

Jennifer Hermoso (Madrid, 32 years old) will continue her career at Pachuca in Mexico.

"We have signed the person who has scored the most goals in the history of Barça," the Mexican team had announced.

And although some absent-minded person could speculate on the arrival of Lionel Messi (672 goals) to the Aztec land, in reality it was the signing of the top scorer in the history of Barça (181) and the Spanish team (42), who had just his bond with the Catalan entity on June 30.

“Growing up is learning to say goodbye.

During all my time here, I have learned, I have cried, I have fallen many times and in all of them I have come out ahead”, Hermoso said goodbye to Barcelona.

Although in the last campaign Jennifer had not lost her idyll with the goal (23), in the sports management they had begun to meditate the goodbye of the forward.

In fact, Barça announced last weekend the incorporation of the Brazilian striker Geyse Ferreira, top scorer in the Iberdrola League (20).

With Ferreira tied and Oshoala renewed until 2024, Hermoso began to smell his goodbye to Barça.

"The coach really likes what Oshoala brings to the team's game," says one of the leaders of the Barça group.

It happened, in any case, that in order not to upset the balance in the locker room, Giráldez opted for Hermoso instead of Oshoala in the starting eleven in the Champions League final against Lyon.

However, Barça choked on the final (1-3 in the first half).

After the break, Giráldez replaced Hermoso with Oshoala.

The Madrilenian felt singled out.

"I have not been able to sleep all night," revealed 10 at the Turin airport.

Barcelona had once again succumbed to the physical power of Lyon (1-4 in the 2019 Champions League final) and the sports director, Markel Zubizarreta, had a plan.

“Not everything is excellent when you win, nor is everything a disaster when you lose.

There will be entry and exit of players, but our ideas are not negotiated”, Zubizarreta stressed after the defeat at the Juve stadium.

Melanie Serrano left (the player with the most appearances in the club's history: 516), Leila, Martens (it was not a desired farewell, Barça had made her a renewal offer) and now Hermoso.

Instead,


🫡 |

Welcome to Pachuca!

#ElFutbolEsHermoso pic.twitter.com/MlkCjZxEEq

– Club Pachuca (@Tuzos) June 21, 2022

Jennifer's first stage at Barça began in the 2013-2014 season.

"Because of my style of play, I will feel very comfortable in this team," assured the striker.

She was not without reason, she scored 89 goals in four seasons.

At Barcelona they were always very aware of Jennifer.

“She is a very good and very sensitive girl.

You have to take care of it, ”said a club employee.

“On the pitch I am the same as I am off the field.

And sometimes, if I'm not doing well outside, she ends up affecting my game.

That is an obstacle that I believe.

But that sensitivity has also made me what I am, Hermoso assured this newspaper before winning the Champions League in 2021, the first in the history of Spanish women's football.

“I have experienced wonderful moments: I played in a packed stadium, I celebrated a goal at the Camp Nou and raised our first Champions League very high.

But I've also had very bad times, I'm not going to lie to you.

You do not know the people that I have taken with me from all these years, colleagues, friends, people who made my heart happy every day and without a doubt, without them I would not have been able to enjoy it as much as I have, ” Hermoso concluded in the farewell letter from the.

Despite the fact that there was speculation about his signing for Real Madrid -it was the small team- of him or his return to Atlético, Hermoso opted to be the star of the emerging Mexican league.

“These are personal decisions.

We would have liked her to stay at Barça or in Spain, but the important thing is that she is happy, ”says a former teammate of Hermoso at Barça.

Pachuca's will be Hermoso's third experience abroad.

He has already passed through Tyresso (six months in 2013) and PSG (2017-2018).

He returned to Barça in the 2019-2020 campaign to win the Champions League, reaching a semifinal (2020) and two finals (2021 and 2022).

She now has to recover from the injury to her left knee (it left her out of the Women's Euro which starts on July 6), before crossing the pond.

"Women's football is beautiful, to see it you have to remove the blindfold," concluded Pachuca, proud of the arrival of Jenni, winner of the Silver Ball in 2021.

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Source: elparis

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