- The famous scene of the World Cup
In the first round of the 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage in France, Mexico and South Korea played. In the second half, the South Korean team, which had one less person on the field, aimed to keep a 1-1 score and tried to swing the bus in front of the goal. At the critical moment, Mexico's blonde center, nicknamed "Matador", Luis Hernandez scored twice, helping Mexico to win 3:1, and Hernandez took off his hairband to celebrate after scoring his second goal, fully demonstrating the mexicans' wildness and enthusiasm, and became a famous World Cup scene.
Hernandez's first goal
Hernandez's second goal
Hernandez's wild run celebrates
Hernandez celebrating the goal
- A legend of the Mexican team
Luis Hernandez, who is only 175 cm tall, has spent the rest of his career as a player in the Mexican domestic league except for a brief stint with boca juniors in Argentina from 1997 to 1998, and for los Angeles Galaxy in 2000 and 2001 for the major leagues.
Luis Hernandez represented Mexico at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. Hernandez shined in the 1998 World Cup, scoring four goals and helping Mexico reach the round of 16, while in the 2002 World Cup, the obviously old Hernandez did not score.
In the 2014 World Cup, PepsiCo invited Blanco, Palencia and Hernandez of the 1998 Mexico team to shoot advertisements in order to compete with Coca-Cola for the market in Mexico. Hernandez, who has cut off his long hair, with his beloved headband, and his old teammates saw on TV a scene of Rohan celebrating after scoring a goal but needed to support his waist, poking the fans' tears in the way of memory killing.
Hernandez wearing a headband
Stacked Arhats celebrate but have to support Hernandez