It’s more a mental block than a physical one. More a lack of faith than a fait accompli.
Every four years Mexico goes to the World Cup with great expectations, advances out of its group, then packs its bags and heads home one game into the knockout round.
When Mexican journalist David Faitelson asked Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez last month if the team can win the World Cup, Hernandez had a couple of questions of his own.
“Tell me why not?” he shot back, referencing two recent Cinderella teams. “Why can’t we be Greece in the Euros?