Mexico is in mourning after the news of the death of a famous character and one of the most influential in the world of Mexican politics and sports. The decade of the 70s was one in which he stood out and made known his great mentality and the most important moments of his career.
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It was 1974, a resounding failure in the World Cup qualifiers had just taken place, so the federation received the direct intervention of the president in office, Luis Echeverría Álvarez. The politician, now 100 years old, recently lost his life on a tragic day for Mexican politics.
After the death of the former president of the United Mexican States, Luis Echeverría Álvarez, the sports world recalled how the former president tried to control the Mexican soccer federation so that Mexico would once again compete in the World Cup. For this purpose, he appointed Gustavo Petricioli, who was in charge of all the internal processes of the FEMEXFUT.
Emilio Azcárraga vetoed him from El Tri
For former President Echeverría Álvarez, it was very difficult to get involved in Mexican soccer. It turns out that the groups controlled by Emilio Azcárraga prevented the Mexican politician from entering in his entirety, according to journalist Rafael Ramos.
Azcarraga Milmo allied with the then FIFA vice-president, all with the purpose of taking away Petricioli's power and vote. Emilio had the intention of getting rid of any kind of interference of the Mexican president within the soccer federation. Intentions that were not so bad, he only wanted to empower the national team at that time.
