Mexico Coach Miguel Herrera Reportedly Punched Journalist After Gold Cup Victory
By Mike Cardillo
Miguel Herrera led Mexico to victory in the Gold Cup Sunday night in Philadelphia. The win doesn’t appear to have done much to remove the embattled coach from criticism according to reports starting to surface Monday morning.
ESPN FC’s Tom Marshall posted a link to a story on AS Mexico that Herrera hit TV Azteca journalist Christian Martinoli in the Philadelphia airport after the game.
Mexican journalist @medranoazteca reporting Miguel Herrera hit TV commentator Martinoli in Philly airport this morn. https://t.co/IaOxX75WF8
— Tom Marshall (@mexicoworldcup) July 27, 2015
Worth pointing out that @medranoazteca is a serious and respected journo in Mexico. Just when we though Gold Cup controversy was over!
— Tom Marshall (@mexicoworldcup) July 27, 2015
Miguel Herrera reportedly lawyering up. Being told by colleagues he assaulted a journalist last night after Gold Cup final. #Developing
— Juan G. Arango ?? ?? (@JuanG_Arango) July 27, 2015
Marshall later tweeted that Mexico player Giovani Dos Santos briefly posted a tweet congratulating Herrera before swiftly deleting it.
Details and accounts vary. It would stand to reason that video might emerge eventually.
As it stands today, both Jurgen Klinsmann and Herrera face loads of criticism leading into the Oct. 9 CONCACAF Confederations Cup playoff between the United States and Mexico.