I think he just never got a chance to play for a strong club with a good defense and midfield tbh, almost got signed by Man United under the SAF Era back in the day
For the last 10 years or so I have considered Ochoa the most impressive GK ever. He might not have the best stats, but his talent is so clear when watching him make the most clutch saves. Sadly he is quite underrated, he is my personal favorite
Finally! A very good explanation and details about Ochoa. Such underrated goalkeeper. Summary of the video. Ochoa is one of the best Goalkeeper, sadly he just never had the best line of defence in front of him which overshadow his performances.
The way you described his career made me really appreciate him. In the Mexican media when he left to Europe he was seen as a goalie with no handling ability (always punching the ball out) and a failure since he never played in a big team and only time he did he couldn’t bench an aging Kameni. And they would only talk about his failures not his accomplishments. I didn’t know he was still seemed as MVP in those relegated or small teams. No he will be in my brain as the what if
I remember when he played for Ajaccio in France everyone loved him, he was spectacular even though he was playing for a team battling to stay in ligue 1
@@Teknocronos For good reason.. Let me explain.. He's hated by many bcuz he's related to the owners of the most powerful n most corrupt tv station in Mexico n all Latino America so he gets favored too much.. Televisa tv station owns Club America, team with the most championships, but guess why.. That tv station used to own 3 teams n the other 2 teams would lose on purpose so Amarica wins.. Gov forced them to sell the other 2 teams or be criminally investigated.. Nothing has changed tho, they still control the whole league n use the refs n VAR to their convenience.. He's a great goalkeeper BUT he's too old to still be in the National Team, time to move on..
@@P71ScrewHead It would be great if Mexico could move him on but what other option does Mexico have? The next generation of players in Mexico aren't great which is why this year they went with so many veterans. Ochoa is the only Mexican keeper to play in Europe. I see him playing one more world cup. What a legend!
@@P71ScrewHead man i just want mexico to win at least one 1 worl cup in my lifetime. mexican players have potential but corruption and money and greed from the superiors alwasy gets in the way. ive gone to mexico and seen poor kids kicking and handling the ball as if they were grown men with experience. sadly those same kids will never be recognized becuase of cost of going to an academy and having to work to be able live
Thank you for unfolding this amazing story. It looks like this goalkeeper deserves the recognition and I actually wasn't aware of him. I would love to hear more about unknown players that deserve more recognition! Keep up the good work. Love you raymar, love you Ochoa!
Yeah I made this video because a lot of people didn’t really know him or only know him in the world cup. Had to share his story! Appreciate the kind words brother ❤️
Every time i watch a Mexico game, I'm always looking to Memo's performance the most. He's a big reason why goalkeeping was my favorite position to play, and I even modeled my play style around him. He's truly a legend, I'll miss seeing him play in the big stages where he belongs
Here in Mexico he's actually HATED by a lot of people for no real reason other than playing for a certain club or not being a literal brick wall. Very glad to see he gets the appreciation he deserves everywhere else :)
It’s was so disheartening to see classmates and people in social media blame Ochoa after their match agains Argentina. I mean come on, it’s a Messi Penalty, of course he’s gonna land it. The second one tho, poor defense from Mexico… no one keeper would see it coming.
here another mexican confirming al of this stuff, we saw the poland match and my teacher called him a strainer and that he couldnt keep a goal even if his live depended on it, i really hated that comment since ochoa is a great keeper and one player i look up to
He's hated by many bcuz he's related to the owners of the most powerful n most corrupt tv station in Mexico n all Latino America so he gets favored too much.. Televisa tv station owns Club America, team with the most championships, but guess why.. That tv station used to own 3 teams n the other 2 teams would lose on purpose so Amarica wins.. Gov forced them to sell the other 2 teams or be criminally investigated.. Nothing has changed tho, they still control the whole league n use the refs n VAR to their convenience.. He's a great goalkeeper BUT he's too old to still be in the National Team, time to move on..
Oh man I wish you guys could've seen Ochoa play in his prime, his acrobatic saves were insane. Honestly never liked him at first because he played for America the one team everybody hates in Mexico but he won me over. I'm going to miss him when he retires. Legend.
The same could be said of Navas. Ask people to name one player from Costa Rica, and most people only know Navas and maybe Joel Campbell who played a few games for Arsenal. Without Keylor, the Costa Rica team wouldn't have made it to these many WC appearances. Even Neymar preferred Navas in goal to Donnaruma. BTW they all trained together at PSG, so he knows which keeper stops him the most.
One big difference in my opinion is that navas has played at big club and performed and won. Not saying ochoa is shit goalkeeper unless its the world cup, but the fact that he isnt doing his thing in a big european team, only to "pop up" once every four years with all time performances is what has made him into this legend of sorts.
I’ve been watching Ochoa since I was 6 yrs old and even as a young kid I loved him. I’m now 22 and it’s been a great pleasure watching this dude play for Mexico. (My dad is a club America fan so I would watch the games with him as a kid)
@@edgaryzen4925 the mexican team always defend the players with some age or that are reliable and for that reason the young ones have a difficult time to show off themselves
@@edgaryzen4925 Corruption. It’s the same case this World Cup when Mexico left out Diego Lainez, Santiago Giménez, and Carlos Acevedo from the World Cup squad
In my early thirties and ochoa is easily the best world cup performer ive ever witnessed. Yes maybe there r players who had better individual game performances, but the way this guy has has managed to perform every game for multiple world cups in a row? Just insane. This guy has made every mexico game super hyped for me and many others simply cuz we wanted to see what he would do next. This guys is truly a legend, folklore worthy. And im sure that for many, especially mexicans, is one of those players that ppl will be telling their kids/grandkids about. And i honestly dont think that me exaggerating things.
Im not gonna lie, the moment I saw Argentina was in a same group as Mexico, the first nightmarish thought i had was this guy being the reason Argentina wouldn't even make it pass the group stage. And that almost happened. It took The GOAT to score and then Mexico was slightly less impenetrable. This guy is truly a legend in the World Cup for the past decade. His spidey senses and acrobatics is one of the best. If he was born in Europe, he would 100% be a starter for some big club. Imagine if he had ball control training since young age + his natural gifted skills, he would be easily on par with Neuer, Casillas, Buffon, Cech, Van Der Sar, Cesar etc in my opinion.
Mexico lost to Argentina bcuz the Mexican coach was an Argentinian fool who put in an alternative team (Mexico B for example) with a defensive stance 5-3-1-1 to make sure Mexico didn't take complete control of the ball n beat his home team.. Mexico never plays defensive, so why start now?? You guessed it.. Mexico always plays 4-4-1-1 n 4-4-2 so it was obvious.. Argentina always fears Mexico bcuz Mexico almost always beats Brazil in any age category n Argentina struggles against Brazil.. Mexico doesn't fear these 2 teams n actually prefers to forever be the underdogs bcuz winning by cheating bcuz of ratings is never kool.. The ppl running the Mexican league care only about money n keeping Mexico as a team to just get rich off of like in the Aztec vs Spain days, trust me..
I loved Ochoa since the first day I laid my eyes on him. His curly hair is such a striking feature of his. I remember watching him play in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and being amazed at how many times he caught the football.
@@RaymarFootball my man, only problem js if mexico did go to the knockouts instead of poland, yeah idk how well mexico would have done against a team such as france
@@RaymarFootballI mean, you could say that if Poland cheated or so...but they didn't, that was not the most beautiful football of course (Which hurts to say as a Pole) but the truth is, if it wasn't for ochoa great attitude during penalty, we would have won the game between us and mexico. We were just more efficient, that's it
Im a Chivas fan (Ochoa's team's biggest rival) and I remember when i was a kid back in '06 watching the rivalry be even more intense to me because Ochoa and Chivas goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez were the two best mexican goalkeepers in that time, it was like Genzo vs Ken from captain tsubasa to me, great days
I'm really glad you made a video on Ochoa, he is the best goalie when it comes to the WC. As a fellow Mexican, I've watched him play as a kid, started in the Liga MX and worked his way up to the national team
The streets wont forget him! But he was great in his own right outside the world cup. just played for weak clubs that couldnt really make him shine since their defense were horrible
That save vs Neymar in the World Cup was possibly the best save I’ve ever seen live. Just how far he had to reach with Neymar being so close to the net. He was an actual wall that game
I’m an American fan and there are few figures I fear more from our consistent rival, as well as few I respect more. World Cup Ochoa is truly magnificent
Memo was the reason I wanted to be a GK when I was a kid. 😢When he was in Malaga, I would tune in to his games to see if he was playing. I would be so mad when Kameni would start over him. I never knew he was voted player of season by the fans for the teams he played for in Europe. Thanks Raymar for this video, really made me tear up a little bit. As a Mexican, he was my idol when i was a kid. For the last few years he’s been in a decline, it made me forget how good he use to be. Thanks Memo for making me fall in love with the game
As a Mexican fan and Ochoa fan thank you so much for this amazing video I see so many people trying to misinform others and say Ochoa is a terrible keeper because of how much he got scored on and not stop and see that not all those goals were his fault and he was the reason that Ajaccio team was staying alive, I really appreciate the honesty in this video even the criticisms were completely true, keep up the great work and amazing vids
I’m thankful for having had the time to take his story to a spotlight among your followers. He was when I was younger, is today and will always be my hero. The reason why I began to wear a pair of Nike gloves to this day. Thank you.
ive been watching ochoa since i was a small kid. it’s heartwarming to see him finally get the recognition he’s deserved, but sad knowing that mexico never gave him the squad he needed to win big
Club America legend. Estadio Azteca legend. Mexican keeper legend. For those who didn't get to see him play in the mid to late 2010s, I feel bad for you. This dude pulled off some saves that even Buffon commented on. Incredible.
Although Ochoa never really made it onto the big stages he will forever be known as one of Mexicos greatest at least in my timeline, it was truly an honor to witness him play at his best moments.
ik this is like unbelievably but that’s my uncle (my moms 1st cousin) and it prides me so much seeing people talk about him so much as such a good player, i remember wanting to be just like him as a kid, wearing his number on my jersey as many times as i could in every sport i played.
Along with the adjustment, or lack thereof, of not really becoming a sweeper keeper, one major thing left out of the video was the 2011 scandal of clenbuterol “doping” that him and 4 other Mexican players suffered around the time of that year’s Gold Cup. I think it impacted him the most because of the heavy rumored move to PSG. So he basically settled for Ajaccio. He was proven innocent after but still. If he would’ve made that move to PSG, I’m sure he either would’ve become a club legend or made a move to an even bigger club in Europe. Glad to see he at least got recognition around the world due to the World Cup. He’s more praised around the world than his own country, largely in part to coming from Mexico’s biggest and most hated club, Club América. Glad to have two pictures with him as I’ve followed him his entire career. Huge Club América and Mexican national team fan here.
Guillermo Ochoa was a monster. Spectacular and fearless. I fell in love with him when time and time again he stepped up and defended his country's honor in the World Cup. Phenomenal Goalkeeper. Big ups to GO!
I think the statistic that best describes Ochoa and just how great he is, is when you mentioned how he had the MOST goals conceded in a season BUT he also SAVED the most. It just shows how his talent is being overshadowed by not having the best teams (defense). He's always done everything he could as a goalkeeper in his position and it shows. He'll always be a top 3 goalkeeper of all time for me
I am anti-fan of Ochoa's former and current club, but anyone with an unbiased position knows he is simply an icon of modern and overall mexican football. Despite the rivalry, always respect to him, bad luck he did not played in 2010 WC
When El vasco Aguirre took the 40 yr old GK Oscar Pérez who was married to one of Aguirre's nieces. That one was a b.s. world cup also starting Guille franco over chich14.
Finally! A video that shows my favorite classic saves for one of my favorite keepers, is directed to an English language audience making him better known, plus explains his background and the reason why he’s well known for world cup performances but not much for club level and it’s simple, despite playing at Ligue 1, La Liga, and Serie A, he didn’t play in champions league clubs or teams with good defense. Just imagine if he did. He could’ve made better transfer or agent / manager decisions.
Love Ochoa prop. It’s a shame he never got that big move to Europe with a team that stuck with him. Mexican Legend. Every Mexican fan knows this was the year we could’ve made that fifth game, at least Tata is out now.
imagine if he had moved to Liverpool or Man United when they actually had interest. Could have really became a “world class” keeper, but his clubs in europe were too weak to help him shine
As a mexican american always rooting for 🇲🇽 in world cups......im really gonna miss him. Hope he gets to play at least 1 more WC 🙏. He will definitely be missed but age will catch up to us all unfortunately.
Nice video, good content, accuratte data and well edited. Congrats and keep it up. If you think Ochoa is good, you should do one about Jorge Campos, the best GK in all Mexico's history, idol of Iker Casillas. He was a GK ahead of his time, no jokes. Plot Twist: He not only played as GK , but he also played as Forward and scored 46 goals. Sometimes he played half time as GK and another half time as FW. FIFA made a new rule on 1994's world cup because of him... forbidding the goalkepers to change positions during a game.
Despite of his age now, he is still underrated. I feel bad that Malaga didn't treat him well, making him like a missing person. If only he had chance to play bigger club and league, he would be the same level as Casillas and Cech.
@@wifi961 You didn't get it. If he got enough recognition, he would play in better club, not in small Spain club like Malaga or Granada. Clearly you didn't fully see my comment.
Just a quick correction at 5:40 - Right below Casillas is Rogério Ceni, who's also a goalkeeper (and who also has a pretty interesting trajectory and solid legacy among the brazilian scene).
Great video! Here in Mexico 🇲🇽 the media roast the sh out of Ochoa when that must goals conceded record happened, but nobody recognize the must savings record. I think he has always been a victim of his teams (yes even the Mexican national team) and he taking the blame, such a good player.
I'm so glad you mentioned 2014. That's why I remember him so well!!! I'm mixed with Mexican and remember being so amazed with him at the time. I think I was in Atlanta in that Mexican mall HAHAHA. Wish I remembered, but we all were on the edge of out seats watching the Dutch match
I think it’s great that you made this video about Ochoa he is a Mexican legend and Mexicans fans including myself love him. We appreciate this video keep up the great work always entertaining to watch your videos 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
And now at 37 years old he's done it again at Salernitana. And to think some Mexican fans disrespect him because of his age, saying he sucks and other bs... We don't deserve him.
i hugely respect that you like and respond to peoples comments. taking the time out your day even after all the editing and gathering the videos. awesome dude
Great video, glad to see someone outside of Mexicans recognizes how great it has been watching him play. You should also make a video on Hugo Sanchez, he is definitely one of the most forgotten strikers, despite being one of the best of all time.
Hello Raymar, that's another awesome video! Ochoa is a really underrated goalkeeper and he should have had a transfer to a better club. I'm sure he'd be more remembered by the fans as a great goalkeeper because he is! Another idea for a video. If you want of course, you can do a video about Denmark winning the Euro back in 1994 and Greece winning the Euro back in 2004. That's only if you haven't made a video about them and only if you want to since making all of that research takes lots of time!
Appreciate the kind words my man! ♥️ I agree he definitely should have had that opportunity. The streets wont forget him 🤝 Also Ive always wanted to make a video about dark horse or underdog squads!
@@RaymarFootball I've been subscribed to you for some years now and all I'll say is that whenever you make a video, I watch it and I can say that those 8, 10, 20 minutes depending on the video's length just pass by like they are 10 seconds
Ever since I can remember, my dad would have football on every time Club America would play, his and my grandpas favorite team. I remember watching the matches and being obsessed over the game. I had a long time not watching the medium because I felt it was boring until my grandfather passed. When he died my spirit for Football came back stronger than ever and watching the club every Saturday. Memo is definitely given the short-end of the stick in his club, even I didn’t realize how good Memo was until I watched this video. Just goes to show there’s a reason people go pro and others don’t!
since his first world cup i was certain he will end up being the number 1 at one of the biggest clubs in the world. he is an outstanding goalkeeper ability wise. it must be some sort of outside of football problem because otherwise that should have happened for sure.
Ochoa is the reason i started watching football as a kid i thought he was superhero, i cried when he got scored on, the allstate commercials are my favorite, at school people called me ochoa and they didn't even know he was my favorite player and that was in the USA so people already knew him before 2014 World cup
Sad thing is he’s never been given a chance at a bigish club in Europe…. ☹️ he’s always played for lower table clubs even when he was in his prime…. I wish he got a chance at a club like ajax who need a keeper … but I guess he will always be just a wc legend 😔…
Ochoa was a star in 2009 and would have had a great World Cup in 2010 at the age of 25. One yr before that World Cup, Mexico re-hired the same coach from World Cup 2002. This coach called back his starting goalkeeper from 2002 to start in World Cup 2010. This goalkeeper was 37 and had not been called up by any other coaches since 2002. He ended up starting for Mexico in World Cup 2010 when I believe the world would have gotten to see Ochoa at a better age to atract better clubs. This decision was seen as a shock in Mexico because Ochoa was going through an impressive moment.
In Mexico many people hate on him. You even see other Mexican UA-camrs criticize him a lot. He is a true legend for Mexican football and he has shown it. Those who criticize him are usually people who wanted their goalkeeper from their club to play such as Jesus Corona and Alfredo Talavera. Sure those goalkeepers are really good too, but to put them above Ochoa…yeah idk… I am glad there’s people like you and others around the world that recognize him for what he has done. Ochoa will forever be a legend whether some people think otherwise
A big reason people hate him is because he plays for América (biggest but also most hated team in Mexico). I forgot who it was but one of the commentators on TUDN said that if Ochoa played for any other team he would be unanimously called the best GK in our history instead of Campos.
Ochoa deserves an ICON card when he retires. Glad to see that he remains in Club America this upcoming season. He’s the reason why we always make it far in the LIGA MX.
Ochoa getting snubbed for Oscar Perez to start in the 2010 WC was INSANE. Nevermind that they dragged Bofos corpse with them to start waaaaaay past his prime. But that coach had even more comedic choices that tournament that probably warrants a video 😂
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Can you make a vid on garrincha or maybe even carles puyol
A video on freking Ochoa but no Argentine.
raymar do you have an ANYTIME Fitness membership ?
Make a Video about Rivaldo !
Jorge campos better bro look em up best Mexican goalkeeper and forward
Ochoa is a legend for the Mexican national team. He steps up when they need him to, it’s unfortunate he never replicated his greatness on a club level
I think he just never got a chance to play for a strong club with a good defense and midfield tbh, almost got signed by Man United under the SAF Era back in the day
He did. He did miracles at Ajaccio and had crazy saved against big clubs like PSG
@@RegionalRadioShackManager psg big club? 🤪
@@Vipul6190 Yep psg is very big club.
@@nishant54 big players ≠ big club
His game against Brazil in the 2014 Brazil world cup will always be legendary.
Still remember the buzz around him back then
YES!
I wanted to hate him because of that game but I genuinely couldn't, he's too good
i remember the memes about ochoa
Def
For the last 10 years or so I have considered Ochoa the most impressive GK ever. He might not have the best stats, but his talent is so clear when watching him make the most clutch saves. Sadly he is quite underrated, he is my personal favorite
definitely a more underrated keeper. so much more to him than just the world cup!
If he wasn't mexican he would probably be worth much more
Is he better than Dominik Livakovic ?
@@StormX_611yes
@@avocatobigpp4249this is the most accurate statement for a lot of players
Its crazy how big of a icon he became in Mexico. I’m sure almost 99% of Mexico knows the name Memo Ochoa.
99-100%
More like 99%
Everyone knows him
I wanted to say 99% but I didn’t want some keyboard warriors coming on here saying other wise😂 glad you guys agree
99.9% to be exact
It's actually crazy how many times he was player of the season as a goalkeeper. One of the greats that never got a chance by a big club.
I know. Man will go down as a legend
Man Utd was going to sign him back in the SAF era 🥲 ended up in the teams with the worst defense
He played for Malaga
@@ChalupaHoopaBasketball lol since when is Malaga a big club ?
@@tijuas0918 they’re not, they’re trash. I’m dead🤣🤣
Finally! A very good explanation and details about Ochoa. Such underrated goalkeeper. Summary of the video. Ochoa is one of the best Goalkeeper, sadly he just never had the best line of defence in front of him which overshadow his performances.
Glad I could share his story! Nice tl;dr summary btw 😉
Exactly. I think he's brilliant.
Ochoa left his mark on the world stage. That is what matters . The streets will never forget
the streets wont 🫡
The way you described his career made me really appreciate him.
In the Mexican media when he left to Europe he was seen as a goalie with no handling ability (always punching the ball out) and a failure since he never played in a big team and only time he did he couldn’t bench an aging Kameni. And they would only talk about his failures not his accomplishments.
I didn’t know he was still seemed as MVP in those relegated or small teams. No he will be in my brain as the what if
I remember when he played for Ajaccio in France everyone loved him, he was spectacular even though he was playing for a team battling to stay in ligue 1
it´s more ´cause he´s from America and in Mexico is a very hated team.
@@Teknocronos For good reason.. Let me explain.. He's hated by many bcuz he's related to the owners of the most powerful n most corrupt tv station in Mexico n all Latino America so he gets favored too much.. Televisa tv station owns Club America, team with the most championships, but guess why.. That tv station used to own 3 teams n the other 2 teams would lose on purpose so Amarica wins.. Gov forced them to sell the other 2 teams or be criminally investigated.. Nothing has changed tho, they still control the whole league n use the refs n VAR to their convenience.. He's a great goalkeeper BUT he's too old to still be in the National Team, time to move on..
@@P71ScrewHead It would be great if Mexico could move him on but what other option does Mexico have? The next generation of players in Mexico aren't great which is why this year they went with so many veterans. Ochoa is the only Mexican keeper to play in Europe. I see him playing one more world cup. What a legend!
@@P71ScrewHead man i just want mexico to win at least one 1 worl cup in my lifetime. mexican players have potential but corruption and money and greed from the superiors alwasy gets in the way. ive gone to mexico and seen poor kids kicking and handling the ball as if they were grown men with experience. sadly those same kids will never be recognized becuase of cost of going to an academy and having to work to be able live
Thank you for unfolding this amazing story.
It looks like this goalkeeper deserves the recognition and I actually wasn't aware of him.
I would love to hear more about unknown players that deserve more recognition! Keep up the good work.
Love you raymar, love you Ochoa!
Yeah I made this video because a lot of people didn’t really know him or only know him in the world cup. Had to share his story! Appreciate the kind words brother ❤️
He's pretty famous to Mexicans so it's nice to see him get attention elsewhere
man as someone from mexico, he is our savior. mexico wont be the same without him, wish he could perform once more in another world cup
Could be possible!
Ochoa is a great gk, but not our savior. Jesus Christ is our king and savior!
Check out Mexico’s Carlos Acevedo! He’s basically Ochoa 2.0!
@@CptCadoodles no he ain’t bro he flops too much
@@OhSoNasty He plays exactly the same lol
5:26 just shows you how good Ochoa really could be outside the World Cup! Leave a like if you enjoyed and let me know what vid you want next 🙏 ❤
What’s your prediction about quarter finals?
@@shemshernur2633Argentina, Brazil, Portugal advancing imo, but kind of iffy about France vs England
Can you do one on Jari Litmanen
@@RaymarFootball penalties france 3-2 england
@@RaymarFootball I want morocoo to win, and my feeling same as you for england match, such a close match
Every time i watch a Mexico game, I'm always looking to Memo's performance the most. He's a big reason why goalkeeping was my favorite position to play, and I even modeled my play style around him. He's truly a legend, I'll miss seeing him play in the big stages where he belongs
Here in Mexico he's actually HATED by a lot of people for no real reason other than playing for a certain club or not being a literal brick wall.
Very glad to see he gets the appreciation he deserves everywhere else :)
That certain club, is one of the worst in the country and is Mexico’s fake news’ favorite to shill for and grift off.
It’s was so disheartening to see classmates and people in social media blame Ochoa after their match agains Argentina. I mean come on, it’s a Messi Penalty, of course he’s gonna land it. The second one tho, poor defense from Mexico… no one keeper would see it coming.
@@piercingmite5332 they really blamed the keeper for the rest of the mexico team being literal shit?
here another mexican confirming al of this stuff, we saw the poland match and my teacher called him a strainer and that he couldnt keep a goal even if his live depended on it, i really hated that comment since ochoa is a great keeper and one player i look up to
He's hated by many bcuz he's related to the owners of the most powerful n most corrupt tv station in Mexico n all Latino America so he gets favored too much.. Televisa tv station owns Club America, team with the most championships, but guess why.. That tv station used to own 3 teams n the other 2 teams would lose on purpose so Amarica wins.. Gov forced them to sell the other 2 teams or be criminally investigated.. Nothing has changed tho, they still control the whole league n use the refs n VAR to their convenience.. He's a great goalkeeper BUT he's too old to still be in the National Team, time to move on..
Oh man I wish you guys could've seen Ochoa play in his prime, his acrobatic saves were insane. Honestly never liked him at first because he played for America the one team everybody hates in Mexico but he won me over. I'm going to miss him when he retires. Legend.
Yup. Crazy how good his reflexes and reactions were to pair with the acrobatics
Same here I never did like him but he will be top 3 Mexican goalies of all time in my opinion.
@@eliasbautista2687 for my is Him, ´´el brody´´ and maybe ´´La Tota´´ carvajal (just ´cause I didn´t see his games), if not La tota maybe Oswaldo.
Nobody hates America in Mexico. America is like the Real Madrid of Mexico, best squad team, most trophies, more history, overall the best team
The same could be said of Navas. Ask people to name one player from Costa Rica, and most people only know Navas and maybe Joel Campbell who played a few games for Arsenal. Without Keylor, the Costa Rica team wouldn't have made it to these many WC appearances. Even Neymar preferred Navas in goal to Donnaruma. BTW they all trained together at PSG, so he knows which keeper stops him the most.
Navas is such an underrated GK legend, need to remake my video about him!
@@RaymarFootball yes pleasee
One big difference in my opinion is that navas has played at big club and performed and won.
Not saying ochoa is shit goalkeeper unless its the world cup, but the fact that he isnt doing his thing in a big european team, only to "pop up" once every four years with all time performances is what has made him into this legend of sorts.
Navas got shit by on management at Madrid and PSG.
I believe for that Navas vs donnurma it just came down to age sadly
I’ve been watching Ochoa since I was 6 yrs old and even as a young kid I loved him. I’m now 22 and it’s been a great pleasure watching this dude play for Mexico. (My dad is a club America fan so I would watch the games with him as a kid)
He was so good during 2008-2018 but after that he declined because of age which is normal.
But he was a BEAST in the past 2 World Cups
I’d say it started more around 06/07 but you are right 🤝
How come he didn’t play in the 2010 WC? That just too bad. NO disrespect to Perez of course.
@@edgaryzen4925 the mexican team always defend the players with some age or that are reliable and for that reason the young ones have a difficult time to show off themselves
@@edgaryzen4925 Corruption. It’s the same case this World Cup when Mexico left out Diego Lainez, Santiago Giménez, and Carlos Acevedo from the World Cup squad
@@monkeyclapper69 Exactly correct..
In my early thirties and ochoa is easily the best world cup performer ive ever witnessed.
Yes maybe there r players who had better individual game performances, but the way this guy has has managed to perform every game for multiple world cups in a row? Just insane.
This guy has made every mexico game super hyped for me and many others simply cuz we wanted to see what he would do next.
This guys is truly a legend, folklore worthy. And im sure that for many, especially mexicans, is one of those players that ppl will be telling their kids/grandkids about. And i honestly dont think that me exaggerating things.
Im not gonna lie, the moment I saw Argentina was in a same group as Mexico, the first nightmarish thought i had was this guy being the reason Argentina wouldn't even make it pass the group stage.
And that almost happened. It took The GOAT to score and then Mexico was slightly less impenetrable. This guy is truly a legend in the World Cup for the past decade.
His spidey senses and acrobatics is one of the best. If he was born in Europe, he would 100% be a starter for some big club. Imagine if he had ball control training since young age + his natural gifted skills, he would be easily on par with Neuer, Casillas, Buffon, Cech, Van Der Sar, Cesar etc in my opinion.
you smoking crack if you think messi is the only reason argentina beat mexico lol, mexico always bends over for argentina no matter whos playing
Lol Ochoa sucks, you have nothing to worry about.
The closest he played for malaga that's the closest he been in Europe
And ajaccio
Mexico lost to Argentina bcuz the Mexican coach was an Argentinian fool who put in an alternative team (Mexico B for example) with a defensive stance 5-3-1-1 to make sure Mexico didn't take complete control of the ball n beat his home team.. Mexico never plays defensive, so why start now?? You guessed it.. Mexico always plays 4-4-1-1 n 4-4-2 so it was obvious.. Argentina always fears Mexico bcuz Mexico almost always beats Brazil in any age category n Argentina struggles against Brazil.. Mexico doesn't fear these 2 teams n actually prefers to forever be the underdogs bcuz winning by cheating bcuz of ratings is never kool.. The ppl running the Mexican league care only about money n keeping Mexico as a team to just get rich off of like in the Aztec vs Spain days, trust me..
Ochoa is my favourite GK of WC, during WC he just reaches the highest peak of goalkeeping.
big match player! shame he never was given a chance by a big club.
I loved Ochoa since the first day I laid my eyes on him. His curly hair is such a striking feature of his. I remember watching him play in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and being amazed at how many times he caught the football.
me toooo. I really hope he plays in the 2026 cup and that I get to see those glorious curls in person
As a Mexican fan of your channel, we appreciate this video 🇲🇽❤️. Still hurting from elimination so this helps 😢😂
shoutout to my amigos in mexico ❤️ 🇲🇽 you guys deserved to the knockouts over poland imo
@@RaymarFootball my man, only problem js if mexico did go to the knockouts instead of poland, yeah idk how well mexico would have done against a team such as france
@@Black-bk4xf yeah
@@RaymarFootballI mean, you could say that if Poland cheated or so...but they didn't, that was not the most beautiful football of course (Which hurts to say as a Pole) but the truth is, if it wasn't for ochoa great attitude during penalty, we would have won the game between us and mexico. We were just more efficient, that's it
@@user-lj6cv7yi7u who said they cheated
Funny how he kept a team alive for 3 seasons!!! That's crazy. He really is the main character 😂
Im a Chivas fan (Ochoa's team's biggest rival) and I remember when i was a kid back in '06 watching the rivalry be even more intense to me because Ochoa and Chivas goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez were the two best mexican goalkeepers in that time, it was like Genzo vs Ken from captain tsubasa to me, great days
I'm really glad you made a video on Ochoa, he is the best goalie when it comes to the WC. As a fellow Mexican, I've watched him play as a kid, started in the Liga MX and worked his way up to the national team
I had his jersey when i was 10, I’m 25 now and he’s still my goat 🇲🇽
Damn! He’s definitely a Mexican legend
@@RaymarFootball most def, you save a shot and you’re around Mexicans, they’ll say “Ochoa” just like people say “Kobe” when you shoot. Great video 👍🏼
Now he saved Salternitana and helped them stay in serie A and also got player of season voted by fans 😳
Ochoa the GOATkeeper of WC
The streets wont forget him! But he was great in his own right outside the world cup. just played for weak clubs that couldnt really make him shine since their defense were horrible
@@RaymarFootballshould’ve moved to Europe
That save vs Neymar in the World Cup was possibly the best save I’ve ever seen live. Just how far he had to reach with Neymar being so close to the net. He was an actual wall that game
One of the most underrated keepers of all time. His reflexes are alien at times.
I’m an American fan and there are few figures I fear more from our consistent rival, as well as few I respect more. World Cup Ochoa is truly magnificent
Memo was the reason I wanted to be a GK when I was a kid. 😢When he was in Malaga, I would tune in to his games to see if he was playing. I would be so mad when Kameni would start over him. I never knew he was voted player of season by the fans for the teams he played for in Europe. Thanks Raymar for this video, really made me tear up a little bit. As a Mexican, he was my idol when i was a kid. For the last few years he’s been in a decline, it made me forget how good he use to be. Thanks Memo for making me fall in love with the game
I was more shocked to see he was 37 I thought he was 34 or 31 still
As a Mexican fan and Ochoa fan thank you so much for this amazing video I see so many people trying to misinform others and say Ochoa is a terrible keeper because of how much he got scored on and not stop and see that not all those goals were his fault and he was the reason that Ajaccio team was staying alive, I really appreciate the honesty in this video even the criticisms were completely true, keep up the great work and amazing vids
Ochoa the only keeper that makes us celebrate goal blocks like goals
I’m thankful for having had the time to take his story to a spotlight among your followers. He was when I was younger, is today and will always be my hero. The reason why I began to wear a pair of Nike gloves to this day. Thank you.
ive been watching ochoa since i was a small kid. it’s heartwarming to see him finally get the recognition he’s deserved, but sad knowing that mexico never gave him the squad he needed to win big
Club America legend. Estadio Azteca legend. Mexican keeper legend. For those who didn't get to see him play in the mid to late 2010s, I feel bad for you.
This dude pulled off some saves that even Buffon commented on. Incredible.
Raymar could you do a video on Rafa Marquez please and keep the mexico videos going?
It’s kind of sad that he never played in one of the best leagues, one of the best talents getting wasted😞
he played in Ligue 1 and La Liga… but his teams were shitee
Although Ochoa never really made it onto the big stages he will forever be known as one of Mexicos greatest at least in my timeline, it was truly an honor to witness him play at his best moments.
ik this is like unbelievably but that’s my uncle (my moms 1st cousin) and it prides me so much seeing people talk about him so much as such a good player, i remember wanting to be just like him as a kid, wearing his number on my jersey as many times as i could in every sport i played.
The thrill of the save > The thrill of the win
He's really doing what he loves.
He may never have gotten the chance he deserved team-wise but there's not a single goalkeeper i'd rather watch for 90 minutes straight. Memo for life
Along with the adjustment, or lack thereof, of not really becoming a sweeper keeper, one major thing left out of the video was the 2011 scandal of clenbuterol “doping” that him and 4 other Mexican players suffered around the time of that year’s Gold Cup. I think it impacted him the most because of the heavy rumored move to PSG. So he basically settled for Ajaccio. He was proven innocent after but still. If he would’ve made that move to PSG, I’m sure he either would’ve become a club legend or made a move to an even bigger club in Europe. Glad to see he at least got recognition around the world due to the World Cup. He’s more praised around the world than his own country, largely in part to coming from Mexico’s biggest and most hated club, Club América. Glad to have two pictures with him as I’ve followed him his entire career. Huge Club América and Mexican national team fan here.
Guillermo Ochoa was a monster. Spectacular and fearless. I fell in love with him when time and time again he stepped up and defended his country's honor in the World Cup. Phenomenal Goalkeeper. Big ups to GO!
Never thought I’d see a Raymar video be specifically of Guillermo Ochoa. Thank you for making this video 🎉
I think the statistic that best describes Ochoa and just how great he is, is when you mentioned how he had the MOST goals conceded in a season BUT he also SAVED the most. It just shows how his talent is being overshadowed by not having the best teams (defense). He's always done everything he could as a goalkeeper in his position and it shows. He'll always be a top 3 goalkeeper of all time for me
I am anti-fan of Ochoa's former and current club, but anyone with an unbiased position knows he is simply an icon of modern and overall mexican football. Despite the rivalry, always respect to him, bad luck he did not played in 2010 WC
That’s how you know the man is a legend 😂🫡
When El vasco Aguirre took the 40 yr old GK Oscar Pérez who was married to one of Aguirre's nieces. That one was a b.s. world cup also starting Guille franco over chich14.
Finally! A video that shows my favorite classic saves for one of my favorite keepers, is directed to an English language audience making him better known, plus explains his background and the reason why he’s well known for world cup performances but not much for club level and it’s simple, despite playing at Ligue 1, La Liga, and Serie A, he didn’t play in champions league clubs or teams with good defense. Just imagine if he did. He could’ve made better transfer or agent / manager decisions.
Love Ochoa prop. It’s a shame he never got that big move to Europe with a team that stuck with him.
Mexican Legend. Every Mexican fan knows this was the year we could’ve made that fifth game, at least Tata is out now.
I remember he said he was gonna join psg but he has issues with his visa or something like that
@@David-vh5ly ochoa over navas
imagine if he had moved to Liverpool or Man United when they actually had interest. Could have really became a “world class” keeper, but his clubs in europe were too weak to help him shine
i remember wathcing mexico netherlands in a pub in the netherlands, everyone was talking bout him and how he literally saved every shot
Thank you for making this video! He's so underrated and this video is well deserved.
As a mexican american always rooting for 🇲🇽 in world cups......im really gonna miss him. Hope he gets to play at least 1 more WC 🙏. He will definitely be missed but age will catch up to us all unfortunately.
Honestly,pretty underrated keeper, the way he dives you know he’s good or as they say great wall of mexico😂
😂😂😂 he’s the great wall Trump wanted to build
@@RaymarFootball wahahaha
Thank you for your great video! I'm happy he's getting recognized😊 his world cup performances are just insane😅
Ochoa is literally always there for us during World Cup games 🇲🇽
Nice video, good content, accuratte data and well edited. Congrats and keep it up.
If you think Ochoa is good, you should do one about Jorge Campos, the best GK in all Mexico's history, idol of Iker Casillas. He was a GK ahead of his time, no jokes.
Plot Twist: He not only played as GK , but he also played as Forward and scored 46 goals. Sometimes he played half time as GK and another half time as FW. FIFA made a new rule on 1994's world cup because of him... forbidding the goalkepers to change positions during a game.
Despite of his age now, he is still underrated. I feel bad that Malaga didn't treat him well, making him like a missing person. If only he had chance to play bigger club and league, he would be the same level as Casillas and Cech.
😂 “Underrated” lol
@@wifi961 well yeah tho. He didn't get enough recognition at club tournament despite being a good goalkeeper, hence he's underrated
@@davidhosea850 If he didn’t get enough recognition, he wouldn’t be the goal keeper for like 12 years already.
@@wifi961 You didn't get it. If he got enough recognition, he would play in better club, not in small Spain club like Malaga or Granada.
Clearly you didn't fully see my comment.
@@davidhosea850 He did go to Europe, and then got returned lol.
gracias por hacer este video para Mexico, amamos a Memo Ochoa ❤
Just a quick correction at 5:40 - Right below Casillas is Rogério Ceni, who's also a goalkeeper (and who also has a pretty interesting trajectory and solid legacy among the brazilian scene).
Raymar, I’m so glad you made this video, I want more people to know about this man and how legendary he is for us Mexican fans, thank you
Great video! Here in Mexico 🇲🇽 the media roast the sh out of Ochoa when that must goals conceded record happened, but nobody recognize the must savings record. I think he has always been a victim of his teams (yes even the Mexican national team) and he taking the blame, such a good player.
I'm so glad you mentioned 2014. That's why I remember him so well!!! I'm mixed with Mexican and remember being so amazed with him at the time. I think I was in Atlanta in that Mexican mall HAHAHA. Wish I remembered, but we all were on the edge of out seats watching the Dutch match
Goatchoa, no keeper will ever be able to replace his brilliant saves on the biggest stage of world football again
I think it’s great that you made this video about Ochoa he is a Mexican legend and Mexicans fans including myself love him. We appreciate this video keep up the great work always entertaining to watch your videos 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Bro Ochoa has always been a legend in Mexico. 😂he literally gets better with every year
And now at 37 years old he's done it again at Salernitana. And to think some Mexican fans disrespect him because of his age, saying he sucks and other bs... We don't deserve him.
And now he’s BLOWING it up in Sería A!!! 🇲🇽
He also won their player of the season for Salernitana 😂
i hugely respect that you like and respond to peoples comments. taking the time out your day even after all the editing and gathering the videos. awesome dude
The strongest keeper in the worst clubs. No one will ever know how beloved he could be if he was born in Spain or Argentina/Brazil
Great review Raymar. Please also make a video on Bounou, the Moroccan goalkeeper who single-handedly stopped Spain.
One of the best mexican goalkeepers of all time. Still a shame European clubs never gave him a proper chance
He played in Europe before
Great video, glad to see someone outside of Mexicans recognizes how great it has been watching him play.
You should also make a video on Hugo Sanchez, he is definitely one of the most forgotten strikers, despite being one of the best of all time.
Some people just play 10x better when the stakes are high and the pressure is on. Ochoa definitely is one of those players
He is my inspiration & my role model. I started goalkeeping for him. He is everything for me.
that’s amazing bro. goalkeepers need more appreciation ❤️
He also has one of the most successful Mexican youtube channels... It's called luisito comunica, he travels the world and do blogs about it
It’s unfortunate that teams in top 5 leagues didnt want to use him he could of been the best gk of this generation
Hello Raymar, that's another awesome video! Ochoa is a really underrated goalkeeper and he should have had a transfer to a better club. I'm sure he'd be more remembered by the fans as a great goalkeeper because he is!
Another idea for a video. If you want of course, you can do a video about Denmark winning the Euro back in 1994 and Greece winning the Euro back in 2004. That's only if you haven't made a video about them and only if you want to since making all of that research takes lots of time!
Appreciate the kind words my man! ♥️ I agree he definitely should have had that opportunity. The streets wont forget him 🤝 Also Ive always wanted to make a video about dark horse or underdog squads!
@@RaymarFootball I've been subscribed to you for some years now and all I'll say is that whenever you make a video, I watch it and I can say that those 8, 10, 20 minutes depending on the video's length just pass by like they are 10 seconds
@@stavrospechlivanidis7339 appreciate it my man ❤️ really means a lot. wouldnt be here without my OG subs!
Ever since I can remember, my dad would have football on every time Club America would play, his and my grandpas favorite team. I remember watching the matches and being obsessed over the game. I had a long time not watching the medium because I felt it was boring until my grandfather passed. When he died my spirit for Football came back stronger than ever and watching the club every Saturday. Memo is definitely given the short-end of the stick in his club, even I didn’t realize how good Memo was until I watched this video. Just goes to show there’s a reason people go pro and others don’t!
since his first world cup i was certain he will end up being the number 1 at one of the biggest clubs in the world. he is an outstanding goalkeeper ability wise. it must be some sort of outside of football problem because otherwise that should have happened for sure.
Ochoa is the reason i started watching football as a kid i thought he was superhero, i cried when he got scored on, the allstate commercials are my favorite, at school people called me ochoa and they didn't even know he was my favorite player and that was in the USA so people already knew him before 2014 World cup
i remember seeing Ochoa play in the 2018 world cup and was shocked of how good he was, easily one of Mexicos greatest players
We thought it was Ochoas last dance in América but now he is back in europe for the Italian Serie A league playing for Salernitana.
Sad thing is he’s never been given a chance at a bigish club in Europe…. ☹️ he’s always played for lower table clubs even when he was in his prime…. I wish he got a chance at a club like ajax who need a keeper … but I guess he will always be just a wc legend 😔…
I know bro it’s a shame… but he’s still a legend to mqny! At the very least the streets wont forget him tor the WC 🫡
Ochoa was a star in 2009 and would have had a great World Cup in 2010 at the age of 25. One yr before that World Cup, Mexico re-hired the same coach from World Cup 2002. This coach called back his starting goalkeeper from 2002 to start in World Cup 2010. This goalkeeper was 37 and had not been called up by any other coaches since 2002. He ended up starting for Mexico in World Cup 2010 when I believe the world would have gotten to see Ochoa at a better age to atract better clubs. This decision was seen as a shock in Mexico because Ochoa was going through an impressive moment.
Can you make a video about Jorge Campos too?
Yeahhhh
Man im from india, i watch mexico match just to see him.
In Mexico many people hate on him. You even see other Mexican UA-camrs criticize him a lot. He is a true legend for Mexican football and he has shown it. Those who criticize him are usually people who wanted their goalkeeper from their club to play such as Jesus Corona and Alfredo Talavera. Sure those goalkeepers are really good too, but to put them above Ochoa…yeah idk… I am glad there’s people like you and others around the world that recognize him for what he has done. Ochoa will forever be a legend whether some people think otherwise
A big reason people hate him is because he plays for América (biggest but also most hated team in Mexico). I forgot who it was but one of the commentators on TUDN said that if Ochoa played for any other team he would be unanimously called the best GK in our history instead of Campos.
@@ssj5tito but campos said ochoa is the best one for all that ochoa done and keeps
Thanks for the tribute to Ochoa
no problem my man 🤝
Id love to see an update with salernitana
Ochoa deserves an ICON card when he retires.
Glad to see that he remains in Club America this upcoming season. He’s the reason why we always make it far in the LIGA MX.
How can Ochoa have the worst stat in Laliga history while having the best GK stat in Europe?
Legends say buffon has a poster of Ochoa in his bedroom
Ochoa will forever be a player I will miss watching not only at the World Cup, but for my national team. Mi Mexico will forever miss him ❤️😢🇲🇽
He’s always been a great goalkeeper just that in the World Cup everyone gets to witness how good he is
Honestly he played really well against Argentina🇦🇷 and they almost went to ro16
That Messi goal was just too perfect
memoooooo. fell in love with him during the 2014 world cup. respect on his name, fantastic keeper
Ochoa getting snubbed for Oscar Perez to start in the 2010 WC was INSANE. Nevermind that they dragged Bofos corpse with them to start waaaaaay past his prime. But that coach had even more comedic choices that tournament that probably warrants a video 😂
Oscar Perez was actually great in that world cup
If he held both the record for most conceded and most saves at the same time, it says a lot about both the team and the goalkeeper themselves