Nearly 12 years after one of the most traumatic World Cup eliminations in Mexico national team history, Netherlands legend Wesley Sneijder reopened old wounds when he admitted his side’s match-winning goal was the result of a non-existent penalty, revealing that in his eyes, “No era penal.”
EL Tri supporters still haven’t gotten over the controversial penalty call that ended Mexico’s 2014 World Cup dreams in the round of 16 against the Netherlands. Sneijder was on the pitch that day and over a decade later he’s broken his silence, agreeing with the infamous three word phrase that’s become synonymous with one of the most painful defeats in El Tri’s history.
