You know what happens when you suffer injuries but retain first-team status with your national squad? Sports critics jump on your ass like a dog on a chicken leg. Though, Nery Castillo wasn’t about to let reporters get the last word on his relatively sub-par performances over the last year. In fact, he’s out to disclose to everyone that Mexican reporters know absolutely nothing about the game of soccer…unless they’ve played first-team ball on a professional team.

That’s Nery above telling reporters that Brazilian media knows how to cover soccer, but Mexican reporters don’t have the knowledge to deduce good play from bad play. And seeing that Mexico is coming off of a USA romping, the national squad is a bit touchy heading into their clash with Costa Rica at the Azteca tomorrow. I would be too if my captain was suspended for two games. Rafa will be in Europe while everyone else is in ol’ Mexico. Right, Nery?

Mexico’s Eriksson faces a day of reckoning [via ESPN]
Video [via YouTube]