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The Jamaicón disease, the syndrome that makes Mexicans miss their land
The Jamaicón disease, the syndrome that makes Mexicans miss their land
This Christmas the death of José Villegas Tavares, better known as the Jamaicón, one of the most beloved soccer players in Mexico, was reported. Sputnik explains … 25.12.2021, Sputnik World
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Mexico played a disastrous role in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. They were beaten 3-0 by Sweden, 4-0 by Hungary and could barely draw a goal with Wales. The Mexican people asked, as always, accounts for him. poor performance of his national team. It was Jamaicón Villegas, one of the greatest figures of that team, who came out to give an explanation to the press: “The meatballs, the birria, the beans, the tortillas are missed.” Although half the country could not believe it, the defender’s explanation made sense: it is the same syndrome of a Mexican who travels to another country and asks for tequila. Or who prefers to go on vacation to Acapulco instead of Europe, even if they have the money and the necessary time.According to the book Brief history of ya merito (2018), it was not the only time that Jamaicón Villegas responded with sentimentality to the criticism . During a qualifying match against England on the way to the 1962 World Cup in Chile, in which Mexico lost 8-0, the player insisted on nostalgia for his aunt, mother or grandmother’s food. The press never agreed on the origin of the famous meatballs. “If you say, I need my clan; I need my grandmother’s meatballs; I need the stews from my house; I need the climate of Guadalajara, you you are saying: I need mine, I need my clan. And we can forgive this very easily, because we can say: it is ours “, says Villoro, observer and chronicler of Mexican reality. Most Mexican in that team was Jamaicón Villegas. His popularity and talent derived from his great work with the Chivas de Guadalajara, one of the most important clubs in the Mexican soccer league. “El Campeonísimo”: that’s how they named that winning team. Villegas was one of their leaders: he won 8 titles with them.Many years after that 1958 World Cup in Sweden, the ex-footballer admitted that his nostalgia for his homeland was genuine, and said that it was never a justification for the poor performance of the team. The Jamaicón disease is also observed in the little interest that many Mexicans have about what happens outside their borders, especially in the older generations. The Syrian anthropologist Ikram Antaki puts this issue on the table in her historical novel El pueblo que no que no que que locale (1996) .In this book, among other things, the author points out the tendency of the Mexican people to withdraw into themselves and flee from the confrontation of ideas, which necessarily derives from the interest of looking outside, towards the unknown or what is different. An idea that Mexican thinker Octavio Paz, Nobel Prize Winner for Literature in 1990, also explained in his essay El laberinto de la soledad.In an interview with ESPN, Jamaicón acknowledged that he was nicknamed that by his family because he was “loud, because my mom and dad were going to work and well, I was crying, because I was going to be alone for a long time, but thanks to that nickname we got to know the world. “Juan Villoro argues that the Jamaicón syndrome can be applied to many archetypal attitudes of the Mexican , but he highlights one in particular: when the Mexican soccer team is winning, giving a great game in a World Cup, in the last minutes of the game the team deflates and they score one, two or even three goals. And that causes Mexico to never advance to the longed-for “fifth game”, as happened in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, when the tricolor lost against the Netherlands.
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This Christmas the death of José Villegas Tavares, better known as the Jamaicón, one of the most beloved soccer players in Mexico, was reported. Sputnik explains why this player gave his name to one of the most interesting sociological phenomena in the Latin American country.
Mexico played a disastrous role in the 1958 Sweden Soccer World Cup. They were beaten 3-0 by Sweden, 4-0 by Hungary and barely managed to draw a goal with Wales.
The Mexican town he asked, as always, to account for the poor performance of his national team. Was the Jamaican Villegas, one of the greatest figures of that team, who came out to give an explanation to the press: “The meatballs, the birria, the beans, the tortillas are missed.”
Although half the country could not believe it, the defender’s explanation made sense: it is the same syndrome of the Mexican who travels to another country and asks for tequila. Or who prefers to go on vacation to Acapulco instead of Europe, even if they have the money and time.
“If you say, I need my clan; I need my grandmother’s meatballs; I need the stews from my house; I need the climate of Guadalajara, you are saying: I need mine, I need my clan. And we can forgive this very easily, because we can say: he is one of us, “says Villoro, an observer and chronicler of Mexican reality.
December 23, 00:22 GMT
And there was someone very Mexican in that team was Jamaican Villegas. His popularity and talent stemmed from his great work with the Chivas de Guadalajara, one of the most important clubs in the mexican soccer league. “El Campeonísimo”: that’s how they named that winning team. Villegas was one of their leaders: he won 8 titles with them.
Many years after that 1958 World Cup in Sweden, the former footballer admitted that his nostalgia for his homeland was genuine, and said that it was never a justification for the team’s poor performance.
“We were concentrated and in concentration they no longer let you go because you are preparing for the World Cup. They told me why I was sad, and they asked me if I missed The Experience a lot. [su pueblo], the pot beans, the tortillas … I said yes “, accepted the Jamaican Villegas.
In that book, among other things, the author points out the tendency of the Mexican people to withdraw into themselves and to flee from the confrontation of ideas, which necessarily derives from the interest of looking outside, towards the unknown or the different. An idea that the Mexican thinker Octavio Paz, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990, also shredded in his essay The Labyrinth of Solitude.
“All men at some point in their life feel alone. And more: all men are alone,” wrote Octavio Paz.
December 23, 22:52 GMT
In an interview with the ESPN network, Jamaican he acknowledged that he was nicknamed that by his family because he was “loud, because my mom and dad were going to work and I was crying, because I was going to be alone for a long time, but thanks to that nickname we got to know the world.”
Juan Villoro maintains that the syndrome Jamaican It can be applied to many archetypal attitudes of the Mexican, but he highlights one in particular: when the Mexican soccer team is winning, giving a great game in a World Cup, in the last minutes of the game the team deflates and they score one, two or up to three goals. And that causes Mexico to never advance to the longed-for “fifth game”, as happened in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, when the tricolor lost against the Netherlands.
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The Jamaicón disease, the syndrome that makes Mexicans miss their land