"Chicharito" Hernandez said his Bundesliga form
this season is the result of regular opportunities to
play, something he was lacking in recent seasons
at Manchester United and Real Madrid.
Hernandez, 27, is in Orlando, Florida, for his
team's upcoming matches in the Florida Cup
tournament at the ESPN Wide World of Sports
complex, where Bayer will face Sante Fe
(Colombia) on Sunday and Internacional (Brazil)
on Jan. 13.
Speaking to the Orlando Sentinel ahead of the
two contests, Hernandez said his form in England
and Spain didn't suffer from a lack of confidence,
just a lack of opportunity.
"What I was missing in the last two or three
years, it was like I was playing sometimes and
then returning to the bench," said Hernandez,
who has 11 Bundesliga goals this season.
"But
now that I am playing most of the game or almost
all of my games here in my club, that's what I
need.
"Because people sometimes think the confidence
is with goals, but I don't think like that. I think
confidence is to play day-by-day, to get rhythm."
Regarding his mooted summer move to Major
League Soccer and Orlando City SC, Hernandez
said that those were just rumours and that he
was fully focused on staying on with United in the
Premier League before his Bayer move came
about.
However, he did commend the quality of
players in MLS, and said the league was headed
in the right direction.
"[MLS is] improving, improving a lot," Hernandez
said.
"[The U.S. is] a country that is based in
sports, not only soccer. Most of the best sports
leagues are in the USA, you can also see in the
Olympics that USA is one of the best countries in
everything.
So they start, we can say late, in
soccer, and now they are improving with very big
steps comparing to other countries.
"I'm very happy that this country and all the
people in the U.S. are more interested in soccer,
because that's a good country to play and as well
as to live [in].
"I don't know [if they will sign more Mexican
national team stars,], but that's the idea I think
MLS has, so the time is going to tell us if there is
going to be more or there is going to be less."
Hernandez deflected any additional praise or
recognition he might be getting thanks to his
recent play, like being named one of Bayer's
Three Kings via Twitter in recognition of Three
Kings' Day -- the Christian holiday widely
celebrated in Spain and Latin America.
¡Feliz Día de Reyes! �� �� �� ¿Qué logros
crees que nos traerán los
#Bayer04ReyesMagos?
pic.twitter.com/5UtJtA0lym
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_es) January 6,
2016
"That's something that the press or the fans can
put those adjectives to you," Hernandez said.
"But for me I am just one more player, one more
person to play for Leverkusen who tries to do his
best for the team, to get the objectives that we
wanted since the beginning of the season."
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