ESPN Orbelín Pineda honors his third anniversary at Cruz Azul with jaripeo-inspired shoes and his celebration Editorial Selections

Nov 7, 2021

The Cruz Azul striker ordered the decoration of the shoes that he will use against Pumas with the image of a bull and the celebration when he scores a goal with Cruz Azul

Orbelín Pineda will play with Cruz Azul, this Sunday against Pumas, with special shoes that will have a bull, for his love of jaripeo, as well as a drawing of his typical celebration of a somersault, as a tribute to the three years he has been in the Machine, with which he has won three championships, including a Liga MX.

This is the second time that Orbelín Pineda goes to Enrique Padilla, the Painter of Pictures, to design his game shoes. The Cruz Azul soccer player will carry on his feet two of his passions, a bull, in addition to the image of one of his typical celebrations.

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"The shoes are accompanied by the cry of 'Goal' and Orbelín giving his classic somersault with the Cruz Azul shirt, always remembering the good weather that has passed there and in the other shoe you find a bull because he is a fan of jaripeo," he said. Padilla, who has already designed more than 35 studs for Liga MX players.

The designer explains that Orbelín wanted a bull running at full power with the intention of transmitting what the striker does on the pitch, "which is to go out of his way like a bull."

“It all started at the beginning of the tournament. We wanted to do something that was 'Shout Mexico', a bit of transmitting, inside the shoes, the message we want to give to eradicate the shout, but because of 'x' or 'y' we couldn't get to that point and a few days ago, When the end of the tournament draws near, he tells me that he wants in his cleats to pay homage to the time he has spent at Cruz Azul and the successes he has had, with one of his celebrations, not precisely the 'Trokita' one, but the his classic celebration, which is the somersault”.

In addition to the two main drawings, a magician's hat was also captured on the shoes, referring to the footballer's nickname, in addition to the initials of the player who has scored a goal so far in Apertura 2021.

“On the back we put a magician's hat, like a magician's hat emoji, and on the other side we put his initials that are 'OP', there goes the magic, we hope that they bring him a good closing of the tournament and that those tacos leave a good memory in Cruz Azul”.