Ricardo “Tuca” Ferreti has become a fan favorite because of his endless amount of outbursts and comments. The Mexican fans, but especially the press, fell in love with the guy for “telling it like it is”.
And none of the comments he has made has had as much of an impact as the time he criticized Mexico for playing their friendlies in the US and coined the phrase “partidos moleros”. Thus the “partidos moleros” moniker became the phrase to use to criticize these type of Non-FIFA date friendlies, where Mexico play inferior teams with squads of only Liga MX players.