ENTERTAINMENT! Mexico does not find the best version against Wales and enters the break losing with a lone goal by Kieffer Moore.
GOOOAAAAAAL !!! Kieffier Moore took advantage of the drowsiness of the Mexican defense to overcome the “dragons” in the 11th minute with a shot in the small area defended by Guillermo Ochao.
In the third European tour since being directed by Argentine Gerardo Martino, the Mexican team faces Wales in Cardiff in a duel in which its stars Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey I’m on the bench.
Appointments:
Wales: Wayne Hennessey, Chris Gunter, Ben Cabango, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Thomas Lawrence, Jonathan Williams, Matthew Smith, Dylan Levitt, Tyler Roberts, Rabbi Matondo, Tyler Roberts, Kieffier Moore. DT Robert Page.
Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa, Luis Rodríguez, César Montes, Carlos Salcedo, Jesús Gallardo, Edson Álvarez, Héctor Herrera, Andrés Guardado, Jesús Corona, Hirving Lozano, Orbelín Pineda. DT Guillermo Martino.
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Under the command of ‘Tata’ Martino, the Tricolor team traveled to the old continent in October last year to beat the Netherlands 1-0 and draw 2-2 with Algeria and repeated in November to get 3-2 victories over South Korea and 2-0 against Japan.
For Martino, who lost just one of 22 matches as Mexico’s coach, these transatlantic tournaments are an opportunity to “strengthen our game against rare opponents.”
In turn, players such as Rodolfo Pizarro, Inter Miami midfielder, told the press that with these matches “we leave our comfort zone”, far from the usual blanket on American soil, with the support of the Mexican public and against rivals in the region. .
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This will be the first match in 2021 for the Mexican team that will defend the Golden Cup in July and will start its draw with Concacaf in September.
In the concentration of the Mexican team for this tournament, the presence of two strikers attracted attention: Raúl Jiménez and Efraín Álvarez.
Jiménez was part of the group, but will not play because he is still recovering from a skull fracture in the Premier League with his club, Wolverhampton, while Álvarez, 18, could make his debut in this tournament with the Mexican national team the one he chose over the United States, the country where he was born and where he plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy.