The goal with which Efraín Álvarez gives the Mexican National Team victory over the Bolivian squad

Friday, May 31, Soldier Field Stadium, Chicago, Illinois. The The Mexican Futbol selectionled by Jimmy Lozano, faced the Bolivian National Team in a friendly match prior to the Copa América 2024, which will take place this summer.

The fans’ expectations went beyond what tonight’s result could represent. The eyes were on the new elements that will defend the tricolor jersey in a high-stakes tournament, such as the Copa América.

Juan Carlos Osorio, in some way, already signed his sentence in this tournament. It would be normal to think that Jimmy Lozano would embrace hierarchies… but no. He opted for young people, and, at least in this preparation match, it can be said that they fulfilled his promise. In total, there were fifteen players that Professor Lozano debuted against the Bolivian National Team:

Goalie: Julio González

Defenses: Rodríguez, Gómez, Peña and Monroy

Defensive midfielders: Ambriz and Montaño

Offensive midfielders: Álvarez, Carrillo and Monreal

Attacker: Ayon

The one who wore the captain’s badge, on this list full of names unknown to many, was the goalkeeper of the UNAM Pumas: Julio González, who for some time had been raising his hand to have at least one opportunity with the senior team, and Today he takes advantage of it in a great way.

At the eighty-fifth minute of the match, when Mexico was already winning by one to zero, the Bolivian team had the equalizing goal, but Julio González dressed as a hero and rescued the play, achieving the victory of the Mexican Soccer Team in this many describe it as a new era in the history of the tricolor.

The one who sent the ball to save, at the forty-seventh minute of the game, to be exact, was the young Efraín Álvarez, intelligently receiving the ball inside the area and defining with complete calm, to put the 1-0 in favor of Mexico , a marker that would end up being definitive in favor of the tricolor cause.

The goal with which Efraín Álvarez gives the Mexican National Team victory over the Bolivian squad: