The Mexican team returned to the winning path by beating their counterpart from Honduras by a score of 3-0. During the 90 minutes the Tricolor was the broad dominator of the match and had no problem generating various dangerous plays.
The goals fell at the feet of Sebastian Cordova (18 ‘), Rogelio Funes Mori (76 ‘) e Hirving lozano (86 ‘).
Here we present to you how was the performance of each of the players from Mexico.
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It was an afternoon in the field that goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa experienced. Due to the weakness of the rival, the interventions in those of danger that were presented to him were minimal. His reflexes were not really requested under the three suits.
The ‘Chaka’ Rodríguez returned to the ownership of the Mexican team. This time he took the place of full-back Jorge Sánchez and was skilled on the right wing.
He was late to coverage and this caused that just at minute 11 ‘he was painted yellow for a reckless foul. Due to this, the next game will be lost due to accumulation of preventive cards. Without a doubt, a sensible loss for the next commitment.
He did the crosses correctly. The central was solid and on time in each of the coverage.
This is how he raises his hand to fight for a place in the career title in the following matches.
He was wrong in the heads up against Figueroa. He was seen as participative on the wings, although this time he was seen more doing defensive tasks than attacking.
Héctor Miguel Herrera continues with a low game. Although it is true that he was better compared to the previous game, in this game he found it difficult to cover the ball and he was seen losing sphericals.
The ‘Machín’ continues to be the starter in the assembly of the ‘Tata’ Martino. In this match he looked better compared to Canada.
It became a real wall in the middle of the Tricolor. He fought heads-up and won the most balls on the high side.
It was the main surprise when he started occupying the place of Andrés Guarded.
He made the ball receptions correctly and the reward came at 17 ‘, taking advantage of a loose ball inside the area to shoot at burning clothes and make it 1-0 in the afternoon.
It was replaced for the complementary part.
There is no doubt that ‘Tecatito’ is not going through its best footballing moment and this has been reflected on the pitch. However, he had good moments on the field by getting rid of rivals and serving his teammates correctly.
At times he was seen playing luxury, easily surpassing Honduran defender Kevin Álvarez. It came out of change in the complementary part.
At minute 8 ‘of the game they sent him a service as a mode and he ended up sending his header through the side of the door, missing one of the clearest and most important of the game.
He was encouraged to take shots from medium distance, although the balls passed deflected from the goal protected by Luis López.
The cherry on the cake arrived at minute 86 ‘, pulling out the thorn after the clear mistakes made. He was the one who orchestrated the play to get a placed shot and seal the win.
Once again, forward Raúl Alonso Jiménez was the one who orchestrated the Mexican attack and did it in an excellent way.
He removed rivals, opened spaces, sent precise services and at minute 20 ‘he got up which length is to finish off with a head and send the ball to the base of the post.
He is still unable to score a goal upon his return to Tricolor and left the exchange to give entry to Rogelio Funes Mori.
Orbelín Pineda (8): It was a refreshment to replace Sebastián Córdova. At 69 ‘he took a powerful shot with his right leg, which was deflected.
Alexis Vega (8): Entered by Jesús Corona. From his entrance he immediately adapted to the needs of the party.
He struggled in every action and was the one who collected the most infringement charges, although he was missing the last stretch in the game. He repeatedly took Maldonado on the brand.
Rogelio Funes Mori (10): He entered to give Raúl Jiménez rest. You saw the desire to want to show yourself. At 73 ‘he took a shot from the outskirts of the area that happened to nothing from the door of’ Buba ‘López.
By the 75th minute, he took the opportunity to find a ball inside the area to finish off and put the second of the afternoon at Azteca.
Luis Romo (8): He entered at 76 ‘to give way to Edson Álvarez. He recovered balls and put his leg in strong.
Uriel Antuna (n / a): Entered 91 ‘for Hirving Lozano, just to collect the premium.