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Mexico Ready to Make Giovanni Dos Santosas Key Player

Mexico began 2017 in positive fashion after a 1-0 win over Iceland.

This victory helped banish memories of the goalless draw with Panama in the final World Cup qualification game. The win over Iceland came as a result of a solitary goal by Alan Pulido in the 21st minute. Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio has been pressing a lot of importance on the defending of the national team. Recent results have been excellent with the team managing three clean sheets in the last five matches. On the disappointing note, Mexico have not been able to score more than six goals in these 5 games.

Mexico began 2017 in positive fashion after a 1-0 win over Iceland.

Mexico Ready to Make Giovanni Dos Santosas Key Player

The win over Iceland comes at a very important time for Mexico, as they will be up against Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago in back-to-back World Cup qualification games towards the end of March. Even though Mexico started the World Cup qualification game with a historic 2-1 win over the United States, they could only manage a goalless draw with Panama in the subsequent game.

As a result, it still leaves Mexico with an incapability when it comes to building an attack capable of challenging across the world over different competitions. Osorio says that he is keen on making former Tottenham midfielder Giovanni Dos Santos as the key member in the Mexican first-team.

“With Giovani in the first half and the last 25 minutes with Luis Montes, both of them left-footed, what we tried to do is play them on the right side. Every time they controlled the ball with the inside of their foot, it takes them to the inside position, and that allowed us to play the wingbacks in behind them and have more width. So I think it was very productive because we many, many times penetrated them on the flanks and produced wonderful crosses,” said the Mexico manager after the win over Iceland.

Mexico wary of US team

Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio said that he expects a tough game against the United States when both teams meet on the 11th of November.

The match will count for the final round of the World Cup qualifiers.

Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio said that he expects a tough game against the United States when both teams meet on the 11th of November.

The match will count for the final round of the World Cup qualifiers.

Osorio said that his team would be ready for the game, but he admitted that it would not be an easy game. He said that the USA team has some quality players and that they carry a goal threat from different areas. He stated that Mexico would want to play their usual game and take control of the match, but he believes that the United States team is also a good team.

He said that the United States is a direct team and can create opportunities both in open plays and set plays. He believes that his players should be on their guard during the whole match and that the defence should be tight at the back.

However, Juan Carlos Osorio does not want his players to focus too much on the United States and play their own football. He believes if Mexico takes control of the game and show determination on the pitch they should cause problems for the United States team. He said that he would be sending a team on the pitch that will be able to cope with the United States physical presence but also able to play their own brand of football.

He believes that the key to beating the United States will be to find the right balance between defending and attacking as he does not want his team to show the US team too much respect. It is only in this way that they can manage to win the game against the United States. He said that his players are ready for the game and that they are impatient to play against the United States.

MEXICO WANT TO CONTINUE PERFECT RECORD AGAINST HONDURAS

Mexico aim to continue their perfect run in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers when they take on Honduras on Tuesday as the international break continue to run.

There is little at stake having qualified for the ‘Hexagonal’ stage of the process, win a flawless run so far.

Mexico aim to continue their perfect run in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers when they take on Honduras on Tuesday as the international break continue to run.

MEXICO WANT TO CONTINUE PERFECT RECORD AGAINST HONDURAS

There is little at stake having qualified for the ‘Hexagonal’ stage of the process, win a flawless run so far.

The game on Tuesday has not attracted as much as buzz s they have already qualified for the next stage, and tickets are not selling as such. The Mexican national team is not allowed to lose games against Central American teams, especially in the fortress Estadio Azteca. This game would be different for Mexico since it makes three exact years since their loss to Honduras. Honduras thrashed them 2-1 at the Azteca, a move that ended Jose Manuel “Chepo” de la Torre’s run in charge.

The current Mexican team Juan Carlos Osorio was even asked if his job was on the line in a news conference in Mexico City. He replied: “If we look at the results, we’ve played 12 games, won 10 with one draw and a loss.” The 7-0 loss to Chile at the 2016 Copa America Centenario left a devastating look on Mexican fans. The 3-1 win over El Savador on Friday was the perfect response to doubting Thomases on the capabilities of Osorio.

The first half started sluggishly. In the 24th minute, El Savador converted a penalty kick after Jorge Torres Nilo caused a foul with his handball. Mexico returned from the break with a blast, scoring three goals to ensure a perfect CONCACAF group stage record. The game against Honduras won’t be particularly easy since they have seven points already, requiring just a point to secure a spot in the Hexagonal. Osario hinted that some young players could get playing time, but that would likely be after killing the game off.

Mexico out of Rio football tournament

Mexico has been eliminated from the Olympic football tournament in Rio.

The country who is currently holders of the title was eliminated at the group stage. They needed a win in the match against the Korea Republic but were beaten 1-0 instead. Although they were the better side throughout the game, they could not manage to find an opening in the Korean defence.

Korea’s victory means that they finish at the top of their group and will be facing Honduras in the quarter-final. Germany who finished second in the group will be facing Portugal at the same time.

Mexico has been eliminated from the Olympic football tournament in Rio.

Korea’s victory means that they finish at the top of their group and will be facing Honduras in the quarter-final. Germany who finished second in the group will be facing Portugal at the same time.

This will be a massive disappointment for Mexico as they were hoping to keep the medal for another tournament. For some pundits, they were the best team in the tournament and unfortunately for them they could not make it past the group stage.

Mexican fans were hoping that their team will provide them some consolation following their humiliation at the Copa America Centenario. Indeed Mexico was thrashed 7-0 in the United States by Chile, and they were hoping that a good performance at the Olympics will help them reconcile with their public. Unfortunately, this is not what happened, and the team was eliminated once again at the Olympics.

In fairness, Mexico was the best team for large period of the game, but they were let down by poor decision-making in the final third. The strikers were guilty of wasting some chances and unfortunately for them they were let down also by their defence when it matters the most. Indeed, Korea will score an important goal in the 77th minute with their first shot on target. The Mexican defenders were guilty of ball watching on the goal and made it too easy for the Korean player to score.

Mexico drawn in group with Germany, Fiji, and South Korea

Defending Olympic champions Mexico has been drawn in the same group as Germany, Fiji, and South Korea.

The draw was held on Thursday in the mythic Maracana Stadium in Brazil.
Mexico is the defending Olympics champions after having beaten Brazil 2-1 in the 2012 final in London. They qualified for this year Olympics by winning the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship. They will be accompanied by Honduras, who is the other finalist for the CONCACAF.

Defending Olympic champions Mexico has been drawn in the same group as Germany, Fiji, and South Korea.

Mexico may find it difficult to retain their title with teams such as Brazil and Argentina likely to field strong teams in this competition. The Olympics football tournament is reserved for under-23 players but allows 3 overage players per team.

Brazil, who will be playing at home, will want to win the Olympics football competition, especially after a disastrous World Cup. For all their victories in the World Cup and Copa America, Brazil has never won the gold medal at the Olympics. In recent years, Brazil has been fielding strong teams to try and win the competition, but the best they could manage was a silver or bronze medal. This year the pressure is on Dunga to win the medal as a meager consolation for their poor performance at their World Cup.

Dunga has already stated that he will be fighting to get Neymar in the Brazil team. With the Brazilian team also due to play the Copa America this year, Barcelona has already stated that they will only allow Neymar to participate in one tournament. He will need to have enough rest so as to be able to prepare for next season.

The tournament kicks off on the 4th August with Iraq taking on Danemark. Mexico will play later on the same day against Germany.

Mexico took on Ecuador the previous week

When Mexico took on Ecuador the previous week, all eyes were on Chicharito.

The striker had not been playing that much of Football for the Los Blancos. So, obviously, there were concerns about the possible rustiness in his play, but, he started and seemed as if he was in as good a rhythm as ever.

He made commence straightaway and Mexico was up 1-0 within 15 minutes of the start of the game.

It’s not only the fact that Hernandez found the back of the net; it’s his overall display which was heartening to see.

When Mexico took on Ecuador the previous week, all eyes were on Chicharito.

He made commence straightaway and Mexico was up 1-0 within 15 minutes of the start of the game.

It’s not only the fact that Hernandez found the back of the net; it’s his overall display which was heartening to see.

Movement is something which has been his biggest strength over the years and he displayed that strength once again and if it was not for a little bit of unluckiness, he could have easily doubled Mexico’s lead. He was so close to it a couple of times.
However, his solitary goal proved to be good enough at the end.

It was actually a delightful night for the Mexico boss Miguel Herrera because all his players who were in question ahead of the game came to the party.

Apart from Hernandez, the shot stopper Jesus Corona was at it as well.

A so-so performance for Corona might have made him suffer exclusion from the squad for the big competition, Gold Cup.

But, with his remarkable saves out of which one was a penalty, he ended up becoming the player of the game.

Speaking to the press about both these players, Herrera said, “It has been a bit of a frustrating period for Javier, but, today, he put all that aside and just played his game. Jesus was absolutely sensational too. So, pretty happy overall.”

Guillermo Ochoa is the other contender for grabbing that goalkeeping spot for Mexico in the forthcoming Gold Cup.

Herrera Confirms Plans To Use Friendlies

Mexican manager Miguel Herrera has confirmed that he plans to use the final pretournament friendly match against Ecuador as a preparation to find his best starting line-up. After being on the edge of being knocked out of the World Cup qualifying stage, Mexico come into the tournament as one of the inform teams in the last few months. They are undefeated in the last five friendly matches, while they go into the final two against Bosnia and Portugal in a good run of form. The most recent victory came in the form of a 2-0 win over Ecuador.

Players like Montes and Fabian were on the scoresheet in this victory. After the match, Herrera stated that he now has a good idea of the players at his disposal. This would help him arrive at a better conclusion for the starting line-up. Mexico need to be at their best from the opening match of the World Cup 2014. They will be up against Africans Cameroon in this match. Since they will be playing against favourites Brazil in the next match, Mexico will be aware that they need to take three points from the opening match in order to not miss out on the knockout stages.
They may have qualified for the tournament only through the play-offs, but Herrera believes they can reach the knockout stages.

“There are still distractions. We must continue this co-ordination, the movements that we want are things that we will be correcting. We hope that when we get to Dallas to train, [Herrera] arrives at the stadium having recovered well, but there is no hurry if the doctor says that he is not 100 per cent. We hope that on Saturday we have a full team, then we can begin to see others and begin to make decisions about who are going to be the core of the team,” he said.

Mexico Scrapes Qualifier

Mexico will be meeting Bosnia and Portugal in the final two friendly matches just before the World Cup. After having come close to being denied the opportunity to be in this competition, Mexico qualified at the last instance. No, they will be hoping to leave their mark in the competition by coming to form at just the right stage in the season. The Mexico manager, Miguel Herrera, has stated just before the start of the friendly matches that the Bosnia friendly encounter will be the most crucial of all.

He says that since this is just before the Portugal match, he is likely to use his best squad for this encounter. The Portugal match will be just 10 days before the World Cup and hence, he is likely to try out some of the reserve players in the squad. Miguel Herrera recently announced the 30 man squad for the World Cup. It features several international stars like Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez and Villarreal’s Giovanni Dos Santos. One absence has been Real Sociedad striker Carlos Vela, who has pulled away from participation in the competition.

Herrera says that he has complete trust in the players he has picked for the squad. Mexico will be coming up against hosts Brazil in the group stages.

“It is a preparation match, practically the closing for us to go to Brazil, so it is going to be a very important match. Bosnia is a World Cup team as well and it is going to be a very interesting match for us. I think that it will be seen with a team that is 80 or 90% of the base that we are thinking of starting the first match of the World Cup. For that, it is going to be a very serious match and with the idea of preparing the team 100%,” said Herrera.

OVER THE TROUBLES

Mexico have gone through a lot of troubles in the qualification stage of the World Cup 2014. They have gone through several managers and poor form, but they have at last made it to the competition.

Since they have come through a lot of ordeal, manager Miguel Herrera says that this may be the country’s best chance to win the World Cup. He says that Mexico are no longer targeting a finish in the last 16 stage of the competition, but they are even looking to go to the final.

Mexico have gone through a lot of troubles in the qualification stage of the World Cup 2014. They have gone through several managers and poor form, but they have at last made it to the competition.

This will be a very tough task especially given that Mexico will have to negotiate the likes of Brazil and Cameroon in the group stages of the competition. These are the teams expected to reach the knockout stages, while Croatia will be the dark horse of the group. Due to the lack of any stars in the team, Mexico have not been given much of an opportunity. Herrera says for this exact reason that he feels Mexico may be able to go the distance. The country will be opening their tournament with a match against Cameroon.

Three points is essential from this match if they are to target qualification away from the group stages. Their form in recent matches has shown an improvement.

“The round of 16 seems like very little, we’re going to reach the final. When you arrive at the top, you have to keep looking up with the idea of changing everything and winning a World Cup. It’s very difficult, but if you don’t go (to a World Cup) with that dream, then why are you going? We spoke with (Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari) and he said, for them, Mexico is like having a stone in its shoe,” said the Mexican manager about the possibility of making an impact at the World Cup.

HUGE FIGHT FOR MEXICO

Mexico faces a huge fight in order to win back fans after a disappointing 2013 confederations cup. The team failed to create any sort of impact in this tournament, which is the precursor to the World Cup 2014.

After having managed to narrowly get into the competition, Mexico’s new manager Miguel Herrera says that he is not concerned about the lack of stars within the team. The national team will be up against Brazil, Cameroon, and Croatia in the group stages. Brazil are not only the favourites to win the group, but also the tournament itself.

This leaves Cameroon, Croatia, and Mexico fighting for the final qualification spots. All the teams in the group have major stars like Neymar, Samuel Eto’o, and Luka Modric. Barring a couple of players who represent the likes of Manchester United, Mexico are not blessed with such star names.

Herrera is planning to overcome this disadvantage by getting together a group of players who are ready to work for each other. Herrera says that he is not planning to allow Brazil an easy match just because they are the favourites and also the team that has the home advantage.
Herrera’s appointment has seen a turnaround in the nation’s fortunes, as they have been undefeated in the last five matches. They recently managed a 0-0 draw with Nigeria in a friendly.

“We’re going to fight toe-to-toe with Cameroon and Croatia and not only that, we’re going to cause difficulties for Brazil, too. You look at their rosters and 80 percent of the players are in Europe. Unfortunately we have had only two great world figures in Rafa Marquez and Hugo Sanchez,” said Herrera. Mexico have three more friendly matches before the start of the tournament. It will be up against top teams like the United States, Portugal, and Bosnia-Herzegovina.