The Sports City Stadium received the last of the two friendly matches agreed between the National selection of Femeni MexicoHe and his counterpart from Canada, with a nice draw even though there were no touchdowns.
With six changes in the starting eleven compared to the first game, Monica Vergara bet on Emily Alvarado, Rebeca Bernal, Jimena López, Daniela Espinosa, Nancy Antonio and Maria Sanchez to go home this Tuesday.
On the part of the visitors there were only three movements, with Yekka, Rose and Quinn starting with respect to their first approach.
After the opening whistle the locals began to handle the ball without taking possession as such. It took 18 minutes for the first archery shot to take place and it was from the Canadians, in the boots of Nichelle Prince, the players of the maple leaf little by little began to invade the area of the Mexican team and with shots of middle distance from Deanne Rose and Quinn began the bombardment of Emily Alvarado’s arc, who very attentively managed to keep all the shots.
Although the Mexican rear managed to contain the attack and advance lines, the exit with a controlled ball seemed to be difficult and the Tricolor opted to culminate the first half by playing the counterattack, due to the lack of space for the attack of Mayor and González.
To complement the meeting, Bianca Sierra, Lizbeth ovalle and Alexia Delgado They came in for refreshment. Maria Sanchez announced danger for the Canadians by cheering up with a shot on goal but continued to capitalize on the scoreboard.
With the clock almost at 70 ‘the match was played almost on the Mexican pitch, with a couple of dangerous arrivals that a solid defense managed to deflect on all occasions.
Throughout the game the fans chanted the name of the rojiblanca forward, Alicia cervantes and at minute 82 ‘ Monica Vergara he granted his entrance, causing the ovation of the fans. Although ‘Licha’ received a couple of times in the small area, he could do little to capitalize on the attack.
In the last minutes, Alvarado was a factor again, on a brilliant night for the goalkeeper, helping to hang zero in his goal with punctual outings in heads-up.
How did El Tri against the Olympic Gold?
At the end of the match, the coach of the Mexican team stressed the importance of facing a team of the stature of the Olympic Gold champions:
“The message has to be given that in Mexico we are working and you can take stock of this type of game.”
Mexico won a 2-1 victory over the Canadians at the High Performance Center on Saturday, November 27, so that together with the tie on Tuesday, El Tri rescued favorable results.
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