Mar 24, 2024, 11:39 p.m. ET
Mexico maintains its bad streak against the United States and once again fell to the Concacaf rival in the Nations League final
USA was proclaimed champion of the Concacaf Nations League after beating 0-2 Mexico, a team that cannot find a way to end the hegemony of its northern neighbor in official duels. The Stars and Stripes took advantage of a tricolor without answers on the field of play and on the bench to win with the classic score in the final of the tournament that the Mexican team was unable to win.
To the Mexican team It took him 25 minutes to shake off the dominance of USA. Just after five minutes, the Stars and Stripes team put together a collective play, which was close to ending in the tricolor nets. Giovanni Reyna gave way to Christian Pulisic, who eluded César Montes with a ‘little hat’ inside the area, but could no longer overcome the bailing of Guillermo Ochoa.
The ball spent more time in the soccer players’ boots USA, given the inaccuracies that did not allow the Mexicans to make more than two passes. It was until 22′, in a play that was born from a handoff, that the Tricolor was able to worry the rival goal, through a shot by Luis Chávez, after a deflection by Weston McKennie, which was saved by Matt Turner.
Gio Reyna scored the United States’ second goal over Mexico. Imago7
The Mexican team He was finally able to take the ball away from USA. The ball moved in the center of the field, away from the goals. However, just as the 45th minute was ticking, Tyler Adams took the ball on the edge of the area and took a powerful right-footed shot that beat Guillermo Ochoaa goalkeeper who could not prevent his goal from falling even though the ball was not heading at such an angle.
For the second part, USA once again took control of the match through long possessions in which they moved the ball throughout the field of play, against the team of Mexico They were just trying to close the spaces, but they had no answer to the offensive.
USA He again approached the Mexican goal through a shot by Timothy Weah that was saved by Guillermo Ochoa. On the part of the Tricolor, they showed signs of life at 57′ with a collective play that Hirving Lozano culminated with a shot on goal, while at 61′, Henry Martín created an action that sent him to the side of Matt Turner’s goal.
Christian Pulisic once again showed off his individual technique, but now stuck to the left wing, an area from which he managed to get into the Mexican area to take a powerful cross that was rejected. However, the ball fell into the boots of Giovanni Reyna, who shot in the first instance to put the second of USA at 63′.
Already with 0-2 against, Jaime Lozano sent two modifications with the entry of Orbelín Pineda and Santiago Giménez for Uriel Antuna and Erik Sánchez. These changes were immediately noticeable on the field of play, with a team with more offensive ideas, even at 72′, a penalty had been sanctioned for an alleged kick to ‘Chaquito’, but after a review in the VAR, it was annulled .
Guillermo Ochoa saved the Mexican team of the United States’ third goal in the 88th minute. It was a play in which Weston McKennie and Yunus Musah participated so that Johnny Cardoso appeared in front of the Tricolor goal, but he handed the ball into the hands of the Tricolor goalkeeper. Mexico.
Mexico He lost on the field of play and he also did so in the stands. At 88′, Drew Fischer, the central referee of the game, decided to stop the game due to the appearance of a discriminatory shout that, at least, echoed the stands of AT&T Stadium on five occasions, which made the last minutes pass without danger in the goals. .
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