The last friendly before traveling to Qatar on Wednesday turned into a nightmare for the Mexican team, led by former Barcelona coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino: despite the fact that the Aztecs had more chances, they lost in Sweden in Girona (1 -two). In the second half, Raúl Martínez reappeared, who, recovering from groin pain, showed that he was not at his best physical level.
Sweden did enough offensively, but knowing that their first shot between the three sticks was their first goal said it all. Previously, Mexico created few chances, especially due to the dynamism of Alexis Vega, author of the only goal for the team led by Martino, which has already been questioned.
Although they didn’t score, Mexico created more offensively than the Scandinavians, who didn’t qualify for the World Cup and were just relegated to League C of the Nations League. But the Aztecs lacked a goal and they reached the break goalless.
Sweden was more effective in the second half. Marcus Rohden after a pass from Mattias Svanberg to put his team ahead on 55′. But after five minutes Mexico reacted and Alexis Vega scored in the 60′ taking advantage of the ball coming from a corner served by Héctor Herrera.
Although Hirving Lozano, who came on in the 47′ for Antuma, played some dangerous games, Mexico could not score again. Instead, the ubiquitous Svanberg did. 1-2 and the clock is running against a Mexican team that knows in Montilivi that it is not a good thing to lose in their last test before traveling to Qatar. But it is. Possession was not enough for Martino’s men.
Source: La Verdad
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