Preview:
Mexico came into this game 6 unbeaten only conceding 1 goal in them 6 games which included positive results against Belgium & Portugal. Since 2020 Mexico had won 53 out of 104 matches which is an impressive percentage of 50.96%. Australia had an impressive record coming into the game winning 36 out of 49 of their matches which is 73.47%. This was always going to be a tight game on paper. Mexico have the best attacking options in Santiago Gimenez and Raul Jimenez up front.
Match Report:
The first half was controlled by Mexico who controlled possession of the ball well, were well drilled at crosses into the box and shots from long range. The hosts opened the scoring on 28 minutes through a Vazquez header from a perfect corner. Australia started the second half better and showed what they could do during the half having the better chances out the two sides. Mexico had the ball in the net again on 75 minutes from a free kick which was eventually disallowed because the referee was not ready for play to resume. The stand out players for Australia in this game were Jordan Bos & Mo Toure. The 2 sides lined up like this.
Mexico (4-2-3-1) Rangel (Ochoa 45), Sanchez (Reyes 45), Alvarez (Montes 60), Vasquez (Gomez 74), Chavez (Lira 60), Fidalgo (Mora 60), Chavez (Gallardo 60), Pineda (Huerta 45), Romo (Vargas 74), Vega (Quinones 45), Martinez (Gimenez 45)
Australia (3-4-2-1) Ryan, Herrington (Burgess 90), Souttar, Circati, Bos (Behich 80), Metcalfe (Velupillay 67), O’Neill (Engstler 67), Italiano (Trewin 67), Irvine (Mabil 90), Leckie (Hrustic 67), Toure, (Irankunda 80)
Next up for Mexico is a friendly against Serbia, while Australia take on Switzerland
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