Bitter debut for Mexico in Qatar 2022

The controversies regarding the final player’s list and the team’s previous matches are over, from today we all support the players who represent us.

The match

Mexico came out to the pitch of the 974 Stadium with a 4-3-3 formation, already customary with Martino. Ochoa; Gallardo, Moreno, Montes, Sanchez; Alvarez, Chavez, Herrera; Vega, Lozano and Martin.

A mixed lineup of youth and experienced players, a correct decision by Tata, for it is risky to play only with young inexperienced players, or only with veterans, who could drag the team’s speed.

In general terms, El Tri was better, winning in numbers and statistics, but without finding enough creativity in the attack to break the 0-0 that was the final score of the match. The Mexican team tried with crosses and quick combinations, but Poland’s tall and fast defense was able to stop them without major complications.

In the first half, Mexico proposed more with some clear approximations. A header by Alexis Vega, a deep pass to Jesús Gallardo and a shot by Jorge Sánchez. On the other hand, they only had a attempt from outside the area, a shot from Luis Chávez that was blocked in added time.

It seemed that Mexico lacked the chance to try mid and long distance shots, largely due to the position of Alexis on the left and “Chucky” on the right.
With Lozano on the left, the team would have had more shots from him, as he only had one attempt from outside the area that was well controlled by Szczęsny, while Vega also had two shots but way off target.

Henry Martín only had one chance on a shot-cross from Edson Álvarez, which the striker deflected to cause one of Mexico’s most dangerous moves.

Guillermo Ochoa’s romanticism with the Mexican national team in the World Cup

It is incredible what happens with Memo Ochoa in the World Cups. Something makes him grow and he gives us truly historic performances, and this game was no exception, as he saved a penalty kick from Robert Lewandowski, one of the strongest strikers of the last era.

Poland really put forth very little in terms of football, it seemed that they were only playing for our team’s mistakes and they took advantage of it when Álvarez lost the ball in the back, which culminated in Moreno’s penalty on Lewandowski.

Group C

Impossible not to talk about the victory of Saudi Arabia over Argentina, which turned odds upside down. Now, a defeat against the albiceleste, plus a victory of the Arabs over Poland would complicate the classification to the round of 16. Despite this, El Tri leaves good impressions although with the bad aftertaste of not being able to take the 3 points.