Edson Álvarez’s goal gives Mexico 2-1 win over US for Gold Cup
Houston-Edson Álvarez scored a goal destroyed in the 77th minute after a video review reversed a offside call, and Mexico beat the United States 2-1 Sunday evening for its record title of the 10th Gold of the Concacaf.
Chris Richards put the United States in the fourth minute, heading for a free kick from Sebastian Berhalter for the second time in the tournament, but Raúl Jiménez equaled the scoring in the 27th with his third goal of this Golden Cup.
Mexico received the free kick when Diego Luna defeated Alexis Vega on a side. Johan Vásquez crossed the restart through the mouth of the goal and Álvarez broke out in front of the defense, redirecting the 3 -meter ball just inside the distant post of Matt Freese. While the game was initially called offside, the objective was awarded by the Var, and Mexico defended its title of 2023 while improving at 6-2 in the final of the Gold Cup against the United States
Patrick AGYEMANG had a chance of two minutes after the time of stopping, but he did not have a good contact on his short -term shot which was blocked by goalkeeper Luis Malagón.
“We are obviously disappointed not to leave with a victory,” said American captain Tim Ream.
A closed window crowds of 70,925 at the NRG stadium was around 70% of the players from us and holly when they came out for pre-match warming up. Mexico dominated with 60% possession and had 12 corner kicks in the Americans.
It was the last competitive match for the United States and Mexico before co-organizing the World Cup next year with Canada.
The United States, which has seven gold cup titles but none since 2021, used a starting alignment with only a handful of players currently projected as well as the World Cup, lacking regulars due to holidays, injuries and the club World Cup.
Coach Mauricio Pochettino used their absence to assess the players who could put pressure on jobs during friendly matches this fall and next spring, and Luna, Agyemang and Freeese emerged as pretenders to the alignment of the World Cup.
Richards in the United States ahead when he led the Berhal’s free kick about 40 meters from the crossbar. The ball has bounded down and just crossed the goal line.
Jiménez scored his 42nd international goal, third in Mexican history. He broke out in front of the defense and timed Marcel Ruiz’s pass, beating Freese about 10 meters on a shot that could have made fun of Ream.
Jiménez celebrated by entering a jersey from Mexico n ° 20 with “Diogo J” in honor of Diogo Jota, his former teammate of Wolverhampton Who Died in a car accident Thursday in Spain. Jiménez ran in a corner, sat down with the jersey and imitated playing a video game.
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