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Mexico closes its tour of Girona with a defeat against Sweden (1-2)
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Andrés Guardado became the Mexican with the most games played -178- with his team
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Alexis Vega scored for the third straight game
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El Tri will travel to Doha this Thursday
The Mexican soccer team completed its preparation for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday with a 1-2 defeat against Sweden, at the Montilivi Municipal Stadium, in Girona, Spain.
El Tri started more incisive in their attempts, and in less than 10 minutes they had already generated their first chances, with shots from Alexis Vega and Luis Chávez, who found goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt well placed. The tonic continued and very close to finishing the first part, Uriel Antuna sent a left-footed shot directly to the crossbar. The 0-0 remained on the board.
The first minutes of the complement were a rise and fall for Gerardo Martino’s squad.
At minute 53, fortune smiled on Sweden again, after a shot by Jorge Sánchez deflected off Chávez and the ball crashed into the vertical.
Immediately afterwards, Mattias Svanberg broke away down the left sector and crossed an accurate cross for Marcus Rohdén to push the ball into the back of the net.
At minute 60, parity arrived, after an excellent pass between the lines from Héctor Herrera to Alexis Vega, who entered the area and, with subtlety, defined with a low shot close to the far post.
With this goal, the Chivas de Guadalajara player reached three consecutive duels drilling the nets with his team.
The clock kept getting closer to the end of the commitment, but, in fraction 86, the European team executed a corner kick that left the ball served to Svanberg, and he unleashed an impeccable forehand to tip the scales and give the led team the victory By Jan Olof Andersson.
The balance of the tour of Girona closed with a 4-0 victory over Iraq, and a loss against Sweden. In the record for the entire year, between friendly matches and duels corresponding to the Concacaf Nations League, it is eight games won, five tied and four lost.
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Although he did not start in the starting 11, with his entry in the second half, Andrés Guardado became the Mexican with the most games played with his national team, with 178.
Now that its preparation stage in Spain has come to an end, Mexico will travel this Thursday to Doha , the city where it will have its first test in Qatar 2022, against Poland, next Tuesday, November 22.
DATA SHEET:
MEXICO (1): Guillermo Ochoa; Jorge Sánchez, Héctor Moreno (Johan Vásquez 62′), César Montes (Néstor Araujo 62′), Jesús Gallardo; Hector Herrera (Luis Romo 62′); Luis Chávez, Carlos Rodríguez (Andrés Guardado 45′); Henry Martín (Raúl Jiménez 45′), Uriel Antuna (Hirving Lozano 45′) and Alexis Vega. DT: Gerardo Martino.
SWEDEN (2): Kristoffer Nordfeldt; Emil Holm, Isak Hien, Victor Lindelöf, Ludwig Augustinsson (Ken Sema 82′); Samuel Gustafson, Jesper Karlström (Eil Forsberg 69′), Marcus Rohdén (Magnus Eriksson 83′), Mattias Svanberg; Viktor Gyökeres (Mikael Ishak 69′) and Anthony Elanga (Robin Quaison 69′). DT: Janne Andersson.
GOALS: Alexis Vega 60′ (MEX); Marcus Rohdén 54′ and Mattias Svanberg 84′ (SWE).
WARNING: Uriel Antuna 82′ (MEX). STADIUM: Municipal de Montilivi, Girona
