Jun 18, 2024, 10:02 PM ET
The Mexican National Team will share a group in the Copa América with Jamaica, Venezuela and Ecuador, we present how they reach the tournament in the United States.
MEXICO.- The Venezuela national teamsecond rival of Mexico in the Copa America 2024is the only team in the B Group who arrive at the South American competition without preparation matcheswhile the Tricolor and Ecuador three disputed.
According to Venezuelan media, for different reasons the red wine chose not to play friendly; On the one hand, national coach Fernando Batista asked to have more work and concentration time with his students; He also wanted to avoid long trips, in addition to the fact that the Argentine needed to think better about who to cut from the group of 30 that he initially called up.
The most recent meeting of Venezuela It was last March 24 against Guatemala, the result being 0-0.
Jamaica, directed by the Icelandic Heimir Halgrimsson, played two matches this month, although official matches that helped them better reach the tournament. Corresponding to the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, on the 6th the reggae boyz faced the Dominican Republic and won by the smallest difference; Yesterday, Sunday, the rival was Dominica and they won 2-3.
The selected one Ecuador He barely played the first of the three scheduled in USA. On Sunday the Ecuadorian team faced Argentina and lost 1-0. Their next matches will be next Wednesday the 12th against Bolivia and will close against Honduras on Sunday the 16th.
Everyone knows that Mexico will debut in the America Cup in a complicated environment, because they lost two games against world powers, while the only victory they obtained was against Bolivia 1-0.
The heaviest score that the Tricolor received was against Uruguay 4-0. Darwin Núñez was a nightmare for the Mexicans, as he scored three times. Then, against Brazil, he was able to save the honor somehow in terms of performance. They lost 2-0 and came from behind to tie 2-2, but at the last minute lost the game 3-2 in overtime. The winning goal fell at 96′ and was the work of the new Real Madrid attacker Endrick.
Mexico will debut in the America Cup against Jamaica on June 22. Then it continues Venezuela 26 and 30 against Ecuador will end the group stage.
