Jun 24, 2024, 09:18 ET
The Euro has its first qualifiers in the round of 16, while El Tri debuted with victory in the Copa América. We review the highlights in the world of sports.
The weekend in the sporting world was dominated by the first matches of the America Cupa contest in which Mexico debuted with triumph, as well as for the Euro Cup, a tournament that is already close to closing the group stage. Away from football, Sergio Perez extended his bad streak in the Formula 1 and Yankees cut the Mexican Victor Gonzalez.
Mexico He took the three points in his debut in the America Cup against Jamaica, but Jaime Lozano’s team lost Edson Alvarez at half an hour. The Tricolor captain was left lying on the grass of the NRG Stadium after a cut from an opponent and immediately grabbed the back of his left thigh.
Edson Álvarez left the field of play in tears and with notable discomfort; the footballer even had to be taken to the locker room on a stretcher, as the injury prevented him from walking.
The Mexican team won 1-0 Jamaica in their debut in the 2024 Copa América. The team led by Jaime Lozano suffered during some periods of the match, even the VAR appeared to annul a goal by the Caribbean team, which would have meant the first goal of the match. Finally, at 69′, Gerardo Arteaga appeared to score the Mexican victory with a powerful left-footed shot from a pass from Luis Romo.
Mexico will return to activity next Wednesday, the day they will face Venezuela, a team that won in its presentation at the America Cup against Ecuador.
The Conmebol tournament began last Thursday with 2-0 Argentina about Canada. On Friday, Peru and Chile split units after a scoreless draw. Last Saturday was the first day to receive a double day with the 1-2 victory of Venezuela over Ecuador and with the 1-0 of Mexico against Jamaica.
This Sunday, USA was presented with a 2-0 victory against Bolivia, while Uruguay and Panama were in charge of closing the weekend matches in the Copa America 2024.
During the weekend the second day ended and the last day of the group stage of the Euro 2024a tournament that already has its first qualifiers for the round of 16. Portugal managed to secure their place in the next round with the resounding 3-0 victory over Turkey last Saturday, with which the Portuguese joined Spain and Germany in the direct elimination round.
This Sunday, the fourth guest to the round of 16 of Euro 2024 was announced, which was Swiss after drawing 1-1 against Germany. The group stage will end next Wednesday, June 26, the day on which the 16 qualified teams will be announced.
Mexicans experienced a gray weekend in their aspirations to achieve promotion in the lower divisions of Spanish soccer. First it was the turn of the Real Oviedoa team that belongs to Grupo Pachuca, which lost 2-0 against Spanish in the second leg of the Second Division final to leave the aggregate at 2-1 in favor of the ‘Periquitos’.
Hours later, Barca Atletic, led by Rafael Marquezfell 2-1 in the first leg of the Primera Federación grand final, with which the culés lost the series by a score of 3-2 against Córdoba.
The Mexican finished in eighth position in the Spanish Grand Prix and has already had five races in which he has not been able to get on the podium, two of them have been due to retirements. Max VerstappenLando Norris and Lewis Hamilton finished in the first three places at the Barcelona Circuit.
The poor results have driven away ‘Checo’ Pérez of the first positions in the drivers’ championship. Currently, the Mexican occupies fifth position in this category with 111 points earned, below Max Verstappen (219), Lando Norris (150), Charles Leclerc (148) and Carlos Sainz (116).
The series that New York Yankees lost consecutively against the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles, they made the Bronx bombers make changes to their bullpen, in which they decided to cut the Mexican reliever Victor Gonzalez.
The Mexican left-hander said goodbye to New York Yankees with 27 appearances in which he left a 3.68 ERA in 23.1 innings.
