Brazil defeated the Mexican team in a friendly match held in Texas and the last test for Jaime Lozano and company facing the Copa América 2024.
Brazil quickly revived the bad taste in the mouths experienced by Mexican fans in the match against Uruguay, when after 5 minutes it was present on the scoreboard.
It all started with Savinho’s driving from the wing towards Mexico’s three-quarters of the field and the filtered pass to Andreas Pereira in the half moon.
The Fullham attacker controlled in two halves, took off the marking of Edson Álvarez and Johan Vásquez, and shot across the field to beat Julio González.
After opening the scoring, the Canarinha slowed down and allowed the ball to be handled by Mexico, which at 20′ came into play with a long-range shot by Gerardo Arteaga that forced Alisson to lie down without much danger.
The first half fell into a slump of emotions after Brazil took their foot off the accelerator. Santiago Giménez had his first shot with goal direction in the 41st minute after recovering the ball in a bad start by the visitors.
For the start of the complement, Brazil once again applied the same dose of the first half: a quick deployment on the wing by Yan Couto, who with a simple gesture of his hip left Johan behind in the area to center and serve the goal. spherical before the arrival of Gabriel Martinelli.
With the score at 0-2, Jaime Lozano and Dorival Júnior made changes. On the Tri side, Carlos Rodríguez and Luis Chávez left the field to give their place to Orbelín Pineda and Alexis Vega. As for the Canarinha, Lucas Paquetá, Endrick and Pepe saw minutes for Pereira, Evanilson and Martinelli.
Brazil’s second goal provoked a regrettable reaction from the Mexican fans, who once again chanted the homophobic cry in the goal area and forced the central referee to execute the first step of the FIFA protocol against discrimination.
Mexico entered the game in the 72nd minute with a great play on the wing that ended in a low cross to the heart of the area where Julián Quiñones gained the center back’s back and pushed the ball for 1-2; Tri’s first score against Brazil since 2012.
When it seemed that El Tri sealed the defeat by one goal, at 93′, Guillermo Martínez found a ball in the area and with two shots he managed to beat Alisson’s goal to tie it 2-2 and make Kyle Field explode.
But Brazil being Brazil took little time to turn the score around when Vinícius raised his head and crossed for Endrick’s header. The young figure from Real Madrid crossed the ball for the final 2-3 that left Mexico with a balance of 1-2 in friendly matches before the debut in the Copa América.
