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Concacaf Nations League: Mexico advances to 2024 Copa America | video

Rain and a strange penalty shootout…

Mexican soccer team moved directly to America’s Cup 2024, after winning 4-2 Honduras in a penalty shootout, winning 2:0 in regulation time and leveling the score overall score 2-2the meeting took place on Tuesday under heavy rain and in front of 55 thousand people in Aztec Stadium.

With much suffering, the Mexican team scored two goals to stay alive after a 2-0 defeat in Tegucigalpa, as they went down late in the first extra time thanks to Luis Chavez at 43′ and Edson Alvarez over time it was added to 90+10′.

After the extension, it became necessary to reach a penalty shootout, where the Salvadoran referee Ivan Barton He repeated up to three times the penalty converted by Cesar Huerta, who missed the first two because the Honduran goalkeeper Edric Menjivar He took the lead both times and earned his second yellow card of the match, the first in the 86th minute, but was not sent off. Only in Concacaf.

With this result, Mexico reached the semi-finals of the Concacaf Nations League. WITH Panama, Jamaica and USA, who also allocated their place in America’s Cup 2024; Bye, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada and Costa Rica. They will reclassify in March next year, this is the last opportunity to qualify for the continental tournament.

The Mexican team started the game well, focusing on the opponent’s goal in search of the right balls and were close to opening the scoring in the 2nd minute with a shot from the field. Eric Sanchez which crashed into the correct post.

Just five minutes later Jorge Sanchez He tried his luck by throwing a kick with his right foot; However, Catracho’s team responded with a mid-range strike from the side Jorge Alvarez which forced rescue efforts Luis Malagon in the background.

Honduras was able to decide the score in his favor in the 30th minute when Luis Palma swung it in a small area and found the exact center in front of the frame Choco Lozano on right. The biggest mistake of the match at that time.

In the 35th minute, the Honduras goalkeeper Edric Menjivar received a blow to the knee and set off the alarm on the visitors’ bench, where Reynaldo Rueda He looked nervous.

Mexico opened the scoring in the 43rd minute thanks to a dead ball Luis Chavez, who kicked with his left foot and placed the ball at the base of the left post, away from Menjivarwhose reaction was late.

The team started the additional part with everything and was able to equalize the overall score in the 55th minute, when Eric Sanchez The ball was found in a small area, but its impact was weak and allowed a wonderful reaction Menjivar.

And when the rain in the south of the city turned to downpour, Malagon saved Tricolor with a providential slap of the hand after a headbutt Anthony Lozano.

At 68′, Jaime Lozano freshens up Mexico’s attack with income Santiago Jimenez Henry Martin and Luis Quinones Eric Sanchez. Just three minutes later, the Colombian striker, a naturalized Mexican, forgave the Honduras team a score that could have been 2:2.

The storm intensified, as did the persistence of the national team, but Luck and accuracy were not enough to defeat Menjivar. which multiplied at three posts in Honduras.

And when it was not the archer Catracho, it was a saving leg, like Brian Acosta, who made a weak shot on the line Quinones at 87′.

Rain from centers in the Honduras area This bore fruit in the 90+10 minute when Edson Alvarez He pushed the ball into the net, after a series of rebounds, leveled the overall score 2-2 and sent the match to the final. Extra time.

In the second extra time There is one less person left in Honduras in the 115th minute, after the second yellow card for Denil Maldonadowho descended in an ugly way onto Cesar Huerta and prevented a Mexican counter-coup.

And a strange penalty shootout began, where Mexico beat Honduras 4:2, thanks to the successes of Santiago Jimenez, Johan Vazquez, Orbelin Pineda and Cesar Huerta, who failed twice, but it happened again because Menjivar went forward. Because of the catachos they failed Brian Roches cut off Malagon, and Andy Najjarwho sent the ball in one direction.

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Concacaf Nations League
Quarter-finals/Return legs
Mexico – Honduras 2:0 (aggregate score 2:2, penalties 4:2)

Aztec Stadium
Referee: Ivan Barton (El Salvador).
Goals

1-0 (43′).- Luis Chavez
2-0 (90+10′).- Edson Alvarez

Fines

1-0.- Santiago Jimenez
1-0.- Brian Roches (saved)
2-0.- Johan Vazquez
2-1.- Brian Acosta
3-1.- Orbelin Pineda
3-2.- Albert Alice
4-2.- Cesar Huerta (saved). Repeated twice. Menjivar reprimanded him, which was already a double warning.
4-2.- Andy Najjar (miss)

Compositions
Mexico

Luis Malagon
Johan Vasquez
Cesar Montes
(Orbelin Pineda, 105 feet)
Jesus Gallardo
Jorge Sanchez (Yellow, 92′)
(Julian Araujo, 104 min.)
Eric Sanchez
(Julian Quinones, 70′)
Luis Chavez (Yellow, 51 minutes)
(Luis Romo, 75 feet)
Edson Alvarez (Yellow, 10ft)
Henry Martin
(Santiago Jimenez, 70′)
Hirving Lozano (Yellow, 68″)
Uriel Antuna
(Cesar Huerta, 57 feet)
Coach: Jaime Lozano

Honduras

Edric Menjívar (Yellow, 86 minutes) (Yellow, 120 minutes)
Luis Vega
(Marcelo Santos, 45 feet)
Denil Maldonado (Yellow, 94 minutes) (Red, 115 minutes)
Joseph Rosales
(Alison Rivas, 102 minutes)
Andy Najar
Jorge Alvarez
(Brian Acosta, 81 min.)
Edwin Rodriguez
Daby Flores
Choco Lozano (Yellow, 45+6ft)
Brian Roches
Luis Palma
(Devron Garcia, 90+8′)
Rigoberto Rivas
(Albert Alice, 45 min.) (Yellow, 90+3 min.)
DT: Reynaldo Rueda.

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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