Official Mexican National Team Thread: Seleccion Nacional de Mexico

[Back Door Skip]

Even I'm thinking if I should bother watching.

 

[MaSsiVe]

Not even the Copa America was worth the sacrifice.

The Copa started very strongly, there were some cracking matches early in the group stage. Chile x Mexico was probaly the most entertaining match I've watched all year, CL football included.

 

[Back Door Skip]

Hate to break it to you but the level of play from Copa America will not be even close in the Gold Cup. You'll see a lot of fouls, bad passing, bad finishing, gaffes and a lot of bus parking. It's a chore to watch basically until the semis and even then it still is sub par.

 

[MaSsiVe]

Partially watched Costa Rica x Jamaica yesterday, wasn't that bad. Kind of disappointed I missed Canada x El Salvador too.

 

[Back Door Skip]

You have a lot more patience than I have. I watched like 20 minutes of the first half and gave up.

 

[MaSsiVe]

Both Herrera and Reyes starting, guess I'll be giving this a chance...

 

[MaSsiVe]

Just heard one of the best Cuban players has deserted the team and they will only have 5 players on the bench. Gold Cup

 

[Back Door Skip]

Haha, yeah, I think last Gold Cup 5 Cuban players refused to return to Cuba or something along those lines.

 

[MaSsiVe]

Too easy for Mexico. No work for Reyes and Herrera had a couple of quality moments.

Did Cuba automatically qualify for this? I honestly can't remember such a weak team playing a (locally) high-profile competition. They just don't know what to do with the ball and are tactically ignorant even in the simple things.

 

[Back Door Skip]

They have to qualify via de Caribbean Cup, but gotta go against powerhouses like Martinique, Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, French Guiana, and Curacao.

Did Cuba automatically qualify for this? I honestly can't remember such a weak team playing a (locally) high-profile competition. They just don't know what to do with the ball and are tactically ignorant even in the simple things.

Hahahaha, welcome to the CONCACAF, brah.

 

[Bobby]

Cuba finished 2nd in a group that also had Trinidad & Tobago, Curacao, and French Guiana in it. They played T&T after T&T had already qualified for the Gold Cup.

 

[MaSsiVe]

They must be like fuck them tactics, rum and cigars for everyone!

 

[Bobby]

Seven.

Edit: Why'd they call it back?

 

[Back Door Skip]

Mercy rule.


Anyway, Mexico still looks shaky. A competent team scores on them early in the second half.

 

[jimorrison]

easily could have been 12 goals if Oribe had finished all his goal scoring opportunities.

 

[Bobby]

Welp.

 

[Back Door Skip]

Mexico looking mediocre again. Back to reality.

 

[jimorrison]

Piojo is loosing it. He's had plenty of games since the end of the world cup to find his team and yet he hasn't.

the way things are looking, it looks like his luck has ran out.

 

[MaSsiVe]

 

[Back Door Skip]

Mexico looking worse than when Chepo was the manager. I honestly didn't think that was possible.