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The The Mexican team did not go beyond a 2-2 draw against Jamaica thanks to a penalty goal by Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano at the Azteca Stadium and secured first place in Group A of the Concacaf League of Nations, which gave him a place to play the Playoffs of said competition.
The first goal of the commitment came thanks to Bobby De Cordova-Reid, who He launched a powerful shot and ended up beating Guillermo Ochoathe Salernitana goalkeeper who could do nothing to prevent his goal from falling at minute 7′ and ended up seeing the ball enter the angle.
However, Mexico did not give up and responded quickly at the Azteca Stadium. To achieve this, Orbelín Pineda received the ball from Henry Martín to throw a shot with the right from the center of the area to equalize the actions at 17 ‘.
Although this gave hope to the Aztec team and all its followers, the story changed. At 32 ‘, a shot deviated from Edson Álvarez’s humanity to end up entering the Mexican goal and thus placing the 2-1 in favor of the Jamaicans; just seconds later a thunderstorm caused the game to have an interruption.
After the interruption due to the weather, both teams took the field again and it was at 42′ when Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano demonstrated his class and power on the field with a powerful shot from outside the area. However, the ball crashed into the crossbar and prevented the Aztec people from celebrating what would be the tie before the end of the first half of the game.
However, a dangerous move inside the rival area, which ended in a penalty for Mexico when ‘Chucky’ fell, gave El Tri the opportunity to equalize the actions before the end of the first 45 minutes. Lozano from the penalty mark was in charge of placing the 2-2 on the scoreboard.
At 56′, after several mutual danger plays, Guillermo Ochoa brought out his talent and avoided the fall of his bow by repelling a shot at close range fired by Shamar Nicholson, forward of Sparta Moscow who could not be decisive in front of the goal due to the goal with past at Club América.
at 75′ Luck did not smile on Diego Lainez, admitted by Orbelín Pineda. The player who lives in Tigres de la UANL He shot from outside the area and his attempt ended up hitting the crossbar, thus being another post that denied him the opportunity to enjoy a third goal at the Azteca Stadium.
Then, at minute 86′, Memo once again took charge of preventing his cabin from falling. In this opportunity, the goalkeeper stood on the goal line and repelled the Jamaican shot with his leg who was trying to move the score a few minutes from the end of the game.
After these actions, the game fell into a power duel where friction and clash were the protagonists. In addition, in the final minutes it was also seen how Lainez missed a clear goal in front of the goal that would undoubtedly change the history of the game. Nevertheless, the feline player could not be decisive and sealed the tie between both teams.
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