By EFE
02 Nov 2023, 08:06 AM EDT
Brazil defeated Mexico 1-0 this Wednesday and the gold will be played in the men’s soccer of the XIX Pan American Games with the host, Chilewho defeated the United States in the other semifinal with the same result.
The Aztecs’ aspirations of surprising the Brazilians dissipated very quickly: the match had barely started when Canarinha’s first attack caused a chain of defensive failures that culminated in an own goal.
His actor, Tony Leoneyoung defender of Los Angeles FC, who this Wednesday replaced Emiliano Lira in the center of the defense, expelled after the fight in the semifinal match with Uruguay.
Bad fortune did not derail the Mexicans’ plan, however: As expected, they took possession of the ball, but barely gave it depth.
And when they managed to get him through the defensive tangle of the South Americans, The gigantic figure of Mycael Pontes, Athletico Paranaense goalkeeper, emerged to deny them the conquest.
On other occasions, it was simply a lack of aim on the part of the vanguard, one of the problems that the tricolor has carried throughout the tournament and which in the end has dissipated his golden options.
Now, the alternative will be bronze to maintain a historic streak: Mexico has won a medal in men’s soccer in the last six Pan American Games. The rival will be an old acquaintance, USA, that this afternoon could not overcome a more experienced Chile despite playing more elaborate football.
Brazil, for its part, will seek gold to compensate itself after having left off the podium in Lima 2019.
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