By Wilson Florez
May 10, 2024, 1:37 PM EDT
There are fewer and fewer days until Mexico will once again face the great Conmebol teams in a new Copa América. However, El Tri fans hope that their team does not experience a humiliating result like that of 0-7 against Chile in 2016. In that match Chicharito would have asked Claudio Bravo for “mercy.”
In that Copa América the Chilean team won the two-time championship in this tournament. Mexico was on his way, but he was no match for the Chilean team.
In the quarterfinals of that competition, Mexico and Chile met at Levi’s Stadium. La “Rojita” crushed El Tri with a large score of 0-7. Before going to rest, Chicharito would have asked Claudio Bravo, Chilean goalkeeper, for his teammates to slow down.
“I remember that Chicharito came to squeeze me. He told me ‘please, tell your colleagues to stop, tell them to stop. In the second half“Bravo revealed in an interview for Chilean Deportes 13.
One goal from Alexis Sánchez, two from Edson Puch and four goals from Eduardo Vargas They humiliated the Aztec team led by Juan Carlos Osorio. In that match Mexico only kicked the goal once. Claudio Bravo too He explained that that night they could have scored up to 10 goals.
“It was a soccer class. I think that in the fourth goal the whole stadium starts shouting ‘olé’. The game ends and I remember that we left the stadium cheered by the Mexicans,” added the 41-year-old experienced goalkeeper.
Who will Mexico play against in the Copa América 2024?
Luckily for Jaime Lozano and his team, El Tri will not yet take revenge for that night in the first round of the Copa América 2024. Mexico was placed in group B along with the teams from Ecuador, Venezuela and Jamaica.
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