Raul Jimenez He showed tonight in the forward of the Mexican team that he is back by leading the 2-0 victory about the United States, with a performance full of brilliant tints, where he had everything in the great return of the so-called “Wolf of Tepeji”.
After almost 12 months of absence from the Aztec team’s attack and a period of almost three years in which they struggled to recover their level from skull fracture who suffered a head collision with the Brazilian André Luiz in a duel between Wolverhampton vs. Arsenal, where the Mexican got the worst of it.
From that moment on, Jiménez struggled seriously to recover his level both in the Premier League and along with his good moment at Fulham, he came to the attack of Mexico to lead this Tuesday night at the Akron stadium a victory that allows the Tricolor to break a streak of seven games without winning against the squad of the stars and stripes.
The Mexican team had the strength and drive of Jiménez in its favor To demonstrate his good moment and with several important plays trying to collaborate in the attack, the former América forward put a cellophane bow on his great night with a great goal from a free kick in the 22nd minute to open the scoring against the Americans.
But his performance did not stop there, because at the beginning of the second half, he carried out a very strong action when the North American defenders had already given up on Mexico, suddenly Jiménez was swept away. and gave a pass in the area to César “Chino” Huerta For him to be in a dribble on the short field, he would make it 2-0 to give the Aztec eleventh a victory that calms the waters due to the pressure that exists around the Tricolor.
The United States suffered from the absences
For its part, the United States suffered with the absence of players like Marlon Fossey, Weston McKennie, Ricardo Pepi, Christian Pulisic and Zack Steffen, but above all Pulisic, who pulls the strings of the North American team and who under the orders of Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino are barely picking up pace.
The reality is that the Americans found it difficult to have little time on the bench of their new coach and for that reason they seemed like a team with a low football proposal to the extent that in the first half They did not have many arrivals to the front to worry goalkeeper Luis Malagón of the Aztec team.
They broke the American yoke
In this way, Mexico took off the yoke of the Americans in the last seven gamessince the last Aztec victory occurred on September 6, 2019, when in a friendly in East Rutherford they won 3-0.
From that moment on, The Americans had five wins and two drawswhich generated disappointment among Mexican fans, especially in the most recent setback on March 24 in the Nations League final when they fell 2-0 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Besides, Mexico had not defeated the United States on Mexican soil for 15 yearswhen they won on August 11, 2009 in the hexagonal qualifying round for the World Cup in South Africa 2-1 at the Azteca Stadium.
The truth is that we will have to wait for an official duel between both teams to see if Javier Aguirre at the front they can once again impose themselves on the Americans.
Andrés Guardado said goodbye
The duel also served to pay tribute to the five-time World Cup winner Andrés Guardado, who after 18 years as a national team said goodbye to the Tricolor, leaving behind an impeccable career that included the World Cups in Germany 2006, South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014, Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022.
Former World Cup teams Ramón Morales and Benjamín Galindo were also honored, to give a touch of solemnity to this preparation game on the FiFA date in October.
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