By Wilson Florez
The Mexican team will return to action this Friday, November 15. For the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Nations League, El Tri will visit Honduras at the General Francisco Morazán Stadium.
Since the Copa América, the Mexican team had not faced a match in an official competition. In that tournament Mexico was eliminated in the group stage.
Javier Aguirre has led the Aztec team in international friendlies. In addition to Valencia from Spain, “Vasco” has faced New Zealand, Canada and the United States. Two victories and two defeats is the balance of the Mexican strategist. Now he will have a complicated visit to Honduras.
The Aztec team is motivated, Well, their last result was a solid 2-0 victory against the United States. With goals from Raúl Jiménez and César Huerta, El Tri was reunited with victory against its biggest rival in the region. That is the last game of the Aztec team.
For its part, the Honduran team does accumulate official matches because it earned its place in these quarterfinals. after passing the rounds prior to this match.
The group directed by Reinaldo Rueda They have won three of their last four games. The only recent fall of Los Catrachos was precisely at their home, on September 10, with the 1-2 against the Jamaican team.
Even though the Honduran team looks inferior to El Tri, Los Catrachos have taken very good advantage of the home field and Several analysts assured that they will use this issue to their advantage.
In recent years, Honduras has achieved a couple of victories in its stadium. The first was on October 10, 2017 at the Metropolitan Olympic Stadium in San Pedro Sula. Honduras defeated Mexico 3-2 in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers in Russia. The most recent victory was on November 17, 2023. The bicolor beat Mexico 2-0 in the Concacaf Nations League.
Where to watch the game between Mexico and Honduras
The game this Friday, November 15, will take place at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern United States). This meeting can be followed in the United States through the following options: TUDN, Univision, Fubo, TUDN App and ViX.
Probable lineup of Honduras
Edrick Menjivar; Andy Najar, Denil Maldonano, Luis Vega, Joseph Rosales; Rigoberto Rivas, Deybi Flores, Kervin Arriaga, Edwin Rodríguez; Jorge Benguche and Rubilio Castillo.
Mexico’s probable lineup
Luis Ángel Malagón; Jesús Angulo, Johan Vásquez, César Montes, Jorge Sánchez; Luis Romo, Edson Álvarez, Orbelín Pineda, Julián Quiñones; Alexis Vega and Raúl Jiménez.
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