Everything seemed to indicate that The Gold Cup was to be Diego Cocchi’s first major tournament in charge of El Tri. But in less than a week, the entire panorama of the Mexican team has changed and now it will be Jaime Lozano, leader of the Aztec team. June 25th at NRG Stadium in Houston will host start of the Mexican team in the Gold Cup.
The Mexican team has not raised its head in recent years. From the cycle of Gerardo Martino to the present day, El Tri suffers serious sporting failures: they lost two Koncacafe Nations Leagues, lost the Gold Cup, were eliminated from the 2022 Qatar World Cup in the group stage and the region was dominated by the United States.
Diego Cocca couldn’t change that bad image Well, the 3-0 loss to USMNT was a heavy blow that forced the board of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) to take action on the matter. Now it is Jaime Lozano who will temporarily lead Mexico in this Golden Cup.
Mexico’s first opponent will be Honduras, a team they have only lost once in their last five games. The last victory of the Hondurans dates back to October 2017 at the qualifying matches of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Honduras beat El Tri 3-2.
However, the present in Honduras is not so encouraging. Ensemble led by Diego Martin Velázquez lost to Canada 4-1 in March for the League of Nations Concacafe. Similarly, the Honduras team This is due to the loss to Venezuela, a team that is going through a transitional period in its process.
Mexico and Honduras are in Group B of the Gold Cup. This sector also consists of teams Haiti and Qatar. The United States is the current champion of the tournament.
When and where will the match between Mexico and Honduras be played?
This year will see the debut of Mexicans and Hondurans in the Gold Cup. Sunday 25 June. The duel will take place in NRG Stadium in Houston.
US Hours: 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT.
Infection transmission: TUDN and Univsion.
Probable composition of Mexico
Guillermo Ochoa; Jorge Sanchez, Cesar Montes, Johan Vasquez, Jesus Gallardo; Edson Alvarez, Luis Chavez, Sebastian Cordova; Diego Lines, Santiago Jimenez, Uriel Antuna.
Probable composition of Honduras
Louis Lopez; Marcelo Santos, Luis Vega, Devron Garcia, Joseph Rosales; Dayby Flores, Jorge Alvarez, Alex Lopez, Jose Mario Pinto; Albert Alice, Jorge Benguche.
Source: La Opinion
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