Qatar drives Mexico crazy in the Gold Cup

El Tri found calm with Jaime Lozano. In three matches, the Mexicans regained their lost pride after defeating Honduras and Haiti. Football, which is dangerous in its essence, gave Mexico a chaotic match against Qatar, a team that was enough to attack once to score a goal that drove its rivals to despair (0-1). The Mexicans attempted to ignite their assault powder in the midst of a storm. The defeat, fortunately for the tricolor, did not jeopardize their passage to the quarter-finals of the Gold Cup.

The Gold Cup is one of those rare tournaments. One can see how Martinique or Guadeloupe compete in the tournament despite being from outside France or how Brazil was the guest of honor in 2003. Now, the foreigner is Qatar. The country, which is one of the largest oil producers, rejoiced last December by organizing the World Cup and before that, in 2021, it was invited to the Copa America. for him a trip He stopped at the North American Championships in 2021 and this year.

Mexico was on the offensive against Qatar in the first half. For more than 26 minutes, El Tri de Lozano persistently chases the goal. The Qataris in their first moves to attack the head of Hazem Shehata hit a fine header to make it 0-1 that caused a wave of snoring from the Mexicans. The Mexican team could not break the glass represented by Qatar’s defense. A lot of desperation from the line-up that underwent changes to give minutes to players who needed a chance like Santi Jimenez or Julian Araujo.

The Qataris, led by Carlos Queiroz, knew how to despair of the Mexicans. Goalkeeper Marshal Barsham, who is very alive, complained at different times of the match about multiple injuries. The referee stopped believing him. In the second half and rushing towards the score forced Lozano to send in the second striker, Henry Martin, but he did not find much luck. The Mexican national team entered the match against the Asian team. Nothing was left to do for Team Lozano. Qatar knew how to make the summer bitter for the Mexicans.

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