Gerardo Arteaga’s objective from simply exterior the penalty space within the 69th minute secured a 1-0 victory for Mexico over Jamaica of their Copa America opener on Saturday evening.
Competing as a visitor in South America’s championship for the eleventh time, Mexico dominated the match. Joel Latibeaudiere’s weak-headed clearance went to Luis Romo, who managed the ball off his thigh and handed to Arteaga, whose left-foot shot beat goalkeeper Jahmali Waite and went contained in the far post-side-netting for his second objective in 25 worldwide appearances.
“The thought was to empower some gamers who had been known as earlier than however didn’t have the minutes to shine,” Mexico coach Jaime Lozano mentioned via an interpreter. “Immediately was Arteaga’s flip, however we’ve a set of different gamers who’re including minutes on the high degree. That’s what we had in thoughts after we made the roster.”
Disallowed objective for Jamaica
Jamaica’s Michail Antonio appeared to place his staff forward with a short-range diving header within the fiftieth minute, however the objective was disallowed for offside following a video evaluation. “A fraction offside,” Jamaica coach Heimir Hallgrímsson mentioned. “I’ve seen it once more, and it was appropriate.”
Mexico captain Edson Álvarez left the sport within the thirtieth minute because of a left hamstring damage and was changed by Romo. “Concerning Edson, we’re going to wait,” Lozano mentioned. “He’s going to see what he has and take some photos. We don’t need to danger it. He felt one thing in his leg.” Lozano talked about that it will be a few days earlier than the severity of the damage is thought.
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“I believe it has been our motto for this summer time – collectively and unity,” Lozano mentioned. “It’s not simple to beat your captain being faraway from the sphere, however I felt they responded quick. We suffered a bit greater than we wanted to endure.” He additionally famous that the turf didn’t play an element within the sport.
Upcoming matches
Within the different Group B match, Venezuela defeated Ecuador 2-1. Mexico will play Venezuela in Inglewood, California, on Wednesday, whereas Jamaica faces Ecuador in Las Vegas. The group stage concludes on June 30, with Mexico enjoying Ecuador in Glendale, Arizona, and Jamaica going through Venezuela in Austin, Texas.
El Tri has reached the semi-finals in 1997, 1999, and 2007. The Reggae Boyz at the moment are 0-7 within the match following group-stage eliminations in 2015 and 2016.
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“We fought till the top,” Hallgrímsson mentioned. “I’m pleased with the gamers. We gave them a troublesome match, and ultimately, I hoped, and I believed we deserved to attain one, get one thing out of this sport. … General, fairly pleased with how the sport performed out. After all, sad with dropping.”
The sport was performed earlier than a crowd of 53,763 at NRG Stadium, and Mexico stays unbeaten towards Jamaica in latest instances, its final defeat coming in a 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final.
