Mexico Crushes New Zealand in a Friendly Match
Mexico achieved a resounding 3-0 victory over New Zealand in a friendly match held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The Mexican team dominated the encounter from the start and sealed their superiority on the scoreboard with goals from Orbelín Pineda, Carlos Sebastián Huerta Valera, and Luis Romo.
The first goal came in the 5th minute, when Pineda capitalized on a precise cross from Roberto Alvarado to open the scoring. After the break, Mexico continued to press, and Huerta Valera extended the lead in the 53rd minute, receiving a pass from Luis Romo. Romo himself closed the account in the 57th minute, with a precise shot that culminated a great collective play.
Despite attempts at a comeback by the New Zealanders, Mexico controlled the match with 56% possession and a total of 13 shots, 6 of them on target. New Zealand, for their part, only managed 2 shots, and none of them reached the goal.
The match was marred by numerous yellow cards shown. Mexico received 2 cautions, while New Zealand picked up 3.
The victory is a good omen for Mexico heading into their upcoming international commitments.
Substitutions mexico: at minute 52 C. S. Huerta Valera came in and J. Quinones went out., at minute 60 D. Lainez came in and R. Alvarado went out., at minute 60 S. Cordova came in and O. Pineda went out., at minute 61 H. Martin came in and S. Gimenez went out., at minute 71 J. Angulo came in and J. Gallardo went out., at minute 71 C. Rodriguez came in and L. Romo went out.
Substitutions new zealand: at minute 65 E. Just came in and B. Old went out., at minute 65 B. Tuiloma came in and T. Payne went out., at minute 70 B. Waine came in and C. Wood went out., at minute 71 A. Rufer came in and J. Bell went out., at minute 81 L. Rogerson came in and K. Barbarouses went out., at minute 81 N. Pijnaker came in and T. Smith went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Mexico
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