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Tense Match in Las Vegas: Mexico Dominates Possession but Costa Rica Resists
Las Vegas, Nevada – In a hard-fought match at Allegiant Stadium as part of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2025, Mexico and Costa Rica played to a draw, characterized by intensity and friction. Guatemalan referee Mario Escobar had a busy night, showing a total of seven yellow cards, five to Costa Rica and two to Mexico.
Mexico asserted its dominance in ball possession, controlling it 70% of the time and generating 13 shot attempts, with 4 on target and 5 off target. However, the Costa Rican defense, although penalized with several early and later cautions, managed to keep a clean sheet. Costa Rica, with 30% possession, tried to respond with 5 shots, none of which posed a real threat to the Mexican goalkeeper.
VAR intervened late in the game, disallowing a Mexico goal for offside, preventing their dominance on the field from translating into a victory. Both teams shared the points in a match that left much to be desired in terms of spectacle and fluid gameplay.
Substitutions costa rica: at minute 58 A. Rojas came in and C. Mora went out., at minute 66 K. Myrie came in and J. Mitchell went out., at minute 88 K. Vargas came in and A. Martinez went out., at minute 88 F. Faerron came in and M. Ugalde went out.
Substitutions mexico: at minute 70 S. Gimenez came in and R. Jimenez went out., at minute 70 J. Gallardo came in and M. Chavez Garcia went out., at minute 75 C. Rodriguez came in and M. Ruiz went out., at minute 75 C. S. Huerta Valera came in and R. Alvarado went out., at minute 88 J. Quinones came in and A. Vega went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Mexico
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Costa Rica
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