Update: 9 June 2021 14:56 EDT
The Mexico Olympic team tied 1-1 against Saudi Arabia in their second preparation match ahead of the start of the Games in Tokyo this summer.
The youth national team will play one more exhibition game against Australia before flying back to Mexico and announcing the final 18-player roster for the tournament.
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We could not generate options today. We were not able to generate anything for our striker, it has been happening to us since the pre-Olympic tournament. The people who come from behind are the ones who score, it is the merit of the team that not only the striker scores but you have to generate more for those in front, you have to be more incisive and the forwards should be more selfish and take risks. We have to score goals, shoot more or otherwise it will be impossible ”, said Jaime Lozano, coach of the Mexican Olympic team.
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Mexico started their friendly campaign well with a 1-0 win over Romania. It wasn’t pretty at times and Mexico was dominated for large stretches, but they improved after a poor first half to get the victory against a European side that looks to be the toughest of their three game friendly tour in Marbella, Spain. Mexico will now face Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, June 8th, also in Marbella.
Mexico came out with a starting lineup that included Jose Juan Macias and Alexis Vega, but had some notable changes like Johan Vasquez being on the bench. So much experimenting meant that Romania took control of the match early. Mexico’s goalkeeper Luis Malagon had to come up with a save on a shot off the left side. Later off of a corner kick, Malagon had to make another save when a Mexican defender deflected the ball. almost knocking in an own goal. At the middle of the half, Mexico finally started gaining possession as Romania stopped domin
Match preview: Mexico U24 vs. Romania U24
Mexico will start their tour against Romania before facing Saudi Arabia and Australia.
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Mexico will start their friendly tour in Marbella, Spain by facing Romania. Both teams are qualified to the Olympic games and this will be Mexico first match since winning the U23 CONCACAF Championship in Guadalajara. Coach Jaime Lozano will start his preparation for the Olympic games, but surprisingly has decided to use this tour to still tryout players. Lozano’s call up list has a lot of players who didn’t go to the U24 Championship, while some mainstays for the team remained with the senior squad as they play in the CONCACAF Nations League.
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