The Paraguay national team, thirty-ninth in the FIFA ranking, defeated on Tuesday by 1-2 Mexico, fourteenth, which continued its low flight in a friendly match held in San Antonio, in the state of Texas.
At the Alamodome, Antonio Sanabria and Damián Bobadilla scored for the Paraguayans and Raúl Jiménez scored for the Mexicans.
Mexico falls to Paraguay
The first half was a game of few arrivals to the areas with many fouls and collisions.
Mexico gave up a chance to score in the clearest play of the first half when Edson Álvarez hit the post.
After 45 minutes with both teams tangled in the middle of the field, both teams came out in search of goals in the second half.
The second half belonged to Paraguay
For the second half, Paraguayan coach Gustavo Alfaro sent Julio Enciso and Damián Bobadilla onto the field, and they immediately reaped the rewards with a pair of goals.
In the 48th Enciso set up Sanabria, who scored with his left foot to make it 0-1.
Mexico equalized in the 54th minute with a penalty kick converted by Jiménez, but the Paraguayans responded immediately with a header in the 56th minute by Bobadilla.
The Paraguayans stood up well defensively and exposed the shortcomings of the Mexican attack.
Mexican fans shout ‘forbidden’ cry
Frustrated, in the 84th minute the Mexico fans chanted the homophobic shout that they usually repeat when their team plays badly, which caused the game to stop for a few seconds.
In the 88th minute, Enciso had the third goal in his boots, but Malagón appeared in time to clear the ball; in the 90th+4th minute, the goalkeeper again appeared in time to stop Diego González, who was about to put the ball in the net.
For Mexico, the FIFA day was a dismal performance with a goalless draw against Uruguay and today’s setback that provoked offenses from their fans, who insisted on shouting discriminatory cries.
HERE you can see the video of the moment.
Technical data
Mexico: Luis Malagón; Israel Reyes (Kevin Álvarez m.67), Édson Álvarez, Jesús Orozco (Johan Vásquez m.60), Mateo Chávez (Jesús Gallardo m.60); Erick Lira, Orbelín Pineda, Gilberto Mora (Armando González m.67), Marcel Ruiz (Erick Sánchez m.73), Raúl Jiménez, Jorge Ruvalcaba (Roberto Alvarado m.60).
Coach: Javier Aguirre.
2. Paraguay: Orlando Gill; Gustavo Velázquez, Alexis Duarte, Alan Benítez, Agustín Sandez; Diego Gómez (Damián Bobadilla m.46), Braian Ojeda (Lucaz Romero m.92), Matías Galarza (Junior Alonso m.82), Miguel Almirón (Julio Enciso m.46), Ramón Sosa (Diego González m.68), Antonio Sanabria (Alex Arce m.68).
Coach: Gustavo Alfaro.
Goals: 0-1, 48th minute: Antonio Sanabria; 1-1, 54th minute: Raúl Jiménez; 1-2, 56th minute: Damián Bobadilla.
Referee: Joe Dickerson, from the United States. Yellow cards for Erick Lira, Raúl Jiménez, Orbelín Pineda; Alan Benítez, Agustín Sandez and Orlando Gill.
Incidents: Friendly match between the national teams of Mexico and Paraguay, held at the Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas.
Filed under: Mexico falls to Paraguay
With information from EFE
