INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Defending champion Mexico overcame a sluggish begin to defeat the Dominican Republic 3-2 on Saturday night time in a Concacaf Gold Cup group stage match.
West Ham midfielder Edson Álvarez opened the scoring within the forty fourth minute, Fulham striker Raúl Jiménez added a objective within the forty seventh and defender César Montes acquired one other one within the 53rd.
Jiménez now has 40 objectives with the Mexican nationwide crew and is six away from Jared Borgetti, in second place on the profession scoring record for El Tri. Javier “Chicharito” Hernández is Mexico’s prime scorer with 52.
“It was a very good win to begin with. I congratulate my crew, who maintained their emotional steadiness. It was a hard-fought, however honest victory,” mentioned Mexico coach Javier Aguirre. “Our rival did loads of benefit, they demanded us, they did a very good job.”
Mexico leads Group A with three factors whereas the Dominican Republic is on the backside. Costa Rica and Suriname, the opposite nations within the group, will face off on Sunday in Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego.
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“We have been affected person, we scored three objectives and it was a beautiful match for the followers, though there are issues that should be corrected,” Aguirre added.
Peter González within the 51st minute and Edison Azcona within the 67th scored for the Dominicans, who earned their first qualification as one of many 4 group winners in League B of the Concacaf Nations League.
The match was performed at SoFi stadium earlier than 54,309 followers, most of them rooting for Mexico.
There was uncertainty on what number of Mexican followers would attend the match. On Friday, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum urged U.S. officers to not goal people attending the sport.
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Mexico will attempt to qualify for the subsequent spherical Wednesday once they play Suriname whereas the Dominican Republic will play Costa Rica. Each matches will likely be performed at AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas.
