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| Mexico v Venezuela: Copa América – live! | Mexico v Venezuela: Copa América – live! |
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| Great pic. #Elfuturo | |
| LIVE: Mexico vs Venezuela https://t.co/vSMOuzsn9Z pic.twitter.com/EBErKT3hId | |
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| We are less than ten minutes away. Alexi Lalas goes with Mexico for the win. I must say, I think the nine changes for El Tri might hurt their rhythm slightly but they should be able to take care of business against a Rondón-less Venezuela. | |
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| The players are out on the field warming up. It’s a cool 92 degrees in Houston. There are two major issues which I feel have not been talked about enough during this tournament. The weather and the travel. EURO 2016 players have a much better deal when it comes to those two factors. | |
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| I previously mentioned this could end up being a historic evening for Chicharito but there are actually a few more records up for stake for Mexico. Here is ESPN’S Tom Marshall: | |
| Tonight could: | |
| - Extend Mexico’s undefeated run to 22 games, a national team record | |
| - Make it 10 wins out of 10 matches for Juan Carlos Osorio | |
| - Be the night Chicharito levels Jared Borgetti on 46 goals as El Tri’s all-time highest scorer | |
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| ICYMI: When Chicha met JJ | |
| Check out the look on Chicharito's face when he gets an idea of how big JJ Watt is. pic.twitter.com/DcWwX2fKKl | |
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| Here is Venezuela. Rondón out. | Here is Venezuela. Rondón out. |
| Venezuela: Hernandez; Feltscher, Gonzalez, Angel, Velazquez; Penaranda, Rincon, Seijas, Guerra; Santos, Del Valle. #MEXvVEN #MyCopaColors | Venezuela: Hernandez; Feltscher, Gonzalez, Angel, Velazquez; Penaranda, Rincon, Seijas, Guerra; Santos, Del Valle. #MEXvVEN #MyCopaColors |
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| Here is Mexico’s starting XI. A big one is Guardado’s return. Mexico’s architect. | Here is Mexico’s starting XI. A big one is Guardado’s return. Mexico’s architect. |
| ¡Tenemos once inicial confirmado!@banamex trae para ti la #Alineación del partido.¡Vamos México!#Créetela pic.twitter.com/68raNgaNPl | ¡Tenemos once inicial confirmado!@banamex trae para ti la #Alineación del partido.¡Vamos México!#Créetela pic.twitter.com/68raNgaNPl |
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| Hello everyone and welcome to Mexico vs Venezuela, a fixture that determines the winner and runner-up of Group C and perhaps more importantly, who will avoid Argentina in the quarter-finals. Before the tournament began I predicted Luis Suarez’s injury would shift the balance of this group in Mexico’s favor and in fact, I have them as winners of the entire competition. Mexico have a talented squad, blessed with depth, determination and led by a very smart manager in Juan Carlos Osorio (still undefeated under the Colombian.) A bigger factor, however, has been the incredible support from their fans, who have served as the eleventh man throughout the group stages. More than 80,000 were present at the Rose Bowl against Jamaica and I expect Houston to have a similar atmosphere, albeit less numbers (NRG stadium holds 71,795.) This is also an important game for Chicharito as he is close to breaking Jared Borgetti’s all-time scoring record for El Tri. The legendary Borgetti has 46 goals in 89 games whilst Hernandez - entering his 85th game - could tie it with a goal tonight. | Hello everyone and welcome to Mexico vs Venezuela, a fixture that determines the winner and runner-up of Group C and perhaps more importantly, who will avoid Argentina in the quarter-finals. Before the tournament began I predicted Luis Suarez’s injury would shift the balance of this group in Mexico’s favor and in fact, I have them as winners of the entire competition. Mexico have a talented squad, blessed with depth, determination and led by a very smart manager in Juan Carlos Osorio (still undefeated under the Colombian.) A bigger factor, however, has been the incredible support from their fans, who have served as the eleventh man throughout the group stages. More than 80,000 were present at the Rose Bowl against Jamaica and I expect Houston to have a similar atmosphere, albeit less numbers (NRG stadium holds 71,795.) This is also an important game for Chicharito as he is close to breaking Jared Borgetti’s all-time scoring record for El Tri. The legendary Borgetti has 46 goals in 89 games whilst Hernandez - entering his 85th game - could tie it with a goal tonight. |
| Venezuela, meanwhile, have been my favorite team to watch partly because I did not see this coming. A perfect record and no goals conceded says a lot for a team who came into this tournament with little belief from any pundit, myself included. And who could blame us? Venezuela are currently last in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying standings with five losses and one tie. Not only that but their defensive unit during those matches have been a disaster (17 goals conceded in six games.) Then came the Copa and suddenly, Vinotinto woke up. Two clean sheets, two wins and a victory tonight would mean Rafael Dudamel’s side make it to the last eight and avoid Argentina. History has justified Venezuela’s efforts in the past as they went all the way to the semi-finals in 2011, losing to Paraguay on penalties. | Venezuela, meanwhile, have been my favorite team to watch partly because I did not see this coming. A perfect record and no goals conceded says a lot for a team who came into this tournament with little belief from any pundit, myself included. And who could blame us? Venezuela are currently last in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying standings with five losses and one tie. Not only that but their defensive unit during those matches have been a disaster (17 goals conceded in six games.) Then came the Copa and suddenly, Vinotinto woke up. Two clean sheets, two wins and a victory tonight would mean Rafael Dudamel’s side make it to the last eight and avoid Argentina. History has justified Venezuela’s efforts in the past as they went all the way to the semi-finals in 2011, losing to Paraguay on penalties. |
| Remember, you can send me a tweet @lmechegaray or email to chat throughout the game. I’ll be back with the line-ups. This should be a good one! | Remember, you can send me a tweet @lmechegaray or email to chat throughout the game. I’ll be back with the line-ups. This should be a good one! |
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| Luis will be here surely. In the meantime here is Steve Brenner’s post-mortem on Brazil’s disastrous Copa América exit: | Luis will be here surely. In the meantime here is Steve Brenner’s post-mortem on Brazil’s disastrous Copa América exit: |
| On Sunday the Brazil coach, Dunga, looked forlorn on the sidelines. In his second spell as national team manager, his days are surely numbered. Indeed, if it wasn’t for this summer’s Rio Olympics, his seat would surely already be vacant. The man who lifted the World Cup in 1994 – in the US incidentally – knows a gold medal on home soil is the priority, and that’s why Neymar was allowed a breather to hang out with Justin Bieber and other well-heeled compadres. | On Sunday the Brazil coach, Dunga, looked forlorn on the sidelines. In his second spell as national team manager, his days are surely numbered. Indeed, if it wasn’t for this summer’s Rio Olympics, his seat would surely already be vacant. The man who lifted the World Cup in 1994 – in the US incidentally – knows a gold medal on home soil is the priority, and that’s why Neymar was allowed a breather to hang out with Justin Bieber and other well-heeled compadres. |
| Clearly losing the services of the brilliant Barcelona forward was something Dunga’s side couldn’t deal with – they scored seven goals in this Copa America but they all came in one game against the tournament’s weakest side, Haiti – though for a country whose production line has long been the envy of the world, there should still have been enough talent to emerge from a group that comprised of Peru, Haiti and Ecuador. | Clearly losing the services of the brilliant Barcelona forward was something Dunga’s side couldn’t deal with – they scored seven goals in this Copa America but they all came in one game against the tournament’s weakest side, Haiti – though for a country whose production line has long been the envy of the world, there should still have been enough talent to emerge from a group that comprised of Peru, Haiti and Ecuador. |