New Zealand vs Mexico, International Friendly

· International Friendly

New Zealand

46': Marco Rojas

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Mexico

29': Giovani Dos Santos (P)
56': Marco Fabián

Gio dos Santos, Marco Fabian lead Mexico to win over New Zealand

Giovani dos Santos scored from a penalty in his return to the Mexico national team in a 2-1 friendly win against New Zealand.

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
2': Foul by Deklan Wynne (New Zealand).
2': Jesús Dueñas (Mexico) wins a free kick on the right wing.
3': Deklan Wynne (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Giovani dos Santos (Mexico).
6': Attempt missed. Giovani dos Santos (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marco Fabián.
7': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Deklan Wynne.
8': Attempt blocked. Hugo Ayala (Mexico) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
8': Foul by Marco Rojas (New Zealand).
8': Jesús Molina (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Foul by Jordan Silva (Mexico).
10': Marco Rojas (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Foul by Themistoklis Tzimopoulos (New Zealand).
12': Oribe Peralta (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Attempt blocked. Chris Wood (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Clayton Lewis.
16': Attempt saved. Marco Rojas (New Zealand) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
17': Attempt missed. Marco Rojas (New Zealand) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
19': Attempt blocked. Hirving Lozano (Mexico) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
19': Foul by Deklan Wynne (New Zealand).
19': Hirving Lozano (Mexico) wins a free kick on the right wing.
23': Offside, New Zealand. Chris Wood tries a through ball, but Kosta Barbarouses is caught offside.
23': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Michael Boxall.
24': Attempt missed. Hirving Lozano (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Hedgardo Marín with a cross.
26': Foul by Michael McGlinchey (New Zealand).
26': Jesús Dueñas (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Attempt saved. Kosta Barbarouses (New Zealand) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Liam Graham.
27': Penalty Mexico. Hirving Lozano draws a foul in the penalty area.
27': Penalty conceded by Deklan Wynne (New Zealand) after a foul in the penalty area.
28': Delay in match Hirving Lozano (Mexico) because of an injury.
29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
29': Goal! New Zealand 0, Mexico 1. Giovani dos Santos (Mexico) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
31': Offside, New Zealand. Chris Wood tries a through ball, but Kosta Barbarouses is caught offside.
34': Attempt missed. Hirving Lozano (Mexico) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jesús Gallardo with a cross.
36': Foul by Jesús Molina (Mexico).
36': Kosta Barbarouses (New Zealand) wins a free kick on the right wing.
37': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Themistoklis Tzimopoulos.
38': Attempt missed. Jesús Gallardo (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marco Fabián with a cross following a corner.
42': Offside, Mexico. Marco Fabián tries a through ball, but Hirving Lozano is caught offside.
42': Offside, New Zealand. Marco Rojas tries a through ball, but Deklan Wynne is caught offside.
45': Attempt blocked. Jesús Gallardo (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
45': Attempt missed. Jesús Gallardo (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
45'+2': Foul by Marco Fabián (Mexico).
45'+2': Themistoklis Tzimopoulos (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': First Half ends, New Zealand 0, Mexico 1.
0': Match ends, New Zealand 1, Mexico 2.
45': Second Half begins New Zealand 0, Mexico 1.
46': Goal! New Zealand 1, Mexico 1. Marco Rojas (New Zealand) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Deklan Wynne.
48': Foul by Deklan Wynne (New Zealand).
48': Jesús Dueñas (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Foul by Winston Reid (New Zealand).
49': Marco Fabián (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Chris Wood (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Jordan Silva (Mexico).
52': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Jesús Molina.
53': Attempt missed. Michael McGlinchey (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Clayton Lewis following a corner.
56': Goal! New Zealand 1, Mexico 2. Marco Fabián (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Oribe Peralta.
58': Delay in match Jesús Dueñas (Mexico) because of an injury.
58': Substitution, New Zealand. Monty Patterson replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
60': Foul by Jordan Silva (Mexico).
60': Monty Patterson (New Zealand) wins a free kick on the left wing.
61': Substitution, Mexico. Isaác Brizuela replaces Jesús Gallardo.
62': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Deklan Wynne.
63': Attempt saved. Oribe Peralta (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovani dos Santos.
65': Attempt missed. Giovani dos Santos (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marco Fabián.
66': Substitution, Mexico. Alan Pulido replaces Oribe Peralta.
69': Foul by Alan Pulido (Mexico).
69': Winston Reid (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
69': Attempt blocked. Michael McGlinchey (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
69': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Hugo Ayala.
71': Substitution, New Zealand. Kip Colvey replaces Deklan Wynne.
71': Substitution, New Zealand. Moses Dyer replaces Clayton Lewis.
72': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Jordan Silva.
72': Attempt blocked. Moses Dyer (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
73': Substitution, Mexico. Orbelín Pineda replaces Marco Fabián.
76': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Isaác Brizuela.
77': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Hugo Ayala.
77': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Michael Boxall.
78': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Liam Graham.
78': Attempt missed. Jesús Dueñas (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
79': Substitution, New Zealand. Matthew Ridenton replaces Marco Rojas.
80': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Jordan Silva.
81': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Hugo Ayala.
85': Substitution, New Zealand. Andrew Durante replaces Themistoklis Tzimopoulos.
86': Alan Pulido (Mexico) wins a free kick on the left wing.
86': Foul by Winston Reid (New Zealand).
88': Substitution, New Zealand. Rory Fallon replaces Liam Graham.
89': Foul by Rory Fallon (New Zealand).
89': Hugo Ayala (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by Jesús Dueñas (Mexico).
90'+1': Rory Fallon (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Attempt blocked. Monty Patterson (New Zealand) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Monty Patterson (New Zealand) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
90'+3': Foul by Moses Dyer (New Zealand).
90'+3': Hedgardo Marín (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Second Half ends, New Zealand 1, Mexico 2.

Statistics

MEX		NZL
8	Fouls	11
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
6	Corner Kicks	7
2	Saves	1
64.8	Possession	35.2
13	SHOTS	10
3	ON GOAL	3
0.2	On Target %	0.3
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
430	Accurate Passes	182
560	Passes	304
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.6
4	Accurate Crosses	3
19	Crosses	13
0.2	Cross %	0.2
76	Long Balls	68
31	Accurate Long Balls	26
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	4
13	Effective Tackles	14
16	Tackles	21
0.8	Tackle %	0.7
0	Interceptions	0
13	Effective Clearances	10
17	Clearances	12

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: Nissan Stadium, Nashville
Location: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Attendance: 40,287

Line-Ups

New Zealand (5-3-2)

No.	Name
1	Stefan Marinovic (GK)
2	Winston Reid
5	Michael Boxall
4	Themistoklis Tzimopoulos
3	Deklan Wynne
21	Liam Graham
6	Marco Rojas
15	Lewis Clayton
8	Michael McGlinchey
7	Kosta Barbarouses
9	Chris Wood

New Zealand Substitutes:

Kip Colvey, Rory Fallon, Sam Brotherton, Moses Dyer, Andrew Durante, Tamati Williams, Monty Patterson, Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi, Matthew Ridenton, Jake Gleeson, Henry Cameron, Louis Fenton.

Mexico (3-1-4-2)

No.	Name
1	José Corona (GK)
4	Hugo Ayala
2	Hedgardo Marín
21	Jordan Silva
5	Jesús Molina
8	Marco Fabián
20	Jesús Dueñas
17	Jesús Gallardo
14	Hirving Lozano
19	Oribe Peralta
10	Giovani Dos Santos

Mexico Substitutes:

Alan Pulido, Moisés Muñoz, Adrián Aldrete, Jorge Torres, Luis Robles, Orbelín Pineda, Érick Gutiérrez, Isaac Brizuela, Rodolfo Cota.

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