International Friendly

FT Saturday, October 8, 2016
Mexico WDLWD 2
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New Zealand DLWWW 1
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Nissan Stadium, Nashville · 40,287 att.

Match Report

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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.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

MEX leads series 4-0

Lineups

NZL · 5-3-2

  1. 1Stefan MarinovicG
  2. 2Winston ReidCD
  3. 5Michael BoxallCD-L
  4. 4Themistoklis TzimopoulosCD-R
  5. 3Deklan WynneLB
  6. 21Liam GrahamRB
  7. 6Marco RojasCM
  8. 15Lewis ClaytonCM-L
  9. 8Michael McGlincheyCM-R
  10. 7Kosta BarbarousesCF-L
  11. 9Chris WoodCF-R

MEX · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1José CoronaG
  2. 4Hugo AyalaCD
  3. 2Hedgardo MarínCD-L
  4. 21Jordan SilvaCD-R
  5. 5Jesús MolinaSW
  6. 8Marco FabiánCM-L
  7. 20Jesús DueñasCM-R
  8. 17Jesús GallardoLM
  9. 14Hirving LozanoRM
  10. 19Oribe PeraltaCF-L
  11. 10Giovani Dos SantosCF-R

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal! New Zealand 0, Mexico 1. Giovani dos Santos (Mexico) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 58' Substitution, New Zealand. Monty Patterson replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
  5. 61' Substitution, Mexico. Isaác Brizuela replaces Jesús Gallardo.
  6. 66' Substitution, Mexico. Alan Pulido replaces Oribe Peralta.
  7. 71' Substitution, New Zealand. Kip Colvey replaces Deklan Wynne.
  8. 71' Substitution, New Zealand. Moses Dyer replaces Clayton Lewis.
  9. 73' Substitution, Mexico. Orbelín Pineda replaces Marco Fabián.
  10. 79' Substitution, New Zealand. Matthew Ridenton replaces Marco Rojas.
  11. 85' Substitution, New Zealand. Andrew Durante replaces Themistoklis Tzimopoulos.
  12. 88' Substitution, New Zealand. Rory Fallon replaces Liam Graham.

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