International Friendly

FT Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Venezuela DDWDL 1
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Mexico LLWWW 3
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VEN101
MEX123
Mercedes-Benz Stadium · 52,000 att.

Match Report

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Mexico beats Venezuela in pre-Gold Cup friendly

Mexico beat Venezula 3-1 on Wednesday in the first of two U.S.-based friendlies ahead of the Gold Cup tournament.

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Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

MEX · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Jonathan OrozcoG
  2. 5Diego ReyesCD-L
  3. 2Néstor AraujoCD-R
  4. 4Edson ÁlvarezDM
  5. 23Jesús GallardoLB
  6. 25Fernando NavarroRB
  7. 16Érick GutiérrezCM-L
  8. 8Carlos RodríguezCM-R
  9. 20Rodolfo PizarroLM
  10. 24Roberto AlvaradoRM
  11. 9Raúl JiménezF

Substitutes

  1. 6Jonathan dos SantosSUB
  2. 26Jorge SánchezSUB
  3. 7Orbelín PinedaSUB
  4. 12Hugo GonzálezSUB
  5. 29Raul GudinoSUB
  6. 3Carlos SalcedoSUB
  7. 18Andrés GuardadoSUB
  8. 17César MontesSUB
  9. 15Héctor MorenoSUB
  10. 10Luis MontesSUB
  11. 27Alexis VegaSUB
  12. 21Luis RodríguezSUB
  13. 13Guillermo OchoaSUB
  14. 14Uriel AntunaSUB

VEN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Wuilker FaríñezG
  2. 2Mikel VillanuevaCD-L
  3. 3Yordan OsorioCD-R
  4. 16Roberto RosalesLB
  5. 20Ronald HernándezRB
  6. 8Tomás RincónAM
  7. 6Yangel HerreraLM
  8. 5Júnior MorenoRM
  9. 23Salomón RondónF
  10. 7Darwin MachisAM-L
  11. 15Jhon MurilloAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Fernando AristeguietaSUB
  2. 13Luis SeijasSUB
  3. 22Rafael RomoSUB
  4. 12Joel GraterolSUB
  5. 4Jhon ChancellorSUB
  6. 21Pablo BonillaSUB
  7. 14Luis MagoSUB
  8. 18Adalberto PeñarandaSUB
  9. 19Arquímedes FigueraSUB
  10. 17Josef MartínezSUB
  11. 11JuanpiSUB
  12. 10Jefferson SavarinoSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Mexico 0, Venezuela 1. Jhon Murillo (Venezuela) right footed shot from long range on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Júnior Moreno.
  2. 31' Substitution, Mexico. Héctor Moreno replaces Edson Álvarez because of an injury.
  3. 32' Goal! Mexico 1, Venezuela 1. Roberto Alvarado (Mexico) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Rodolfo Pizarro.
  4. 41' Erick Gutiérrez (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 44' Tomás Rincón (Venezuela) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 45' Substitution, Venezuela. Josef Martínez replaces Salomón Rondón.
  7. 45' Substitution, Venezuela. Jefferson Savarino replaces Darwin Machís.
  8. 54' Goal! Mexico 2, Venezuela 1. Rodolfo Pizarro (Mexico) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesús Gallardo.
  9. 55' Substitution, Mexico. Orbelín Pineda replaces Rodolfo Pizarro.
  10. 60' Substitution, Venezuela. Juan Pablo Añor replaces Yangel Herrera.
  11. 61' Roberto Rosales (Venezuela) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 68' Substitution, Mexico. Jorge Sánchez replaces Fernando Navarro.
  13. 68' Substitution, Mexico. Uriel Antuna replaces Roberto Alvarado.
  14. 68' Substitution, Mexico. Andrés Guardado replaces Erick Gutiérrez.
  15. 75' Substitution, Venezuela. Adalberto Peñaranda replaces Jhon Murillo.
  16. 76' Goal! Mexico 3, Venezuela 1. Andrés Guardado (Mexico) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Uriel Antuna with a cross.
  17. 82' Substitution, Mexico. Alexis Vega replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  18. 86' Substitution, Venezuela. Fernando Aristeguieta replaces Adalberto Peñaranda because of an injury.

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