Concacaf Gold Cup

Mexico vs El Salvador, 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup, Group Stage

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Mexico
  • 26': Luis Rodríguez
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El Salvador

    Mexico tops Group A with win over El Salvador

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    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador).
    • 1': Héctor Herrera (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 2': Erick Gutiérrez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 2': Foul by Darwin Cerén (El Salvador).
    • 2': Darwin Cerén (El Salvador) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 4': Foul by Jesús Corona (Mexico).
    • 4': Narciso Orellana (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Foul by Darwin Cerén (El Salvador).
    • 6': Luis Rodríguez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 7': Attempt blocked. Orbelín Pineda (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Héctor Herrera.
    • 9': Attempt blocked. Rogelio Funes Mori (Mexico) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jesús Corona.
    • 10': Hand ball by Erick Gutiérrez (Mexico).
    • 12': Foul by Jesús Gallardo (Mexico).
    • 12': Joshua Pérez (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Foul by Jesús Gallardo (Mexico).
    • 12': Joshua Pérez (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 14': Foul by Erick Gutiérrez (Mexico).
    • 14': Marvin Monterroza (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Foul by Rogelio Funes Mori (Mexico).
    • 15': Ronald Gómez (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Attempt missed. Darwin Cerén (El Salvador) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alexander Larín.
    • 21': Eriq Zavaleta (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Foul by Rogelio Funes Mori (Mexico).
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Orbelín Pineda (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Héctor Herrera.
    • 23': Darwin Cerén (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Foul by Héctor Herrera (Mexico).
    • 23': Foul by Marvin Monterroza (El Salvador).
    • 23': Jesús Corona (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Goal! Mexico 1, El Salvador 0. Luis Rodríguez (Mexico) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Héctor Herrera.
    • 28': Alexander Larín (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Foul by Jesús Corona (Mexico).
    • 28': Attempt saved. Rogelio Funes Mori (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Erick Gutiérrez with a through ball.
    • 28': Foul by Narciso Orellana (El Salvador).
    • 28': Orbelín Pineda (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 29': Attempt missed. Héctor Herrera (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
    • 31': Offside, El Salvador. Darwin Cerén tries a through ball, but Joshua Pérez is caught offside.
    • 33': Foul by Narciso Orellana (El Salvador).
    • 33': Luis Rodríguez (Mexico) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 34': Foul by Marvin Monterroza (El Salvador).
    • 34': Héctor Herrera (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 34': Foul by Narciso Orellana (El Salvador).
    • 34': Orbelín Pineda (Mexico) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 36': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Alex Roldan.
    • 38': Attempt blocked. Erick Gutiérrez (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 39': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Eriq Zavaleta.
    • 39': Foul by Carlos Salcedo (Mexico).
    • 39': Jairo Henríquez (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 40': Foul by Eriq Zavaleta (El Salvador).
    • 40': Rogelio Funes Mori (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Foul by Erick Gutiérrez (Mexico).
    • 41': Narciso Orellana (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Foul by Edson Álvarez (Mexico).
    • 42': Joshua Pérez (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Foul by Luis Rodríguez (Mexico).
    • 44': Marvin Monterroza (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45': Foul by Jesús Gallardo (Mexico).
    • 45': Joshua Pérez (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Mexico 1, El Salvador 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Mexico 1, El Salvador 0.
    • 47': Attempt missed. Carlos Salcedo (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 49': Foul by Narciso Orellana (El Salvador).
    • 49': Héctor Herrera (Mexico) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 51': Attempt saved. Rogelio Funes Mori (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Héctor Herrera.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Erick Gutiérrez (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rogelio Funes Mori.
    • 51': Edson Álvarez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Foul by Jairo Henríquez (El Salvador).
    • 52': Offside, Mexico. Orbelín Pineda tries a through ball, but Rogelio Funes Mori is caught offside.
    • 53': Foul by Erick Gutiérrez (Mexico).
    • 53': Narciso Orellana (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Foul by Marvin Monterroza (El Salvador).
    • 54': Jesús Corona (Mexico) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 55': Foul by Ronald Gómez (El Salvador).
    • 55': Rogelio Funes Mori (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 57': Attempt blocked. Héctor Herrera (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Orbelín Pineda.
    • 59': Attempt missed. Joshua Pérez (El Salvador) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alex Roldan with a cross.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Marvin Monterroza (El Salvador) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Joshua Pérez.
    • 61': Hand ball by Jesús Corona (Mexico).
    • 61': Substitution, El Salvador. Amando Moreno replaces Marvin Monterroza.
    • 62': Foul by Joshua Pérez (El Salvador).
    • 62': Orbelín Pineda (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Attempt saved. Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Amando Moreno.
    • 62': Attempt blocked. Joshua Pérez (El Salvador) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 62': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Héctor Moreno.
    • 63': Foul by Narciso Orellana (El Salvador).
    • 63': Orbelín Pineda (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Narciso Orellana (El Salvador) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 64': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Carlos Salcedo.
    • 65': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Héctor Herrera.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Amando Moreno (El Salvador) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joshua Pérez with a cross following a corner.
    • 66': Substitution, Mexico. Jonathan dos Santos replaces Erick Gutiérrez.
    • 66': Attempt saved. Orbelín Pineda (Mexico) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rogelio Funes Mori.
    • 67': Foul by Narciso Orellana (El Salvador).
    • 67': Orbelín Pineda (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Foul by Héctor Moreno (Mexico).
    • 69': Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 70': Luis Rodríguez (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 70': Carlos Salcedo (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 71': Alexander Larín (El Salvador) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Ronald Gómez (El Salvador) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
    • 74': Attempt saved. Orbelín Pineda (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Héctor Herrera.
    • 74': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Mario González.
    • 75': Substitution, El Salvador. Walmer Martinez replaces Jairo Henríquez because of an injury.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Jesús Gallardo (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
    • 76': Substitution, Mexico. Alan Pulido replaces Rogelio Funes Mori.
    • 77': Foul by Jesús Corona (Mexico).
    • 77': Ronald Gómez (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Joshua Pérez (El Salvador) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Darwin Cerén.
    • 78': Eriq Zavaleta (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 78': Foul by Alan Pulido (Mexico).
    • 78': Alan Pulido (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 80': Darwin Cerén (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Foul by Héctor Herrera (Mexico).
    • 80': Héctor Herrera (Mexico) is shown the yellow card.
    • 80': Foul by Héctor Moreno (Mexico).
    • 80': Joshua Pérez (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 82': Alan Pulido (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Foul by Darwin Cerén (El Salvador).
    • 85': Attempt missed. Walmer Martinez (El Salvador) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alex Roldan.
    • 86': Substitution, Mexico. Osvaldo Rodríguez replaces Héctor Herrera.
    • 86': Substitution, Mexico. Erick Sánchez replaces Orbelín Pineda.
    • 87': Substitution, El Salvador. Juan Carlos Portillo replaces Joshua Pérez.
    • 87': Substitution, El Salvador. Isaac Portillo replaces Darwin Cerén.
    • 88': Hand ball by Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador).
    • 88': Amando Moreno (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 88': Foul by Edson Álvarez (Mexico).
    • 88': Attempt saved. Walmer Martinez (El Salvador) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Narciso Orellana.
    • 90'+2': Edson Álvarez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Walmer Martinez (El Salvador).
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Alan Pulido (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jonathan dos Santos.
    • 90'+3': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Mario González.
    • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Edson Álvarez (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Osvaldo Rodríguez.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Mexico 1, El Salvador 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Mexico 1, El Salvador 0.

    Statistics

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    19 Fouls 22
    2 Yellow Cards 4
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 1
    3 Corner Kicks 4
    5 Saves 2
    46.3 Possession 53.7
    11 SHOTS 16
    2 ON GOAL 6
    0.2 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    308 Accurate Passes 366
    376 Passes 435
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    1 Accurate Crosses 1
    7 Crosses 11
    0.1 Cross % 0.1
    56 Long Balls 54
    32 Accurate Long Balls 34
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
    2 Blocked Shots 7
    10 Effective Tackles 9
    18 Tackles 15
    0.6 Tackle % 0.6
    10 Interceptions 11
    20 Effective Clearances 13
    20 Clearances 13

    Game Information

    Competition: Concacaf Gold Cup

    Venue: Cotton Bowl
    Location: Dallas, USA
    Attendance: 30,000

    Gold Cup Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Mexico 3 +3 7
    2 Costa Rica 3 +2 7
    3 Dominican Republic 3 -2 1
    4 Suriname 3 -3 1
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    MEX Mexico (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Alfredo Talavera (GK)
    3 Carlos Salcedo Yellow Card
    15 Héctor Moreno
    23 Jesús Gallardo
    21 Luis Rodríguez
    4 Edson Álvarez
    14 Érick Gutiérrez
    16 Héctor Herrera
    11 Rogelio Funes Mori
    17 Jesús Corona
    10 Orbelín Pineda
    Mexico Substitutes:
    Érick Sánchez, Kevin Álvarez, Alan Pulido, Gilberto Sepúlveda, Jonathan Orozco, Efrain Álvarez, Néstor Araujo, Rodolfo Cota, Jonathan dos Santos, Osvaldo Rodríguez, Alan Cervantes.

    SLV El Salvador (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Mario González (GK)
    5 Ronald Gómez
    4 Eriq Zavaleta
    13 Alexander Larín
    15 Alex Roldan
    7 Darwin Cerén Yellow Card
    12 Marvin Monterroza
    6 Narciso Orellana Yellow Card
    14 Joaquín Rivas
    17 Jairo Henríquez
    8 Joshua Pérez
    El Salvador Substitutes:
    Marvin Márquez, Bryan Tamacas, Alexis Montes, Isaac Portillo, Juan Portillo, Óscar Pleitez, Amando Moreno, Julio Sibrián, Walmer Martínez, Roberto Domínguez, Kevin Carabantes.

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