International Friendly

FT Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Paraguay WLLDW 1
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Mexico LDWDL 0
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MEX000
Mercedes-Benz Stadium · 51,387 att.

Match Report

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports

Mexico lose pre-World Cup friendly 1-0 to Paraguay

Derlis Gonzalez's second-half goal gave Paraguay a 1-0 win over Mexico in a friendly on Wednesday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

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Team Stats

22
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
10
7
Saves
0
27.8
Possession
72.2
2
SHOTS
23
1
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
152
Accurate Passes
509
236
Passes
598
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
8
6
Crosses
24
0.0
Cross %
0.3
66
Long Balls
53
28
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
9
11
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
4
24
Effective Clearances
14
24
Clearances
14

Head to Head

MEX leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MEX · 4-3-3

  1. 1Carlos AcevedoG
  2. 4Jesús AnguloCD-L
  3. 3César MontesCD-R
  4. 23Jesús GallardoLB
  5. 2Kevin ÁlvarezRB
  6. 7Luis RomoCM
  7. 14Luis ChávezLM
  8. 8Carlos RodríguezRM
  9. 25Roberto AlvaradoF
  10. 10Alexis VegaLF
  11. 11Uriel AntunaRF

PAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Antony SilvaG
  2. 15Saúl SalcedoCD-L
  3. 5Bruno ValdezCD-R
  4. 13Mateo GamarraLB
  5. 2Iván PirisRB
  6. 10Derlis GonzálezAM
  7. 8Richard OrtízLM
  8. 14Andrés CubasRM
  9. 9Carlos GonzálezF
  10. 19Lorenzo MelgarejoAM-L
  11. 20Richard SánchezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 50' Goal! Mexico 0, Paraguay 1. Derlis González (Paraguay) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 61' Substitution, Paraguay. Matías Galarza replaces Carlos González.
  3. 65' Substitution, Mexico. Emilio Lara replaces Kevin Álvarez.
  4. 65' Substitution, Mexico. Luis Reyes replaces Jesús Gallardo.
  5. 71' Substitution, Paraguay. Diego Gómez replaces Richard Sánchez.
  6. 71' Substitution, Mexico. Eduardo Aguirre replaces Roberto Alvarado.
  7. 78' Substitution, Mexico. Fernando Beltrán replaces Carlos Rodríguez.
  8. 78' Substitution, Mexico. Érick Sánchez replaces Luis Chávez.
  9. 83' Luis Romo (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 86' Substitution, Paraguay. Ángel Cardozo Lucena replaces Derlis González.
  11. 90'+1' Mateo Gamarra (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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