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Match Report

Giménez ends drought but Mexico falls to Switzerland

Santiago Giménez ended a 16-game scoreless streak at international level but it wasn't enough to prevent Mexico suffering a 4-2 loss to Switzerland in Saturday's friendly in Salt Lake City.

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Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

MEX · 4-4-2

  1. 12Raúl RangelG
  2. 19Jesús OrozcoCD-L
  3. 3César MontesCD-R
  4. 26Mateo ChávezLB
  5. 15Emilio LaraRB
  6. 6Érik LiraCM-L
  7. 8Carlos RodríguezCM-R
  8. 21César HuertaLM
  9. 25Roberto AlvaradoRM
  10. 9Raúl JiménezCF-L
  11. 11Santiago GimenezCF-R

SUI · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Gregor KobelG
  2. 5Manuel AkanjiCD-L
  3. 25Aurèle AmendaCD-R
  4. 10Granit XhakaDM
  5. 13Ricardo RodríguezLB
  6. 3Silvan WidmerRB
  7. 16Vincent SierroCM-L
  8. 8Remo FreulerCM-R
  9. 11Dan NdoyeLM
  10. 22Fabian RiederRM
  11. 7Breel EmboloF

Timeline

  1. 17' Jesús Orozco (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 20' Goal! Mexico 0, Switzerland 1. Breel Embolo (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ricardo Rodríguez with a through ball following a fast break.
  3. 45' Substitution, Switzerland. Ardon Jashari replaces Granit Xhaka.
  4. 45' Substitution, Switzerland. Ulisses Garcia replaces Ricardo Rodríguez.
  5. 50' César Montes (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 51' Goal! Mexico 1, Switzerland 1. Santiago Giménez (Mexico) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  7. 58' Substitution, Mexico. Alexis Vega replaces Roberto Alvarado.
  8. 59' Substitution, Mexico. Orbelín Pineda replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  9. 59' Substitution, Mexico. Ramón Juárez replaces Jesús Orozco.
  10. 62' Substitution, Switzerland. Cédric Zesiger replaces Manuel Akanji.
  11. 62' Substitution, Switzerland. Zeki Amdouni replaces Breel Embolo.
  12. 63' Ramón Juárez (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 64' Goal! Mexico 1, Switzerland 2. Zeki Amdouni (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  14. 68' César Huerta (Mexico) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 71' Goal! Mexico 1, Switzerland 3. Dan Ndoye (Switzerland) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabian Rieder.
  16. 73' Substitution, Switzerland. Johan Manzambi replaces Dan Ndoye.
  17. 73' Substitution, Mexico. Ángel Sepúlveda replaces Santiago Giménez.
  18. 73' Substitution, Mexico. Efraín Álvarez replaces César Huerta.
  19. 73' Substitution, Mexico. Edson Álvarez replaces Érik Lira.
  20. 75' Goal! Mexico 2, Switzerland 3. Ángel Sepúlveda (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexis Vega.
  21. 83' Substitution, Mexico. Marcel Ruíz replaces César Montes because of an injury.
  22. 85' Cédric Zesiger (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  23. 86' Substitution, Switzerland. Djibril Sow replaces Vincent Sierro.
  24. 86' Substitution, Switzerland. Lucas Blondel replaces Silvan Widmer.
  25. 90' Goal! Mexico 2, Switzerland 4. Fabian Rieder (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Blondel.

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