The final battle of the World Cup qualifiers in North America began, the Mexican men's football team at home against El Salvador, after 90 minutes of competition, Mexico won the opponent by a score of 2-0, the head held high to advance to the World Cup, at the same time, the United States team also successfully qualified, so that the World Cup participating teams increased to 29, there are the last 3 places, and the World Cup round of 32 is about to be released!
In North and Central America, Mexico's FIFA ranking is the highest, at 12th, followed by the United States at 13th fifa and Canada at 33rd. Canada has already qualified early, while the United States and Mexico are both 25 points, 3 points ahead of the 4th-place Costa Rica team. In the last round, as long as the Mexican team and the United States team do not have a fiasco, they will naturally qualify for the World Cup. It is worth mentioning that before, Mexico has qualified for the World Cup finals 16 times, which is very successful, but when it comes to the main competition, their best record is only the top 8.
Facing Salvador, the Mexican men's team aimed to score 3 points, the team lined up a 433 formation, Antona, Jimenez and Vega as tridents, the three midfielders were Gutierrez, Alvarez and Rodriguez, the back line, Montes and Araujo as center-backs, the two full-backs were Gallardo and Sanchez, and Ochoa was the goalkeeper. Salvador is in a 442 formation, with Vasquez and Hernandez playing as strikers.
Just 17 minutes into the game, Mexico broke the deadlock when the home team fired a corner kick, the attacking player's header was blocked, and Antana scored a goal at the back point to make it 1-0, which made their players celebrate wildly. After scoring, Antana ran to the sideline and high-fived the manager.
In the 43rd minute, Mexico took a penalty and Raul Jimenez took the penalty to help the team extend the score to 2-0. In the first half, Mexico had seven shots on goal and 58% possession, while opponent Salvador scored just three shots on goal, including 0 on target.
In the 52nd minute, Mexico fired a tactical corner kick from the left, Vega took the ball and fired a powerful shot, and the Salvadoran goalkeeper got the ball. In the 58th minute, Mexico won a free kick and Vega shot high over the crossbar. In the end, Mexico won.
For veteran Guadaldo, after qualifying from Mexico, he will appear in the World Cup for the fifth time, compared with Messi and C Ronaldo, who will also make the same 5 appearances.