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Mexico met Saudi Arabia in the third group stage of the World Cup in Qatar. Mexico won 2-1 against Saudi Arabia after 90 minutes of fierce fighting. As Mexico did not have a goal difference compared to Poland, the team did not qualify for the round of 16. Looking back at Mexico's performance in three World Cup group games, the main reason why the team was eliminated was that it did not play well against Argentina.
When Mexico played Argentina, the entire team was out of form except goalkeeper Ochoa. The Mexican coach also did not ask his players to fight Argentina to the death, in his opinion, it is enough to play well for the Saudi team. As a result, after Mexico was beaten 2-0 by Argentina, the team's qualification situation became precarious. Mexico must beat Saudi Arabia by a wide margin to secure progress to the round of 16.
If Jimenez, Mexico's former main centre-forward, is in the best form, perhaps it will be easy to complete this task. Mexico will then play long passes and crosses on the wing, and let Jimenez bombard with a header. Unfortunately, Jimenez experienced a serious injury and his condition declined very badly. In this match between Mexico and Saudi Arabia, he only came off the bench.
After coming off the bench, Jimenez did nothing up front in Mexico and failed to turn the tide. So in this case, Mexico was plagued by the inability to beat Poland to advance to the round of 16. After Mexico finishes its World Cup journey in Qatar, the future needs a big change. First of all, in the goalkeeper position, Mexico needs to find Ochoa's successor in advance.
Ochoa, despite his excellent performance at this World Cup, also saved Lewandowski's penalty. However, he is already an old veteran and will definitely not be able to play in the next World Cup. It is only a matter of time, then, before Mexico completes the transition to the goalkeeper position. Finally, the Mexican midfield needs to develop a group of characteristic players to help Mexican football out of the pain period.