The Mexico U-23 Nationwide Staff suffered a powerful 4-1 defeat in opposition to Ivory Coastin what was his worst efficiency within the match Maurice Revello. This end result leaves the tricolor crew in a fragile place, placing its qualification to the semifinals in danger.
Ricardo Cadena opted for a lineup with 10 adjustments in comparison with the earlier match in opposition to Saudi Arabia, which resulted in a crew that was uncoordinated and bodily outmatched by the Ivorians. From the start, the match was a bodily duel, with divided performs that favored the Africans.
The primary rating got here within the twenty third minute when Valy Konate went forward of Jesús Gómez on a nook kick, sending the ball to the crossbar and from there to the online with a header. Ivory Coast stored up the stress and got here near scoring a second objective within the thirtieth minute, however goalkeeper Alex Padilla managed to deflect a Christ Wawa shot from a nook kick with an ideal save.
Mexico tried to react and had a transparent alternative on the finish of the primary half, when Jorge Rodríguez crossed from the left and Ettson Ayón completed simply extensive of the objective defended by Yvann Konan.
The second half started with a stroke of unhealthy luck for El Tri. Rodrigo Huescas collided with the put up and needed to go away the sphere, leaving Mexico with 10 gamers. Ivory Coast shortly took benefit of the numerical benefit, and Vignon Ouotro, on their lonesome, obtained an help, settled in and beat Padilla with a exact shot.
Seeking reversing the state of affairs, Mexico made a number of adjustments and generated one of the harmful performs of the match when Ricardo Monreal missed a transparent alternative in entrance of the rival objective.
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