Highlights: Mexico 0-0 Ecuador in Friendly Match 2022

It's over, Mexico and Ecuador do not harm each other in this friendly match.

Estupiñán's cross is blocked by the Mexican defense.

Cambio de México. Luis Romo replaces Andres Guardado

Caicedo's shot was saved by Araujo.

Action resumes for the final minutes of play.

Everything stops! The whistler stops the actions as the homophobic shout is heard and the first phase is activated.

Close! Gallardo's bomb to the goal, but the ball goes just past the post.

Change of Ecuador. Ibarra comes off and Sarmiento takes his place.

Hincapie had a dangerous run, but the referee cut off the play for offside.

Close! Good ball to Jiménez, but the striker crosses his shot too far and it goes wide of the goal. 

Tempers flare on the pitch after a strong tackle on Guardado.

Good intervention by Araujo, preventing Ecuador from passing.

The match restarts and the ball rolls for the second half.

The first half is over, the score remains scoreless at halftime.

Goalkeeper! Ibarra makes a powerful cross and Ochoa ends up saving the Ecuadorians' first goal.

Antuna's cross, but Arboleda heads the ball away.

Mexico substitution due to injury. Corona comes off and Antuna takes his place.

The match is back and forth, with both teams vying for possession of the ball.

A great intervention by Domínguez prevents Corona from scoring the first goal.

Guardado's powerful shot, but the goalkeeper keeps the ball.

Ochoa's cross is pushed away by Ochoa to keep out the danger.

The game kicks off at Soldier Field.

A. Domínguez; X. Arreaga, R. Arboleda, P. Hincapié, P. Estupiñán, J. Cifuentes, C. Gruezo, M. Caicedo, G. Plata, R. Ibarra, M. Estrada

Ochoa, Araujo, Moreno, Gallardo, Sánchez, Beltrán, Herrera, Guardado, 'Tecatito', Vega, Jiménez

Both teams are already on the field warming up prior to the start of the match.

The Mexican National Team is already at Soldier Field, the tricolor, with Martino at the helm, will be looking to beat Ecuador in this friendly match.

Ecuador is already at the Chicago venue, the tricolor will be looking to beat Mexico and add positively to their preparation for Qatar.

Mexico's fans are already arriving at the Chicago, Illinois venue, looking to make their presence felt and support the tricolor in the match in their quest for victory.

Julio Domínguez will not be present in this match, the sky-blue player contracted COVID and could not train with his team, so he is momentarily isolated.

The last time Mexico visited Soldier Field, the Tricolor defeated the United States in the 2019 Gold Cup final.

The last time Mexico and Ecuador met, two talented players who are currently playing for Cruz Azul, Erik Lira and Santiago Giménez, made their debuts.

Ecuador is still waiting for the resolution of its problem. The team is under investigation for improper alignment because Byron Castillo has a different nationality and played with the team, which could affect their qualification.

We're back to bring you up-to-the-minute coverage of the friendly match between Mexico and Ecuador. We will soon share with you the most relevant information about both teams, as well as the starting lineups.

In a few moments we will share with you the starting lineups for Mexico vs Ecuador live, as well as the latest information from Soldier Field Stadium. Stay tuned to VAVEL's minute-by-minute live online coverage of the match.

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This is the kick-off time for the Mexico vs Ecuador match on June 5, 2022 in several countries:

Mexico: 18:30 CDMX time

Ecuador: 18:30 hours

Honduras: 17:30 hours 

Costa Rica: 17:30 hours 

Guatemala: 17:30 hours

United States: 16:30 PT / 19:30 ET 

Argentina: 8:30 p.m.

Gerardo Martino spoke ahead of this match: "We are clear about where we are going and what we are looking for; the real competition is the World Cup. These matches are to test and see what we are going to face in the World Cup. We have to work and with a strong mentality, things will come."

"When you face a team of the level like Uruguay, your level must grow; I think Mexico has a team to compete and be able to fight them in a match like in the World Cup."

"It is clear that the result at this moment modifies what we see from the outside, inside we are clear about where we are going and what we are looking for and what is the real competition which is the World Cup and in the middle what is there is the performance because what is outside is whether to quit or not and it is a media game that we should not handle or discuss, what matters is what we are clear about and correct."

"There is a media game that we cannot handle or even discuss. In the worst moment of elimination is what we have clear from inside or what we must correct, but tomorrow we want to have good production and win the game and then the comments out there change."

"I said it a year ago, if I expected that the criticisms that started more or less last year I could modify them and I said no, because it is installed in this way and changing coach is the easiest thing and the analysis is the most difficult and we resort to the easiest thing which is to modify coach, bring another one. We must avoid this, especially because we have a World Cup.

"The defeats... we assume them together, both players and ourselves make an important self-criticism and we do not avoid it, so it is clear that we do it in the intimacy of the concentration so it is not something that worries me".

Héctor Herrera spoke prior to this match: "Uruguay knew what they were playing for, they were pressing, they saw how to direct us, they made fouls that cut the rhythm of the match in attacks. In that aspect we are very noble, I'm not referring to kicking, but to tactical kicking and cutting the rhythm".

"It's true that the level increases when you face teams like these and when you compete with higher level teams, your level should increase. Mexico has the selection to compete against them, to fight them in an important game like the World Cup. We need to be more, I don't know if we are intelligent or mature. The other day against Uruguay we started well and they have a lot of experience, they know what they are playing for and by having you under pressure, the confidence and the circumstances make it seem that they are better than us. It was a good match to realize what you will face in the World Cup.

"There are several points we can improve and others we can do the same. The main one we need to improve on is the one they talk about so much, the accuracy. The last games and the last one we had few chances and I think we have players and a great team to have more chances and try to give more opportunities to strikers and that does not worry me at all. We have unbalanced players and they generate them themselves and then as a team. We must work hard on that, aware of what we live and where we want to go".

A. Domínguez; A. Preciado, F. Torres, P. Hincapié, P. Estupiñán; J. Cifuentes, J. Méndez, M. Caicedo; A. Mena, L. Campana, E. Valencia.

Alfredo Talavera; Néstor Araujo, César Montes, Jesús Angulo; Jorge Sánchez, Erick Gutiérrez, Édson Álvarez, Gerardo Arteaga; Jesús Corona, Raúl Jiménez, Alexis Vega.

Ecuador arrives to this match after defeating Nigeria by the minimum score, besides being in the same way in preparation for the World Cup, so they will try to play with their best players.

Mexico suffered a painful defeat this Thursday against Uruguay, where the team coached by Martino never showed up on the field and fell by three goals to zero.

The Mexico vs Ecuador match will be played at Soldier Field Stadium located in Illinois, United States. The stadium has a capacity for 61,500 people. 

My name is Lore Solórzano and I’ll be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, score updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.