Goals and Highlights: Mexico 3-0 Argentina in Friendly Match U23 2024

THE MATCH IS OVER! MEXICO BEATS ARGENTINA BY A LANDSLIDE AT THE CUAUTHÉMOC! FINAL SCORE: MEXICO 3-0 ARGENTINA.

GOOOOOOOOOL FOR MEXICO! DOUBLE BY RAMIRO! CAÑOZANO AT THE BACK POST AND THIS IS ALREADY A GOAL! 

Five minutes are added to the match, Mexico is just minutes away from an important victory. 

Bautista tried to look for Ayón, but failed to interpret his movement correctly, resulting in a missed opportunity for a counterattack.

Bautista and Ayon establish a good partnership with Huescas and Arciga in the field. Mexico keeps control of the scoreboard with solidity and class.

Ayón falls to the ground after a split action and is left lying on the court receiving medical attention. 

Román Vega and Ramiro Árciga get into a heated argument that escalates to pushing and shoving, but fortunately the situation does not escalate and the conflict does not escalate.

Mexico makes two changes: Rodrigo Huescas and Sebastián Fierro enter the field, replacing Pablo Monroy and Víctor López, respectively.

Mateo Chávez is substituted as a precaution due to injury. Alan Bautista takes his place, as they do not want to risk the health of the Chivas player after the blow he received to his knee.

The South Americans put together an excellent play, combining several quick passes. Thiago Almada, world champion in Qatar 2022, took the ball and launched a powerful shot, but unfortunately failed to beat Fernando Tapia's goal.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL FOR MEXICO! AZTECA GOOOOL! Ramiro Árciga sent a bomb into the net and nails the second for the home side. 

Monroy close! The defensive midfielder hits it from long distance and the ball goes just wide.

ARGENTINA CLOSE! Martinez escapes alone in front of the goalkeeper but the Mexican defense multiplies and clears the ball.

FERNANDO TAPIA! Once again the Mexican goalkeeper dives for the photo and avoids the fall of his frame. 

Great defense! Ramón Juárez del Castillo makes a great defensive sweep and prevents the ball from reaching the Mexican goal.

ARGENTINA CLOSE TO AN EQUALIZER! Castro's shot from the right flank goes just past the post.

Muñoz again appeared with a shot that went over the crossbar, the Mexican was close to a brace. 

THE ACTION BEGINS! Mexico and Argentina are battling it out on the Cuauhtémoc pitch in this second half.

End of the first half at the Cuauhtémoc, Mexico wins by the minimum with a goal by Santiago Muñoz. 

Monroy is lying on the grass and is receiving medical attention.

Free kick for Argentina! A dangerous play is coming for the Albiceleste.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL FOR MEXICO! GOOOOOL BY SANTIAGO MUÑOZ AND HITS THE LEFT POST! YA LO GAA MEXICO!

PENALTY, PENALTY, PENALTY FOR MEXICO! Santiago Muñoz is brought down by Castro and the referee awards the penalty kick for Mexico.

Foul! Santiago Muñoz is brought down and wins a free kick for Mexico.

¡CERCA MÉXICO! Remate de Chilena por parte de Ramón Juárez y el balón termina en tiro de esquina gracias a una gran reacción del arquero.

TAPIA AGAIN! Great save by the Roosters' goalkeeper, who sends the ball into the net after a double save.

WHAT DID YOU DO MONROY? Great cross from Muñoz to the Pumas midfielder and he almost scored the Mexicans' first goal.

MEXICO GOES CLOSE! Santiago Muñoz's header in the box but the goalkeeper gets the ball. The Aztecs have already scored!

Santiago Castro is fouled by Monroy and Argentina has a free kick in the third quarter of the field.

We have reached the first 20 minutes of the match, Mexico comes out with the ball under control but it is hard for them to reach the opponent's area. 

Foul! Santiago Múñoz is brought down in the midfield and earns a free kick for Mexico.

Great Fernando Tapia, once again saves the ball and prevents Castro from scoring the first goal for Argentina.

There's a long-range shot that is saved by Fernando Tapia without any problem.

MEXICO GOES GOAL! Diego Medina makes a cross to Bryan Gonzalez and his shot crashes into the goalkeeper's face. 

PENALTY CALLED! Bryan Gonzalez falls in the penalty area but the referee says there was no contact, play!

Mexico begins to pass the ball and the fans in Puebla start shouting "olé" as the national team passes the ball from wing to wing.

KICK! Luis Fernando Tapia dives to the left side and saves the Mexican goal, corner kick for Argentina.

A SHOT THAT PASSES CLOSE TO THE GOAL! Roman Vega hits it with everything but the ball goes to the stands, the albiceleste has already approached.

Diego Medina made a great defensive save to stop a great cross from the Albiceleste that was heading dangerously towards the Mexican goal.

THE MATCH STARTED IN PUEBLA! Mexico U23 Mexico faces Argentina U23 in the closing match of the Albiceleste's tour of Mexico.

In a couple of moments we will start broadcasting the duel between Mexico and Argentina, match corresponding to the U-23 international friendly game. 

This is the starting eleven that Mexico's national team sends to the Cuauhtémoc Stadium to face Argentina in the last friendly game of preparation for Paris 2024.

#Sub23 - Amistoso internacional

🔥 Formación elegida por Javier Mascherano para cerrar la gira.

⚽ #Argentina 🇦🇷 🆚 México 🇲🇽
🏟 Estadio Cuauhtémoc
📍 Puebla
🕰 Desde las 23, por @DSports pic.twitter.com/s8fg9t9g68

— 🇦🇷 Selección Argentina ⭐⭐⭐ (@Argentina) March 26, 2024

The Tri U-23 team is already warming up on the Cuauhtémoc Stadium field prior to the start of the match. 

Así salió @miseleccionmx 🇲🇽 #sub23 al calentamiento previo. @Argentina también lo hizo después, iniciando sus ejercicios de preparación. @VAVEL #SeleccionMexicana 🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/1dGd5yJVCf

— Mauricio GZ (@Mauesgenialx) March 26, 2024

Goalkeepers: Fernando Tapia (Querétaro), Alex Padilla (Athletic de Bilbao)
Defenders: Omar Campos (LAFC), Mateo Chávez (Chivas), Ramón Juárez (América), Jesús Alcántar (Necaxa), Emilio Lara (América), Jorge Berlanga (Pachuca), Rodrigo Huescas (Cruz Azul), Pablo Monroy (Pumas)
Midfield: Andres Montaño (Mazatlan FC), Rodrigo Lopez (Pumas), Diego Gomez (Necaxa), Sebastian Fierro (Tigres), Alan Bautista (Pachuca), Bryan Gonzalez (Pachuca), Diego Medina (Santos)
Forward: Ramiro Árciga (Mazatlán FC), Marcelo Flores (Tigres), Efraín Álvarez (Tijuana), Jordan Carrillo (Santos), Ozziel Herrera (Tigres), Ettson Ayón (Querétaro), Santiago Muñoz (Santos)

For this match, ticket prices were relatively inexpensive and there were many areas of the Cuauhtémoc Stadium available for the fans to attend this Monday night game. 
- East Ramp: $80.00 pesos
- Platea Plus: $100.00 pesos
- South and North Header: $120.00 pesos
- East Stalls: $150.00 pesos
- Platea Poniente: $150.00 pesos

In the case of Santiago Giménez, who plays for Feyenoord, Julián Araujo of CD Las Palmas and Jesús Orozco Chiquete of Chivas, the last two had participation in the 3-0 victory over Panama in the Concacaf Nations League, they could have been called for these duels, however, due to the call of the top management they were not present. 

In the next meeting, the players to watch will be Rodrigo Huescas for Mexico and Valentín Barco for Argentina. Huescas, recognized for his outstanding performance with Cruz Azul in Liga MX, is emerging as a promising player for the Mexican senior national team, while Barco, a talented left back, represents a hope for the Albiceleste and is projected as a future player in Europe. These two players are the ones to watch out for tomorrow's match.

On Friday, Andres Lillini, who is Mexico's Director of Youth National Teams, made a statement after El Tri's U-23 team lost to Argentina in a friendly match in Mazatlan. During the conference, Lillini addressed a question related to Emilio Lara, a player who made certain mistakes in the 2-4 loss to the Albicelestes.
"I think Emilio has very good conditions. I think that sometimes we, the clubs, the national team, are responsible for accompanying a player's process... because I say, they are not footballers, they are human beings. Many lose their heads, there are some who drop out of college, others who make other decisions in their lives."

Likewise, Andres Lillini said that despite this bad result, they must work on correcting as a whole and that no one should be left alone in this beginning of the process. 
"We do not have to abandon anyone in the process, we have to correct them. We do not discover players, we accompany the formative processes and make the player better. Between all of us, we have to improve the player's shortcomings, whether they are soccer or non-football.

Mexico failed to adapt to the atmosphere of 'El Encanto', where a solid South American team shone. Unfortunately, they let the victory slip away, and the Argentinean National Team scored a resounding victory over Mexico U-23. This friendly match ahead of Paris 2024 highlighted the Mexican team's lack of effectiveness on the field. The Mexican U-23 National Team suffered the consequences of its own mistakes in Mazatlan and ended up being defeated in a resounding manner (2-4) by Argentina.

The wait for the friendly matches is over, all the action, the best goals, the best plays, the hottest controversies and the best players are back on the lawns around the globe with the best games in the world.

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This is the start time of the game Mexico vs Argentina of 25th March in several countries

The player to watch for this match will be Pablo Solari, the Argentinean who plays in the midfield or in the forward zone has become a fundamental piece of the team coached by Javier Mascherano, Solari has great skills to carry the ball close to the foot and at the same time dribble the defenders like cones to generate spaces and look for the goal in favor of Argentina.

The player to watch for this match will be Ramón Juárez del Castillo, the central defender who plays for the América Eagles is one of the most experienced elements on the field, as the fact of playing for the current champion of Mexican soccer, where he has seen activity and has performed well, has earned him the trust of his teammates. Ramón also has a great capacity to be a leader in the defensive zone.

Fabricio Iacovich,  Joaquin Garcia, Ian Glavinovich, Marco Pellegrino, Aaron Quiros , Matias Soulé, Alan Varela  , Cristian Medina, Thiago Almada, Pablo Solari, Lucas Beltran 

Alex Padilla Perez, Rodrigo Jhossel Huescas Hurtado, Emilio Lara Contreras, Ramón Juárez del Castillo, Omar Antonio Campos Chagoya, Sebastián Emiliano Fierro González, Jonathan Ozziel Herrera Morales, Andrés Anarbol Montaño Mora , Marcelo Flores Dorell, Ettson Ayón Calderón , Jordan Carrillo Rodríguez 

Mexico and Argentina U23 have met on a total of 5 occasions (2 Mexican victories and 3 Argentine victories) where the scales have tipped in favor of the Albicelestes. Their last duel dates back to the last international friendly at the "El Encanto" Stadium where Argentina defeated Mexico 4-2. The last Mexican victory against the South Americans dates back to the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru 2019 where the Aztec squad defeated the Argentines 1-0 in the group stage. In goal history, Mexico has scored 7 goals against Argentina, while Argentina has scored 14 goals against Mexico.

Cuauhtémoc Stadium is a sports venue located in the city of Puebla, Mexico. It is the current home of Puebla FC, a team that plays its home games in Liga MX, the first division of Mexican soccer. It was one of the World Cup stadiums in the 1970 and 1986 World Cups, has a capacity for 50,000 spectators in its seats and was reopened in 2015. 

The Argentinean team wants to repeat the dose of medicine they used to beat the Mexican team to add another victory, this time in the city of the Angelópolis. Last game, Argentina was able to recover after letting a two-goal lead slip away in the last minutes of the first half, however, the Albiceleste were able to recover and take the first victory of these two preparation games for the current CONMEBOL representative in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. However, the statistics on Mexican soil favor the home team, since out of 3 games played in Mexico, 2 victories have been in favor of El Tri and one in favor of the South Americans (the most recent being on March 22), so if they win this game in Puebla, the balance of power will be in their favor.

Ricardo Cadena's Mexican U-23 national team could not pass the first test in Mazatlan, the Mexican team started very well the last match against the "albiceleste", having control of ball possession and not giving opportunities for the Argentines to offend the Mexican goal, however, a series of mistakes and good South American successes ended up putting Javier Mascherano's team 0-2 up on the scoreboard. After that, Mexico did not give up and with goals from Etson Ayon and Jordan Carrillo tied the game to go to the locker room with an exciting 2-2, however, the second half would bring the same story of the first with a different outcome, because again the mistakes took their toll on Mexico with 2 goals from the visitors, however, this time the Mexican team had no reaction, losing at home and with their people. 

After having met at the "El Encanto" Stadium, Mexico and Argentina U-23s will meet again in a friendly match at the Cuauhtémoc Stadium for the Albiceleste team led by Javier Mascherano to close ranks in their preparation for Paris 2024. This will also be an opportunity for the Mexican squad to avenge the previous game where they lost by a score of 2-4, leaving a bad feeling in the project led by Ricardo Cadena, as it should be remembered that the Mexican national team will not be present at the Olympic Games, so the U-23 team will not see any activity until the call for players is reopened to face the qualification for the next Olympic Games. 

The Mexico vs Argentina match will be played at Estadio Cuauhtemoc, in Puebla, Mexico. The kick-off is scheduled at 9:00 pm ET.

My name is Luis Miguel and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.