Mexico vs Paraguay, 2022 International Friendly

· International Friendly

Mexico

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Paraguay

50': Derlis González

Mexico lose pre-World Cup friendly 1-0 to Paraguay

Paraguay midfielder Richard Ortiz [1296x729]

Derlis Gonzalez's second-half goal gave Paraguay a 1-0 win over Mexico in a friendly on Wednesday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Attempt missed. Luis Chávez (Mexico) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Uriel Antuna with a cross.
3': Carlos González (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
3': Foul by Jesús Angulo (Mexico).
3': Foul by Richard Ortiz (Paraguay).
3': Roberto Alvarado (Mexico) wins a free kick on the left wing.
4': Attempt missed. Luis Chávez (Mexico) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jesús Gallardo.
7': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Bruno Valdez.
7': Derlis González (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Foul by Carlos Rodríguez (Mexico).
9': Carlos Rodríguez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Foul by Derlis González (Paraguay).
11': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Bruno Valdez.
11': Attempt saved. César Montes (Mexico) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Chávez with a cross.
11': Attempt saved. Kevin Álvarez (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesús Gallardo with a headed pass.
12': Foul by Carlos González (Paraguay).
12': Luis Romo (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Carlos González (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
12': Foul by Luis Romo (Mexico).
13': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Carlos Acevedo.
14': Offside, Mexico. Uriel Antuna tries a through ball, but Carlos Rodríguez is caught offside.
17': Attempt missed. Uriel Antuna (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Roberto Alvarado.
19': Attempt missed. Luis Chávez (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Roberto Alvarado.
21': Foul by Derlis González (Paraguay).
21': Luis Chávez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Richard Ortiz (Paraguay).
23': Luis Chávez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Attempt missed. Alexis Vega (Mexico) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin Álvarez with a cross.
28': Attempt saved. Jesús Gallardo (Mexico) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carlos Rodríguez.
28': Foul by Luis Romo (Mexico).
28': Lorenzo Melgarejo (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Attempt saved. Uriel Antuna (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Vega.
30': Foul by Saúl Salcedo (Paraguay).
30': Uriel Antuna (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Attempt missed. Luis Chávez (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Roberto Alvarado.
35': Foul by Luis Romo (Mexico).
35': Lorenzo Melgarejo (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
36': Attempt saved. Roberto Alvarado (Mexico) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Vega.
36': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Antony Silva.
37': Hand ball by Kevin Álvarez (Mexico).
37': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Jesús Angulo.
38': Offside, Paraguay. Bruno Valdez tries a through ball, but Mateo Gamarra is caught offside.
41': Foul by Richard Ortiz (Paraguay).
41': Luis Chávez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
41': Attempt blocked. Roberto Alvarado (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
43': Offside, Mexico. Alexis Vega tries a through ball, but Uriel Antuna is caught offside.
44': César Montes (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Foul by Carlos González (Paraguay).
45': First Half ends, Mexico 0, Paraguay 0.
45': Second Half begins Mexico 0, Paraguay 0.
48': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Kevin Álvarez.
50': Foul by Kevin Álvarez (Mexico).
50': Lorenzo Melgarejo (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Carlos González (Paraguay) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
50': Goal! Mexico 0, Paraguay 1. Derlis González (Paraguay) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
52': Alexis Vega (Mexico) wins a free kick on the left wing.
52': Foul by Andrés Cubas (Paraguay).
53': Attempt blocked. Uriel Antuna (Mexico) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
54': Foul by Andrés Cubas (Paraguay).
54': Luis Chávez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
56': Jesús Gallardo (Mexico) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Uriel Antuna.
56': Attempt blocked. Carlos Rodríguez (Mexico) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
56': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Andrés Cubas.
57': Offside, Mexico. César Montes tries a through ball, but Uriel Antuna is caught offside.
58': Attempt missed. Alexis Vega (Mexico) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Uriel Antuna with a cross.
60': Carlos Rodríguez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
60': Foul by Saúl Salcedo (Paraguay).
61': Substitution, Paraguay. Matías Galarza replaces Carlos González.
61': Derlis González (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
61': Foul by César Montes (Mexico).
62': Foul by Matías Galarza (Paraguay).
62': Luis Romo (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Foul by Lorenzo Melgarejo (Paraguay).
63': Jesús Angulo (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Substitution, Mexico. Emilio Lara replaces Kevin Álvarez.
65': Substitution, Mexico. Luis Reyes replaces Jesús Gallardo.
66': Foul by Andrés Cubas (Paraguay).
66': Roberto Alvarado (Mexico) wins a free kick on the right wing.
67': Attempt saved. Luis Chávez (Mexico) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal.
67': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Antony Silva.
68': Attempt missed. Luis Romo (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Carlos Rodríguez.
71': Substitution, Mexico. Eduardo Aguirre replaces Roberto Alvarado.
71': Substitution, Paraguay. Diego Gómez replaces Richard Sánchez.
71': Offside, Paraguay. Lorenzo Melgarejo tries a through ball, but Derlis González is caught offside.
72': Carlos Rodríguez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
72': Foul by Matías Galarza (Paraguay).
72': Hand ball by César Montes (Mexico).
74': César Montes (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Foul by Derlis González (Paraguay).
75': Eduardo Aguirre (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Foul by Bruno Valdez (Paraguay).
76': Diego Gómez (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Foul by Luis Chávez (Mexico).
78': Substitution, Mexico. Fernando Beltrán replaces Carlos Rodríguez.
78': Substitution, Mexico. Érick Sánchez replaces Luis Chávez.
78': Alexis Vega (Mexico) wins a free kick on the left wing.
78': Foul by Diego Gómez (Paraguay).
79': Eduardo Aguirre (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
79': Foul by Saúl Salcedo (Paraguay).
80': Attempt blocked. Luis Reyes (Mexico) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Luis Romo.
80': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Antony Silva.
81': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Bruno Valdez.
81': Attempt missed. Eduardo Aguirre (Mexico) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alexis Vega with a cross following a corner.
82': Foul by Lorenzo Melgarejo (Paraguay).
82': Luis Romo (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Luis Romo (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
84': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Mateo Gamarra.
85': Attempt missed. Eduardo Aguirre (Mexico) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alexis Vega with a cross following a corner.
86': Substitution, Paraguay. Ángel Cardozo Lucena replaces Derlis González.
86': Attempt saved. Érick Sánchez (Mexico) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Vega.
86': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Antony Silva.
87': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Lorenzo Melgarejo.
89': Foul by Mateo Gamarra (Paraguay).
89': Érick Sánchez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1': Foul by Mateo Gamarra (Paraguay).
90'+1': Érick Sánchez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1': Mateo Gamarra (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Eduardo Aguirre (Mexico) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alexis Vega with a cross following a set piece situation.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Mexico 0, Paraguay 1.
0': Match ends, Mexico 0, Paraguay 1.

Statistics

PAR		MEX
22	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
3	Corner Kicks	10
7	Saves	0
27.8	Possession	72.2
2	SHOTS	23
1	ON GOAL	7
0.5	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
152	Accurate Passes	509
236	Passes	598
0.6	Pass Completion %	0.9
0	Accurate Crosses	8
6	Crosses	24
0.0	Cross %	0.3
66	Long Balls	53
28	Accurate Long Balls	25
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
0	Blocked Shots	4
7	Effective Tackles	9
11	Tackles	14
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
12	Interceptions	4
24	Effective Clearances	14
24	Clearances	14

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Attendance: 51,387

Line-Ups

Mexico (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Carlos Acevedo (GK)
4	Jesús Angulo
3	César Montes
23	Jesús Gallardo
2	Kevin Álvarez
7	Luis Romo
14	Luis Chávez
8	Carlos Rodríguez
25	Roberto Alvarado
10	Alexis Vega
11	Uriel Antuna

Mexico Substitutes:

Fernando Beltrán, Rodolfo Pizarro, Ángel Malagón, Érick Sánchez, Luis Reyes, Emilio Lara, Eduardo Aguirre, Ángel Zaldívar.

Paraguay (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Antony Silva (GK)
15	Saúl Salcedo
5	Bruno Valdez
13	Mateo Gamarra
2	Iván Piris
10	Derlis González
8	Richard Ortíz
14	Andrés Cubas
9	Carlos González
19	Lorenzo Melgarejo
20	Richard Sánchez

Paraguay Substitutes:

Alfredo Aguilar, Iván Torres, Diego Gómez, Matías Segovia, Marcos Gómez, Matías Galarza, Santiago Rojas, Ángel Cardozo, Luis Zárate.

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