With much sorrow, the Mexican national soccer team evaded a real disaster and took a giant step towards qualifying for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar by defeating Panama with a lonely goal from a penalty kick by Raúl Alonso Jiménez 10 minutes from the end of the match on Wednesday night at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.
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In the first half, El Tri had control of the ball but lacked clear scoring opportunities, the strongest of which came from Jiménez, who beat two rival protectors, but at the moment of the shot, he was powerless to hit the ball and tripped.
Mexico developed in the second half and it appeared that they would open the scoring in the 47th minute, when Hirving Lozano broke down the right side and sent a low cross that the Wolverhampton Premier League striker put into Luis Mejía's goal, however, after the VAR review, it was seen that the ball had gone over the backline to cancel the goal.
In the 56th minute, Panama's Jose Luis Rodríguez had the strongest chance for the Central Americans with an influential shot that was well bounced by goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.
The nastiest news for the team coached by Gerardo "Tata" Martino came in the 62nd minute when Chucky was exiled by Michael Murillo and fell violently to the turf, injuring his right wrist and had to be elated to a hospital in the Mexican capital. To know more about FIFA World cup tickets click here
The charming goal came in the 80th minute after a foul in the area by Abdiel Ayarza on Diego Lainez, which caused argument as there was a contact that was authorized by the referee, making a penalty kick that Jiménez took extremely to brilliant the success for the locals.
With this result, Mexico touched 21 points, with the same points as the United States but with an inferior goal difference to inhabit the third place in the final group of 8 CONCACAF countries, which gives exactly three direct tickets to the FIFA World Cup and the option of an international playoff against the winner of the Oceania qualifier.
With three games and nine points left to play, Mexico is four points gaining of Panama (17 points) and five ahead of Costa Rica (16 points) in the positions.
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