Mexico versus Cuba – Gold Cup: Second half review (Part 1)
Mexico carried their one goal lead into the second half of their Gold Cup tie against Cuba courtesy of a Javier Hernandez header which came in the latter stages of the first half. Both teams resumed the second half with same set
of players which ended the first half as no substitutions were made at the half time break. It was Cuba who kicked off the second half with a bang as they went on the offensive right away. However the visiting team found it difficult to break the resolute
Mexican defence which was miserly in their efforts at the back.
Linares was at fault in the 49th minute as the Cuban striker missed a glorious chance to bring his team back on level terms with the Mexican national team. The young target-man did well to beat two defenders on route
to goal but then failed to produce the required finish as the score line remained at one nil to Mexico.
In the 54th minute, Javier Hernandez almost grabbed his second goal of the encounter but his header was acrobatically blocked by Molina in Cuba’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904. The veteran defender anticipated the direction of the headed
shot and put his body in the way to spare his team’s blushes. In the 55th minute, Guardado tried his luck from outside the Cuban penalty area but the Mexican midfielder was unable to find the back of the net with his shot as it sailed wide of the
intended target.
In the 59th minute, Hernandez was in the thick of the action once again as this time he latched onto Giovanni Dos Santos’ cross. However the Mexican starlet was unable to get the right contact on the ball as Cuba breathed
a sigh of relief. Nonetheless, it wasn’t long before http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pablo-Barrera-c28949.
The West Ham winger made no mistake with his pin point pass to the Tottenham midfielder as the score line reached 2-0 at the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 stadium. Shortly after in the 65th minute, Mexico got their third goal as Cuban
defence dissolved into nothingness. The third goal was a result of some superb build-up play by Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez. The Manchester United poacher slipped a wonderful ball through ball for Jesús http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aldo-de-Nigris-c4369 who made no mistake with his finish.
In the 66th minute, Elías Hernán Hernández was thrown into the field of play by Mexico as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-c23383 De La Torre. With the game firmly in their grasp, Mexico switched to a counter
attacking mode as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cuba-c2880 had no option but to come out and attack their rivals in order to salvage some price.
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