U.S.A versus Mexico – Gold Cup final: Second half review (Part 2)
Trailing Mexico by a single goal with the score line at three goals to two in favour of the away side, U.S.A brought on Agudelo in place of Bedoya in order to gain a physical presence up front. However in the 64th minute,
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Landon-Donovan-c21646. However the former Bayern
Munich winger was unable to score for his national team side as the ball sailed out of play for a goal kick.
In the 73rd minute, Mexico had a brilliant chance to add to their one goal advantage when Guardado found himself in space inside the U.S.A penalty area. Howard spread himself expertly in front of the Mexican winger and
in the end smothered the shot by handling the ball perfectly as it was hit straight at him by the scorer of Mexico’s second goal of the night.
In the 75th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Juan-Agudelo-c19644 but the American midfielder failed to execute the pass and as a result the move broke down for the home team. Shortly after, Mexico made
another substitution as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904 with ease and Giovani netted his first goal of the match by slotting the
ball past the despairing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tim-Howard-c35095.
With the score line at 4-2, U.S.A had a good chance in the 79th minute when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-c25261 Bradley missed an open goal with his long ranged effort. Bob Bradley’s son could’ve done better with the shot that went out of play
for a Mexican goal kick in the end. In the 81st minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Emmanuel-Torres-c12575 went into the referee’s book as he brought Juan Agudelo to the ground with a rash challenge near the half way line.
In the 86th minute, U.S.A made their last change of the night when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sacha-Kljestan-c32070. Clint Dempsey went into the referee’s book shortly after for a rash tackle on Javier Hernandez near the Mexican
penalty area as the striker had dropped deep to help his team mates in defence. In the 91st minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jermaine-Jones-c18363 went into the referee’s book due to a frustrating challenge on Guardado.
Regardless, the second half came to an end with a win for Mexico over U.S.A in the Gold Cup final as the match ended with the score line at 4-2. Mexico’s standout player on the night was Pablo Barrera with two excellent goals for
the West Ham United man. American’s couldn’t hold onto their two goal lead as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mexico-c2956 ran through them in the second half building on their two goals from the first half of the encounter.
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