France 0-2 Mexico: Blanco, Hernandez scored
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Two striker replacement, Javier Hernandez and Cuauhtemoc Blanco, the Mexican star in these crucial matches. They each contributed goals in minutes 62 and 77, which makes Mexico will almost certainly advance to the round of 16 large.
As for France, this defeat made their position on the tip of the horn. "Les Blues" is currently inhabit the three ratings points standings with one, under the Uruguay and Mexico, which were both collected four points.
Thus, the last match will be very important for all teams in this group, competing for two tickets to the knock-out phase. Mexico and Uruguay, which will be another "kill" on June 22 next, has a better chance, because they only need a draw play to get rid of "Les Bleus" and host South Africa.
But for France, the final match against hosts South Africa - which also has a single point - on the same day, a life-death struggle. A draw, let alone defeat, made William Gallas and his friends must immediately lift the suitcase to come home to his country.
Mexico opened the game with an aggressive game. As a result, only two minutes they were endangering the French goalkeeper. However, Giovani Dos Santos trapped offiside breakthrough while receiving feedback.
Do not want to continue to be targets of attacks, the French rose. Driven by Franck Ribery and Florent Malouda, the team "Rooster" is also under pressure, although they are very difficult pass defense is very disciplined Mexicans who appeared at the beginning of the game.
The duel took place in a fast tempo tends. Claim victory hopes to uncover a large 16 qualify, making the second team, which at first only reap the fight a draw, both of us took the initiative to attack, every time the ball.
Minutes to-27, Mexico returned to threaten the French goal. This time defender Carlos Salcido managed to penetrate into the penalty box, after the trick Bacary Sagna and William Gallas. France were lucky, Salcido straight from kick on the left side can be pushed over goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, so the score remained unchanged, still 0-0.
At age a half-hour match, Mexico snaps again. One minute set foot on the field, after replacing Carlos Vela, midfielder Pablo Barrera got the chance to break down the wicket "Les Bleus". But the header with just welcomed a cross from the left wing is not too perfect. Although his head faster than the lunge Lloris, but the ball header with just strayed far to the right side of the net. Until the first half was over, not one goal was created.
Entering a second round, the rhythm game has not changed. Both teams still showed their aggressiveness. And, the French have the opportunity on 53 minutes through Florent Malouda, who fired a shot from the front of the penalty box. But goalkeeper Oscar Perez is very quick so it can anticipate with a circular brushed aside out of the skin.
62 minutes, Mexico made the stadium rumbled by the shrieks and the yells suporternya. Hernandez, who entered replaces Efrain Juarez at minute 55, managed to break the deadlock. Escaped the offside trap, the striker's back-numbered 14 this calmly controlled the ball bait breakthrough, then through Lloris before the ball into the goal menceploskan terkawal not anymore. 1-0 to Mexico.
Only 15 minutes later, disaster re-overwrite "Rooster." Eric Abidal to Pablo Barrera offense which penetrate into the penalty box, so that the referee was about providing the penalty shootout.
Striker Cuauhtemoc Blanco veteran who became executor of their duties perfectly. Square off from afar, Blanco put the ball into the bottom right corner. Lloris actually able to read the direction of the ball, but he could not stem the fall swiftly round leather. 2-0 to Mexico.
These advantages make Mexico became less eager to attack. They survive more to secure the victory. Sure enough, until the match ended, the score remained 2-0.
- Composition of players
France: 1-Hugo Lloris; 3-Eric Abidal, 5-William Gallas, 13-Patrice Evra, two-Bacary Sagna, Abou Diaby, 19, 14-Jeremy Toulalan, Franck Ribery, 7; 21-Nicolas Anelka (11-Andre -Pierre Gignac 46 '), 15-Florent Malouda, 10-Sydney Govou.
Mexico: 1-Oscar Perez; 2-Francisco Rodriguez, 5-Ricardo Osorio, Carlos Salcido-3, 15-Hector Moreno; 4-Rafael Marquez, Gerardo Torrado, 6, 16, Efrain Juarez (14-Javier Hernandez 55 '); 11-Carlos Vela (7-Pablo Barrera 31 '), 9-Guillermo Franco (10-Cuauhtemoc Blanco 62'), 17-Giovani Dos Santos.
