Mexico maintains their Perfect Pace in Group Stage

The Mexican national team defeated El Salvador 2-0 Tuesday at the TSM Corona stadium, Torreon to finish the group stage of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying. The victory gave Mexico the perfect pass with 18 points. However, the loss ended El Salvador’s World Cup dreams.

Club Santos Laguna player Oribe Peralta and Manchester United star Javier “chicharito” Hernandez put El Tri on the board.

The first half was a high energy game between the two squads. Mexico began attacking with their first opportunity to get on the board coming in the second minute of play. Similar to what happened in Houston, the ball did not want to enter the net.

A few minutes later, Dennis Alas of El Salvador had the closest shot with no success for the visitors. In the 20th minute the Central American team earned three corner kicks in a row but could not get past the Mexican defense.

While El Tri was very active on the attack, the game remained scoreless after 45 minutes of play.

The second half began with the same intensity. El Salvador was aware that they needed the victory to advance into the next round. Yet Mexico wanted to maintain their perfect pace.

In the 85th minute Chicharito appeared for Mexico. The talented striker received a pass from Elias Hernandez. On first touch CH14 pushed the ball into the net for the final 2-0.

Mexico qualified to the final hexagonal with a perfect pass, six victories in six attempts. Joining them is Costa Rica from group B. The U.S.A. and Jamaica advanced from group A. Honduras and Panama advanced from group C. The final hexagonal begins in March 2013.

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