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Selection never took Mexico's goal in Copas, but lost all decisions against the opponent. A recent retrospective favors Mexicans, who seek to erase the curse of "La Quinta". The two teams share shots of seven goals, while Brazil and Mexico face Samara for the final stage of the 2018 World Cup in search of different dreams. While the Brazilian team wants to keep alive its obsessive mission for the sixth star, Mexicans dream of breaking the taboo called in the country of "La Quinta" – reaching a fifth game in a World Cup.
Brazil and Mexico also faced off at the 2014 World Cup when they drew without goal
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This will be the fifth game between Brazilians and Mexicans in World Cup – only with Sweden, with seven matches, the clash took place more often. And the Brazilian domination is absolute: they are three victories and one draw, not counting any goal conceded – 4 to 0, in 1950; 5 to 0, in 1954; 2 to 0, in 1962; and 0-0 in 2014.
Curiously, Monday's game (02/07) will be the first-ever live-elimination duel at the World Cups. And it will also mark the meeting of several players present in Fortaleza four years ago.
Thiago Silva, Marcelo, Paulinho, Fernandinho, Willian and Neymar are still in the Brazilian team 2014. On the Mexican side, there are 15 athletes, including goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, who stopped the attack Brazilian in 2014 and German in its debut in 2018.
If Brazil dominates the Copas, the recent retrospective favors Mexico. In this century there were 14 matches between the two countries, with six El Tri victories, five national team and three draws.
In competitions, Brazil took the best only in the 2004 Copa America and the 2013 Confederations Cup both tournaments, became champion. Mexico defeated the Brazilian national team in the Copa America 2001 and 2007, the Confederations Cup 2005 and twice in the 2003 Gold Cup, including the decision.
In decisions? Mexico 4 to 0!
Speaking of decisions, Mexico won all four matches against Brazil – one at the Olympic Games and three in the tournaments involving the main selections, although Brazil used the Sub-23 teams in both the Gold Cup of the CONCACAF. The results: 2 to 0, in the 1996 Gold Cup; 4 to 3, at the 1999 Confederations Cup; 1 to 0 in the 2003 Gold Cup and 2 to 1 in the final of the 2012 Olympic Games.
"We already know what it is to win in Brazil in important moments," wrote the Mexican Football Federation on the official Twitter account. selection. In another post, the Mexicans recalled the commemoration of legendary striker Cuauhtémoc Blanco in the fourth goal of the 1999 Confederations Cup final.
Neymar was on the field in the Olympic final in London – l & # 39; one of the biggest setbacks of his career. The main star of the national team, by the way, has a negative record against the Mexican national team from the grbadroots to the professional category.
The player has faced Mexico six times – two wins and one goal scored. In the first game of the U-17 World Cup, he lost 1-0. His only goal was scored in the 2-0 win at the 2013 Confederations Cup.
United went through the tragedy of the seven Goals
Forgotten Digital Intimacy – Recent stories from Brazil and Mexico share number seven as a vexing symbol. Both teams suffered heavy losses with seven goals – and reacted in a completely different way.
After a 7-1 defeat to Germany in the semifinal of the 2014 World Cup, the coach of the time, who was the first coach to win the World Cup Luiz Felipe Scolari lost his job and nearly a year later, Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) President Jose Maria Marin was arrested for corruption in the United States.
Dunga took command of the Seleção and fell in the America's Centennial Cup in 2016, precisely in the tournament in which he played for the first time. that Mexico was eliminated by Chile in the quarter-finals by 7-0. Contrary to popular cries, the Mexican federation kept the Colombian coach Juan Carlos Osorio, who sought refuge for 50 days and even visited group sessions of drug addicts on drugs and alcohol to put the defeat in context.
Osorio in search of "La Quinta"
Osorio led Mexico to the 2018 World Cup and, after winning his debut against Germany, won the redemption in local newspapers, which has extolled the tactical knot given by the Mexican team in the current world champions. Osorio revealed that several players were seized against Germany and El Universal newspaper claimed that an "influenza epidemic" had reached the group stage, especially against Sweden.
"The coach [Osorio] is a genius" I told him this many times, "said midfielder Miguel Layún after his World Cup debut in Russia. "We have the desire to achieve something, not only to stay in the story, but also to achieve a personal accomplishment that sometimes seems inaccessible."
And to get into the story, the players of the Mexican national team know that they must defeat Brazil. This is the 16th participation of Mexico in World Cups. And only once did the Mexicans have a fifth match: in 1986, as hosts, they were eliminated on penalties by Germany in the quarterfinals – in 1970, also as As hosts, Mexico also reached the quarter-finals.
With the exception of the 1990 World Cup, when it was banned by FIFA, Mexico has played every Cup since the 1986 feat. In total, it was eliminated in eighths final – seven consecutive eliminations. The trauma of the last 16 has become the dream of "La Quinta" – the fifth match of a World Cup.
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The winner of Brazil and Mexico faces the standings of Belgium and Japan on July 6th.
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