Saturday’s match between Mexico and Brazil at Kyle Field Stadium (Texas) comes at a very bad time for the Concacaf nation coached by Jaime Lozano after the embarrassing defeat suffered by El Tri at the hands of Uruguay.
If on Thursday night at Empower Field at Mile High Stadium (Denver) the Mexican national team’s approach couldn’t stop players like Pellistri, Darwin Nunez, Bentancur, Manuel Ugarte or the well-known Bryan Rodríguez and Maximiliano Araújo, it could be even worse against Brazil.
This match, the last friendly before the Copa America debut against Jamaica (June 22), could have big implications for a Mexican national team that seemed to have found a stability under Jaime Lozano that was not achieved under the leadership of Tata Martino.
Adjustments needed from Lozano
One of the things that Lozano can’t repeat is trying to control the match, as Marcelo Bielsa described it after the heavy defeat. The Argentinean who leads Uruguay stressed that the Mexican coach failed to field a side that could measure up to his side.
If this tactical and conceptual mistake were to happen again against Brazil, we could be talking about a real disaster at a time when tranquility is needed in order to compete with dignity in the Copa América.
It is necessary for Lozano to adjust the positioning so that the stars that abound for Brazil (Vinicius, Endrick, Rodrygo, Raphinha, Yan Couto…) do not find the cracks that the Uruguayans did.