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Economic Times
2 days ago
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- Economic Times
Mexico lose 2-4 to Switzerland in international friendly ahead of Gold Cup
Mexico's first test against European opposition ended in disappointment. However, El Tri will have an opportunity to bounce back on Tuesday when they face Turkiye in their second and final warm-up match ahead of the Gold Cup. Mexico suffered a heart-breaking 2-4 defeat to Switzerland in an international friendly on June 7 at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, in the first of two scheduled warm-up matches before kicking off their Gold Cup campaign. Despite goals from Santiago Giménez and Uriel Antuna, defensive lapses proved costly as Switzerland capitalized on key chances to seal the win, providing a tough test for Mexico ahead of upcoming competitive fixtures. Mexico will take on the Dominican Republic in their opening Gold Cup match on June 14 at SoFi Stadium. Switzerland opened the scoring in the 20th minute through Breel Embolo and maintained their lead through the first half. However, Javier Aguirre's El Tri responded quickly after the half-time break, with Giménez finding the equalizer in the 51st minute. — miseleccionmx (@miseleccionmx) Zeki Amdouni restored Switzerland's lead in the 65th minute, making it 2-1. Just six minutes later, Dan Ndoye delivered a brilliant cross and found the net himself, beating the goalkeeper to score the visitors' third goal of the match. However, Mexico's Ángel Sepúlveda quickly responded, narrowing the gap to 3-2 with a goal in the 74th minute. Despite the momentum shift, it wasn't enough for the home side to mount a full comeback. After that, both teams pushed hard in search of another goal, with Mexico especially eager to level the score at 3-3. However, fate had other plans. In the dying moments of the match, Switzerland's Fabien Rieder capitalized on a defensive error by Mexico to score a fourth, sealing the visitors' victory. Rieder, currently with Stuttgart, delivered a standout performance on Saturday. He sealed the match with a 90th-minute goal, provided an assist, and created five scoring chances for Switzerland. In addition, he consistently troubled Mexico's defense and emerged as a key figure in the first test against European opposition ended in disappointment. However, El Tri will have an opportunity to bounce back on Tuesday when they face Turkiye in their second and final warm-up match ahead of the Gold lone bright spot for Mexico was Giménez, who ended a 16-game goal drought with the national team. His previous goal came in the 2023 Gold Cup final against Panama, where Mexico lifted the trophy.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Sérgio Conceição: does Santiago Giménez's red card make sense?
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here. This Sunday, Santiago Giménez was in the eye of the storm after an absurd expulsion that limited AC Milan in their attack and dashed their hopes of sneaking into the Conference League. Sérgio Conceição spoke with the Italian press about the current situation of the team and the Mexican's red card. "THE KRYPTONITE OF SANTI GIMÉNEZ!! 😲🇲🇽 Santiago Giménez has been expelled twice against Roma, once playing for Feyenoord and now with Milan, but what's even more curious is that both were fouls against player Gianluca Mancini." "The VAR tonight is the same as in the match against Bologna: I'm not saying that Giménez's expulsion wasn't deserved or that with Beukema's expulsion we would have won the match against the rossoblu. But like this, it's not easy," he mentioned. AC Milan has one more match left in the season, to conclude a sports year to forget, as they are left out of all European competitions in the 2025-26 campaign. 📸 Marco Luzzani - 2025 Getty Images
Yahoo
24-03-2025
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- Yahoo
Mexico vs. Panama live tracker: Updates, highlights, analysis with CONCACAF Nations League trophy at stake
Mexico and Panama clash in the CONCACAF Nations League final Sunday (9:30 p.m. ET, Paramount+/Univision) with El Tri aiming to reaffirm their regional dominance and Los Canaleros seeking their first major trophy. After a commanding 2-0 win over Canada in Thursday's semifinal, Mexico enter the final with confidence, backed by a home-field advantage at sold-out SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Led by Raúl Jiménez, Santiago Giménez and a balanced midfield, El Tri will look to continue head coach Javier Aguirre's disciplined approach while exploiting Panama's defensive gaps. Panama, fresh off Thursday's dramatic upset over the U.S. men's national team, has proven its resilience under head coach Thomas Christiansen. Panama faces an uphill battle as history favors Mexico (22 wins all time to Panama's two with six draws), but its recent performances suggest another upset isn't out of the question. Expect a physical, high-intensity final with players putting everything on the line. Follow our live tracker below for all the latest updates from SoFi Stadium. Our E-Q-U-I-P-O! 👊Today it's not only them, it's the whole nation. Let's go get that trophy! 🏆🇲🇽#PorMexicoTodo — Mexican National Team (@miseleccionmxEN) March 24, 2025 ¡La Gran Final ya está aquí! 🇲🇽🇵🇦 — Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) March 24, 2025 Our E-Q-U-I-P-O! 👊Today it's not only them, it's the whole nation. Let's go get that trophy! 🏆🇲🇽#PorMexicoTodo — Mexican National Team (@miseleccionmxEN) March 24, 2025 ¡La Gran Final ya está aquí! 🇲🇽🇵🇦 — Concacaf Nations League (@CNationsLeague) March 24, 2025
The Guardian
20-02-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Champions League review: Brugge rise as Italians and Americans stumble
Feyenoord These are high times for Dutch football, though the country's traditional power, Ajax, can only watch from the Europa League as Feyenoord and PSV downed Italian giants. At the San Siro, Feyenoord were able to ride out their former star Santiago Giménez scoring an opening-minute goal and performing a non-celebration celebration. Pascal Bosschaart continues as Feyenoord's caretaker manager but whatever happens, he'll always have Milan, and this tactical triumph. Eighteen-year-old Zépiqueno Redmond led the attack and was replaced by Julián Carranza, who would score the crucial equaliser. It ended 1-1 on the night and Feyenoord went through 2-1 on aggregate; they will face either Inter or Arsenal when Friday's draw is made. Club Brugge If Belgium's golden generation of emigres is fading, the resurgence of the country's club game has been most welcome. The 1978 European Cup finalists have a proud history and fervent support. But they are the smallest team left in the draw, although they are fully deserving of their place after beating the reigning Europa League champions, Atalanta. Bergamo was supposed to be where Brugge's dream died. Simon Mignolet, once of Liverpool, saved a penalty but the Belgians' were already 5-2 up in the tie. Brugge's first win in Italy since 2003 was achieved thanks to a mix of veterans and players who may help form the next Belgian generation of stars. Swiss midfielder Ardon Jashari was outstanding too. Benfica Another big name from the competition's days as the European Cup, Benfica rode out the storm against a dangerous, determined Monaco. Vangelis Pavlidis notched his seventh goal in the competition this season from the penalty spot having set up Kerem Aktürkoğlu for the opening goal. With the tie level, Orkun Kökçü's control and finish came to the rescue, as he charged in from midfield to score the winner in a tie that ended 4-3 on aggregate. He twanged a hamstring, too in the process of celebrating. Bruno Lage's team have the toughest possible draw in the next round – either Barcelona or Liverpool await – but in Pavlidis and their attacking play, they can be a threat to both teams. Manchester City 'Nothing is eternal,' said Pep Guardiola, though he had perhaps forgotten Real Madrid's stranglehold on this competition, and their continuing ability to wound him. 'We have been extraordinarily extraordinary in the past, but not any more,' he continued but in such a sound defeat, one preluded by City's manager claiming his team had just a '1%' chance of progressing, there must be disappointment. If this is the end of the cycle, then the Abu Dhabi-Catalan partnership yielded just one Champions League title, when many more were possible. This was a meek surrender unrecognisable from much of City's Guardiola era. Now he must decide whether he gets to lead the club's next cycle. Milan A disastrous week for Serie A. Inter are the last men standing after Milan, Atalanta and Juventus crashed out to teams from far less wealthy leagues. Theo Hernández's red card for two bookable offences, the second a speculative dive that was correctly ruled as simulation, turned Milan's tie with Feyenoord in the Dutch team's favour. After Giménez scored early, Milan's four-man attack faded, with Rafael Leão and João Félix giving enigmatic performances and Christian Pulisic well short of his usual drive. Sérgio Conceição threw everything at the Rotterdam team, taking off both Pulisic and Yunus Musah in search of an answer, but Milan's attacking was substandard. 'It's a big defeat for me,' said the Milan coach. 'I am responsible for this defeat. We should have been better on a mental level.' Juventus If this week was bad for Serie A, a real battering to their coefficient chance of having five participants in next season's group stage, it was almost as bad for the US contingent. Celtic's Cameron Carter-Vickers joined the throng after Bayern Munich's last-minute equaliser settled the tie in the Germans' favour. Timothy Weah was on the scoresheet for Juventus in Eindhoven, his goal thumped from the edge of the box, but PSV struck back quickly and eventually progressed thanks to a winner from Ryan Flamingo. Weah and Weston McKennie exited. PSV's Richy Ledezma, with just one cap for the USMNT, could celebrate, while his teammates and compatriots, Sergiño Dest, Ricardo Pepi and Malik Tillman, all absent through injury. Sign up to Soccer with Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson brings expert analysis on the biggest stories from European soccer after newsletter promotion Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid Who doubted that Mbappé could succeed at Real? Those who did perhaps forgot the depth of his talent and self-belief. Sure, Manchester City's defence could hardly have been more accommodating, but he grabbed the occasion with both hands. Credit Carlo Ancelotti, ever the arch strategist, who has found a way to assimilate Mbappé and still get full use of Rodrygo and Vinícius Júnior. How? An old-style 4-4-2, with Jude Bellingham off the left. 'I wanted to define an era, to make history at Real Madrid,' Mbappé said afterwards, and the first target is winning the Champions League. Julián Carranza, Feyenoord Carranza was tasked with succeeding Giménez at De Kuip. A bout of illness meant he was not fit enough to start the second leg at San Siro, but he eventually had his say as a substitute. Once of Inter Miami and Philadelphia Union, he was bought with the knowledge that Giménez would be sold. His first ever Champions League goal knocked out Giménez's new club – a decent start, then, towards replacing the Mexican. Following a beauty of a cross from the on-loan Wolves defender Hugo Bueno, Carranza's goal was right out of the Giménez playbook. Chemsdine Talbi, Club Brugge The 19-year-old grabbed two goals to end Atalanta's hopes, becoming the youngest Belgian to score in the Champions League knockouts. Though, being a dual national, he may still declare for Morocco, who host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2026. If elite-clubs already know all about Talbi, his command of the tie with Atalanta will have only raised interest. He's confident, too. 'I am not surprised how well we played,' he said. 'We know what we can do.' Lille or Aston Villa will get the chance in the next round to see his talents at close hand.
Associated Press
18-02-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Giménez continues scoring streak in Champions League but this time against team he just left
MILAN (AP) — Former Feyenoord forward Santiago Giménez continued his scoring streak in the Champions League this season — but this time against the Dutch club. Giménez, who moved to AC Milan from Feyenoord last month in a 30 million euro ($31 million) transfer, scored for the Rossoneri after just 40 seconds of the second leg of their Champions League knockout playoff on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Mexico international held up his hands in apology after heading in from close range. It was Giménez's sixth goal in seven Champions League matches this season, but all the previous goals had come for Feyenoord. He has scored twice for Milan in Serie A. The Dutch club won the first leg 1-0 last week, following an uncharacteristic error from Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan. ___
