Mexico is ready to starts its participation for Gold Cup 2015 in the group C against Cuba at Soldier Field in Chicago at 9:30 p.m. ET. El Tri is one of the favorites of the tournament, will face Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago as well to complete games for this group action. Cuba and Mexico haven’t had a close rivalry with one another at all over years. Right now Mexico is number 23 ranked in the FIFA World and No. 2 ranked team within the CONCACAF confederations just behind USA.
The Gold Cup has been won by Mexico a record six times; however the actual champion is U.S. when they won the championship last 2011. Most experts have said that Mexico should be the resounding favorites to win this game, even though their best forward on the field Javier Hernandez’s lesson let him out of the tournament. Oribe Peralta and Giovani Dos Santos will be leading the offense without “Chicharito” on the field. Andres Guardado, midfielder will carry captain band for the Gold Cup.
On the other hand, the Caribbean team is the underdogs in this match. However, Cuba has slowly been improving in the soccer sport over the years. For this tournament Cuba has a great midfield led by Yenier Marquez that can give a surprise to the Tri if the disesteem them. Others Cubans players to watch tonight are Diosvelis Guerra, is expected to get the start in goal. Jose Luis Clavelo leads the defense while Alain Cervantes will be commanding the offence. So Mexico should be ready to the fight.
Prediction for this match, Mexico is bound to win against Cuba, they may struggle early on getting used to the pace of play with Hernandez, but they’ll find out eventually. Mexico should come out on top with the win. You can watch a live game stream at livesoccertv, fox sports go, fox soccer 2Go, Univision, UniMas aired TV.
Mexico wins 2-1
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