0：0！ The group is out! The Copa America was upset again, and the favorites were eliminated with only one win in three games

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2024-07-01 11:19Creators in the field of sports

Time flies, and before you know it, the first half of 2024 has come to an end, and the new July is coming as scheduled. Of course, for many sports lovers, this July is definitely a happy month, as the European Championships, Copa America and the Olympic Games will be staged at the same time

Among them, the influence of the Copa America is indeed slightly inferior, not to mention the Olympic Games, which is obviously inferior in the "attention battle" of the European Cup. Although this Copa America is held in the United States, with a total of 16 teams from South and North America participating, it is still difficult to attract too much attention, and the favorites to win the championship are still the "South American duo" Brazil and Argentina, both teams are in different halves, and there is a high probability that they will meet in the final

Of course, so far, Argentina has won all three games to qualify as the group leader, while Brazil has not played the third game and is currently in second place in the standings, and has not yet confirmed the qualification from the group. Despite Brazil's strength, it is still necessary to be careful of the potential risk of a group rollover, after all, in the group stage of this tournament, there have been upsets, and the two-time champions Chile in Group A have gone home without scoring a goal and not winning, and soon there was an upset in Group B

At 8 a.m. on July 1, Beijing time, the third round of Group B was played, and in one of the key conversations related to qualifying, the North American giants "Straw Hats" Mexico played against the South American powerhouse "Devil of the Plateau" Ecuador, the game was played at the State Agricultural Insurance Stadium in Arizona, USA. However, in this game, which must be won to qualify, the Mexicans have never been able to score, and were finally held to a 0-0 draw by Ecuador, with the two sides tied on four points, with the former beating Mexico to advance to the quarterfinals by virtue of goal difference, while Mexico was eliminated in an upset

Throughout this game, Mexico did manage the situation and rhythm of the game, and comprehensively suppressed Ecuador in terms of possession, shots, corners, passes, pass success rate, crosses, dribbles and many other technical statistics. However, Ecuador came together to block the Mexicans' attacks again and again, and used the most typical South American team grappling style to cut the pace of the game to pieces, and finally reached a tie result, sending the Mexican team home after three games

You know, this Mexican team is currently ranked 15th in the world, the sixth highest ranked team among all participating teams in this Copa America, and it is also the sixth team with the highest odds to win the championship, second only to Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, the United States and Colombia, it can be said that it is one of the favorites to win the championship, but it is obviously unacceptable to win only one of the three games in the group stage, after all, the team has Santiago Jimenez, Edson Alvarez, Vazquez, Jorge Sanchez and other powerful players, The minimum goal of this tournament is also to qualify from the group, but unfortunately it was not completed. With the World Cup coming to Mexico in two years' time, it is clear that there is not much time left for them to solve problems and regain their strength

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