{"id":641767,"date":"2024-06-21T09:40:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=641767"},"modified":"2024-06-21T09:40:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:40:53","slug":"mexico-predicted-lineup-vs-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/06\/21\/mexico-predicted-lineup-vs-jamaica\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico Predicted Lineup vs Jamaica for Copa America Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twice Copa Am\u00e9rica runners-up, Mexico begin their campaign in this year’s tournament against Jamaica on Saturday at the NRG Stadium in Houston. Here is Last Word on Football’s predicted Mexico lineup for this 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica<\/a> Group B game.<\/p>\n

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Mexico Predicted Lineup vs Jamaica for 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica Opener<\/h2>\n

How Mexico Have Lined Up Recently<\/h3>\n

El Tri played with a 4-3-3 formation in their last pre-tournament game against Brazil, and put in a battling performance against the Brazilians coming back from 2-0 down. It took a goal deep into injury time by Wonder Boy Endrick to secure a 3-2 victory for his nation.<\/p>\n

Julio Gonz\u00e1lez will probably be in goal for El Tri against Jamaica. While Israel Reyes and Gerardo Arteaga look likely to be Mexico’s full-backs. Genoa’s Johan V\u00e1squez and Almer\u00eda’s C\u00e9sar Montes are set to start in the centre of defence. Another good option is Porto’s Jorge S\u00e1nchez.<\/p>\n

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West Ham star Edson \u00c1lvarez will captain Mexico, and return to his usual position in central midfield after playing in defence against Brazil<\/a>. He is their key player. Dynamo Moscow’s Luis Ch\u00e1vez and Pachuca’s \u00c9rick S\u00e1nchez will probably play alongside \u00c1lvarez in midfield. Cruz Azul’s Uriel Antuna can also play in a central area, but if Lozano adopts a 4-3-3 formation he will probably play wide right further forward.<\/p>\n

Joining probable selection Antuna in attack will be Feyenoord striker Santiago Gim\u00e9nez, with Juli\u00e1n Qui\u00f1ones playing wide left. Antuna and Qui\u00f1ones will look to attack down the flanks and provide Gim\u00e9nez with the type of service that helped him score 26 goals for his club last season. Gim\u00e9nez also has good memories of a recent tournament, as he scored the winning goal for Mexico in last year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup final against Panama.<\/p>\n

Mexico’s Recent Form and Tactics<\/h3>\n

Leading up to the 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica<\/a>, Mexico have had disappointing results, including a 4-0 defeat to Uruguay in their penultimate warm-up game. But, their much-improved performance against Brazil will have encouraged Jaime Lozano.<\/p>\n

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As the 4-3-3 was effective against a top side, coach Lozano may be tempted to not tinker with his system too much for the game against Jamaica. Lozano is not a rigid coach, though, as his side played with a 4-2-3-1 formation in their two warm-up games before Brazil.<\/p>\n

Usually, he prefers to play three midfielders – one holding with two further forward. In his 4-3-3 system, he likes to play with the conventional two wide players and a central striker. But it can be a fluid setup – because of \u00c1lvarez’s effectiveness both defensively and offensively.<\/p>\n

Mexico Injuries to Consider<\/h3>\n

The manager was dealt a blow before the tournament as his probable first-choice goalkeeper, Luis Malag\u00f3n, was injured and is out of the competition. All of Mexico’s three goalkeepers at the time of their Copa Am\u00e9rica squad selection had less than ten caps between them. As Lozano is looking to youth in the build-up to a home World Cup in 2026, he left out veteran ‘keeper Guillermo Ochoa of his Copa Am\u00e9rica squad<\/a>. There are no other serious injury concerns for the Mexicans going into the Jamaica game.<\/p>\n

Mexico Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n

GK – J. Gonzalez<\/p>\n

LB – Reyes<\/p>\n

CB – Montes<\/p>\n

CB – Vasquez<\/p>\n

RB – Arteaga<\/p>\n

DM – Alvarez<\/p>\n

CM – E. Sanchez<\/p>\n

CM – Chavez<\/p>\n

RW – Antuna<\/p>\n

ST – Gimenez<\/p>\n

LW – Quinones<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twice Copa Am\u00e9rica runners-up, Mexico begin their campaign in this year’s tournament against Jamaica on Saturday at the NRG Stadium in Houston. Here is Last Word on Football’s predicted Mexico lineup for this 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica Group B game. [tgdcta items=”1″ id=”180457″] Mexico Predicted Lineup vs Jamaica for 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica Opener How Mexico Have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5177,"featured_media":641787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31935,161],"tags":[3721,1159],"class_list":["post-641767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-copa-america-2024","category-international-football","tag-copa-america","tag-mexico"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}