Gold Cup: Mexico is determined to win, Saudi Arabia has no hope of advancing? Mexico vs. Saudi Arabia

Golden Cup: Mexico VS Saudi Arabia

Match time: 2025-06-29 10:15 Sunday

Team recent situation analysis:

Mexico previously beat Costa Rica to enter the knockout stage of the Golden Cup with two wins and one draw in the group stage. As the defending champion of the last Golden Cup, the Mexico team must have come to defend the title of champion in this event. Although the Mexico team did not show too strong competitive level in the group stage, it is more due to the team's reservation. That is to say, the Mexico team in the group stage is not going to do its best. After entering the knockout stage, the team is likely to not be retained. The overall combat capability of both offense and defense may be greatly improved.

It is worth mentioning that the Mexican team already has many top players, such as Gimenes, Alvarez, Vasquez and Quelinos, and their personal abilities are still relatively guaranteed. Moreover, the Mexican team has always been tough. Whether it is the competition for ball rights in the midfield or the interception in the backcourt, they can often rely on the players' defensive enthusiasm to effectively slow down and limit the offensive advancement speed of the confronting opponents. What's more, after the replacement of the new and old, the previous disadvantages of the players' height no longer exist. Now it is difficult for the confronting opponents to create too much defensive pressure on the Mexican team by competing for high-altitude balls. As long as the Mexican players can show their due strength in the subsequent competition, then this team is indeed very hopeful to win the Golden Cup championship trophy again.

Of course, Mexico did not get a good offensive opportunity in the last game against Costa Rica. When facing Costa Rica with 343 formation, the Mexico team also exposed the weakness of offensive weakness in the positional battle environment. Obviously, the team still lacks core players who have decided to play. Once the subsequent confrontation opponents adopt a tactic of defending counterattack, whether the Mexico team can break the stalemate situation as soon as possible may directly affect the final results of the defending champion. After all, the confrontation opponents can completely weaken the overall strength of the Mexican team through attrition. If the main players are exhausted, or are dragged into overtime or even penalty shootouts by their opponents, it will be difficult to guarantee whether the Mexico team can successfully advance.

Saudi believes that fans and friends are not too unfamiliar with fans. After all, this team also has good competitiveness in the Asian competition. The reason why Saudi Arabia can appear in the Golden Cup this time is more because Saudi Arabia and North American Football Federation have a strategic cooperative relationship. On the one hand, participating in this event is to further consolidate the relationship between the Football Associations of the two sides, and on the other hand, to prepare for subsequent World Cup games. As for whether the team can achieve better results in the Golden Cup, Saudi Arabia should not care very much. After all, the overall strength of the team is indeed not as good as competitors such as Mexico, the United States and Costa Rica. What's more, an invited team will definitely not be suitable to win the championship trophy.

Some fans may say that since Saudi Arabia does not have much expectations for the championship trophy, then this knockout match has lost its meaning. After all, Mexico is the defending champion, not only is it stronger, but it must be longing for the honor of the defending champion. There are big differences in the fighting spirit and overall strength of the two sides. Whether Saudi Arabia directly retains its strength, sends young players to the game, and further prepares for subsequent World Cup games is a more important thing. However, Saudi Arabia is an invited team. Even the defending champion Mexico team will definitely not do its best in this game. What's more, Saudi Arabia is a team that is good at defensive ability. As long as the team is based on the defensive end, it will definitely not be too easy for Mexico to win the promotion quota.

Event analysis:

Mexico and Saudi Arabia had a match in the 2022 World Cup. At that time, Mexico defeated Saudi Arabia 2-1, but because there were two strong teams in the same group, Poland and Argentina, neither Mexico nor Saudi Arabia could get the promotion quota and stopped in the group stage. Although Mexico's overall strength is far above Saudi Arabia, compared with Saudi Arabia, Mexico has the advantage of home court, and this knockout match does not seem to be too suspense. But Saudi Arabia will definitely not be willing to end up sloppy. In order to further enhance the morale and confidence of the players, at least it will definitely put in a lot of effort in defense. Considering that Mexico's positional combat capabilities are relatively average, I believe that Mexico will need to spend a lot of time and energy in this game before it can win the promotion place on Saudi Arabia.