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Mexico won the Confederations Cup back in 1999 and are the only previous winners in this year's field. They have a packed summer, with a couple of World Cup qualifiers prior to the tournament and the Gold Cup to come afterwards, but it seems coach Juan Carlos Osorio is keen to use the first-choice squad to go all out for victory in Russia.
Osorio is in the process of constructing an attractive, flexible and well-drilled side and is making good progress a year out from the next World Cup. Mexico have largely impressed under his command, although the memory of their crushing 0-7 loss to Chile in last year's Copa America Centenario still maintains a menacing background presence.
They might not have quite enough about them just yet to go all the way, but Mexico can be expected to progress from their group and from there they'd only be two wins away from glory.
