World Cup 2018, Brazil vs Mexico: 3 Things that Mexico did wrong against Brazil

#3 Lack of cohesion in the final third

Mexico did not take up their chances

Mexico’s attacking trio of Carlos Vela, Javier Hernandez, and Hirving Lozano have threatened the team with their excellent counter-attacking prowess. However, one thing that has remained a bit constant with their approach has been their inability to strike the right chords in the final third.

Despite finding them on the break usually, Mexico failed to capitalize the chances, blowing away these opportunities through some nervy finishing.

Vela delivered some good diagonal balls, but the team as a unit failed to maintain composure whenever they proceeded to the final third.

Their inability to find the appropriate passes and the usual hurried tendency to take a long shot from distance meant that the team messed up whenever they managed to strike fear in the opposition camp.

Stats do not lie in this matter either, as Mexico attempted 14 shots, but only one of them was targeted on the goal.

They failed to force saves off Allison, despite having troubled the backline with some good pace and precision by hitting them on the break.

Mexico should have kept their calm while attacking, but always looked a bit too rushed to get the ball at the back of the net. This did not help their case as promising attacking moves were broken and lots of chances were wasted in this process.

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