For Mexico, they are happy just to be in the competition considering it took a win over Panama from the US to secure their birth into the World Cup. The team headed into today's game in Naval against Cameroon with a two match losing streak which included losses to Bosnia And Herzegovina and Portugal. Some can argue at the fact that those were just friendlies, but how they come into effect in the tournament. Well, I can tell you that it didn't seem to bother the team very much, but in the first half Mexico should have had a least one goal, but both of Mexico's attempts on the net were called off due to offsides. In the 12TH Minute, Giovanni dos Santos had the best chance when he headed the ball in after a free kick. The referee determined that it was offsides and after looking at the replay, the referee did in fact fumble the call.
Mexico clearly was the better team in the game even though Samuel Eto'o had a couple of good chances on net. In the 61ST minute of the game, dos Santos was once again involved in the goal, but he didn't score it. dos Santos takes the shot at the top of the box, but the ball is saved. The goalkeeper doesn't hold on to it and Oribe Peralta is there to kick in the rebound to give Mexico the 1 to 0 lead in the game. The pressure was on for Mexico to hold on to the win as Cameroon were starting to get desperate. I have to give Cameroon's goalkeeper Charles Itandje who seriously had to make some incredible saves throughout the game including one in the 90TH minute that prevented the game from ending 2 to 0. Guillermo Ochoa also deserves some serious cred as he stopped some serious shots during the game considering he didn't know if he was going to get the starting nod before the cup started. It'll be interesting to see what Mexico does with Brazil in their next match.
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