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Mexico vs Saudi Arabia 2-0 Goals and Highlights - God Cup Quarter final 2025

Mexico vs Saudi Arabia 2-0
Mexico vs Saudi Arabia 2-0 Goals and Highlights
Mexico vs Saudi Arabia
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00:00To blow the opening whistle, and we are rolling in Glendale, Arizona, in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals.
00:05First Saudi player to score in a European continental competition.
00:10Over the top this goes, and just over the head of Marcel Ruiz.
00:13Gathered in by Nawaf Alakidi.
00:16A few green shirts forward, and toward goal, it's wide.
00:19First shot of the night for the Green Falcons, and it wasn't too far away.
00:23And with 20 minutes on the clock, they are right there in this quarterfinal.
00:27Bad giveaway by Jimenez.
00:30It was Raul Jimenez into the wall.
00:34It's still alive.
00:35It's scuffed.
00:36It's blocked.
00:36It's blocked again.
00:38It's still loose, and a player goes tumbling down.
00:41Referee blows the whistle and gives the free kick to Saudi Arabia.
00:45Steps toward the inside.
00:47Now the underlapping run from Vegas come all the way to the right and wins another corner for Mexico.
00:51Again, it's Alexis Vega.
00:54Outswinging ball, and it's met and volleyed over the bar by Johan Vazquez.
00:57And two colliding for Mexico.
00:59I believe Lira is the other.
01:01It is.
01:03They both were sniffing for that, and they both have a problem.
01:06Down for most of the first half also.
01:12This is played over the top.
01:13Something to do for...
01:15Wins it back, though.
01:16Gilberto Mora.
01:17Further for Vega, but too far.
01:20Trying to slip something through.
01:21Wide it goes for Mora.
01:24Mora faces up.
01:26Pulls it back.
01:27One-time strike just wide.
01:29Vega just missed.
01:30Better for Mexico.
01:35Still not on frame.
01:37Still scoreless.
01:42Is thumped into the area.
01:43Out comes Malagone.
01:44He misses it, but it hops over the head of Madu.
01:47And it ends the first half that Saudi Arabia...
01:49He likes to cut in and find other runners off the ball.
01:52Players breaking into the box.
01:53Mexico didn't make enough of those runs in the first half.
01:56But this is prodded through.
01:56And Vega is through.
01:58Alexis Vega save made.
02:00And Vega scores on the rebound.
02:02But the flag is up for offside.
02:04And for now, it does not count.
02:11After VAR review, it's a goal.
02:17And Mexico kicked down the door.
02:20They solved the stubborn Saudi defense
02:23and take the lead in this quarterfinal.
02:26He was on.
02:36He timed it perfectly.
02:38And it's Raul Jimenez.
02:39Who else?
02:40Who makes a little outside of the boot?
02:41Again.
02:42And Vega's first-time ball into the middle.
02:44It sneaks all the way through.
02:45Body tumbling down.
02:46Powerful.
02:47Great work rate.
02:48This goes over the top.
02:48Alvarado playing as a striker.
02:50Tries to nip in.
02:51And it's gathered eventually by Alakidi.
02:53Just a moment.
02:56It looked like Alvarado might have rounded him.
02:58But it's a goal.
03:03Quinones.
03:05Chavez whips it into the middle.
03:08Jimenez, it deflects.
03:10They score.
03:11And Mexico put it away.
03:14Looks like an own goal off Abdul Amadu.
03:18Jimenez created the chaos.
03:20Mexico looked like they've done enough.
03:23El Tri steaming back toward the semifinals.
03:40Feeds Chavez again.
03:43Chavez steaming into the area.
03:45Cuts it back.
03:45Top of the box.
03:46Charlie Rodriguez.
03:48Second ball.
03:49Santi Jimenez denied.
03:50It just won't go for Santi.
03:52Or for Charlie, for that matter,
03:54who's never scored for the national side still.
03:56But they needed to do in a knockout.
03:58And here they come now.
03:59Down the right side.
04:00And not enough attackers in the box there.
04:02Again, they don't necessarily need to be at this stage in the game.
04:05There's the final whistle from Lucas Chapala.
04:07It is over.

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