Mexico Have Plenty to Fix Ahead of Gold Cup Quarter-Final vs. Costa Rica

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Published: July 16, 2015

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After 90 minutes of thoroughly entertaining, or heartbreaking, depending on where your loyalties stand, action at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, Mexico are set to face Costa Rica in the quarter-finals of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. 

El Tri only have themselves to blame for finishing second in Group C to Trinidad and Tobago, who they played to a 4-4 draw with on Wednesday night. Now, with three days in between the draw in the final group game and the clash with Costa Rica, Mexico have plenty of things to work on. 

The biggest concern Miguel Herrera's side has to take out of the draw with Trinidad and Tobago is the awful defending that allowed the Soca Warriors to claw back into the match on a few occasions. Herrera noted the imperfections after the match, per ESPN's El Tri Twitter account: 



On the first Trinidad and Tobago goal, Keron Cummings was left wide open on the left side of the penalty area before he punched in his team's opener of the chaotic contest. Kenwyne Jones exploited more gaps in the El Tri back four on his 58th-minute equalizer. Jones was able to zig-zag his way through the duo of Yasser Corona and Diego Reyes before he slotted his goal past Guillermo Ochoa. 



Adding to the confusion at the back was the inability to track back and catch Cordell Cato on the right wing before he crossed the ball over to Jones. Andres Guardado was the closest Mexico player to Cato, but he didn't seem very interested in sprinting back to either make a tackle or deflect the ball out for a corner. 

Things went from bad to worse for El Tri in the 67th minute, when Cummings benefited from some lovely hold-up play by Jones. The Cardiff City forward outmuscled Francisco Rodriguez off a throw-in and chested the ball into open space for Cummings to shoot. A lackadaisical approach from Miguel Layun and Corona also allowed Cummings to step into ...
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