Defender Cesar Montes scored twice in a six-minute period in the second half, and the Mexico champion struggled early, but he managed to overcome Surinam 2-0 on Wednesday evening to secure a place in the CONCACAF GOLD Cup.
Montess opened the scoring at the head of a corner kick in 57 and added another goal in the 63rd minute of the Mexicans, who defeated the Dominican Republic 3-2 in the opening match of the tournament.
With three goals in the championship, the 28 -year -old defender, who plays with Lokomotiv of Moscow, is currently the score with Costa Rica Manfred Oglid.
“I am enthusiastic about the goals, but the priority is to maintain a clean paper. It is clear that I did not imagine it; this is what the attackers deserve, but as long as I can help the team this way, I will do it,” Montess said.
Montes scored only once in his 53rd national matches before the Gold Cup, in a friendly match against Panama in June 2021.
With victory, Mexico will lead Group A with six points and Costa Rica will play next Sunday in Las Vegas aimed at securing first place before the second round.
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Former Mexican coach Costa Rickens, Miguel Herrera, who managed EL TI in the 2014 World Cup.
“We have an intense match to come. It is a good team. Miguel is a respectable coach in Mexico, and he will definitely want to overcome us. But we will go out and work hard and try to struggle to lead the group.”
Mexicans lead the group by goal difference and will secure the lead in a draw.
“We knew that it was a difficult group, and this was what was the case yet, although it might not seem because of the two winning, but it was not easy,” said Mexico coach Javier Agiri.
Costarekian defeated the Dominican Republic 2-1 earlier for their second victory for the Gold Cup and also qualified for the second round. Sorinam and Dominican are eliminated.
Suriname lost all the four official matches that played against Mexico and will try to close the tournament by winning when they play the first Dominican Republic next Sunday.
Report by Associated Press.
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