Italy Vs Mexico.

 

You can call me old fashioned but  the confederations cup is just starting to pick up pace as some major players in the world of football have started to show what they are made of .

To nights match made it glaringly clear that football certainly lives in Europe. Italy playing against Mexico. Who has found pretty challenging to win games apart from their recent win against Jamaica in the world cup qualification. Which is quite difficult as their opponents in the world cup qualifies are familiar and can best be regarded as neighbours.

The second match of the confederation cup which marks an historic match between two countries that have been playing each other without a win for any of them for the past Thirty years. The match had a pretty nice combination of stars from Europe and America.

The runner up  at  Europe 2012 had their attack led by Super Mario Balotelli, wings were manned by both Claudio machsio, Emanuele Giaccherini,while de rossi  and Andres Perilo kept the mid field relatively controlled by the Italians. Just so that Gigi Buffon would have little work to do on the day.

Mexico really had their hearts in the game that saw them put a lot of pace to make up for the quality that they lacked in the mid field and wings. The el trio had some quality in the attack with little P and Don santos. That provide quite a lot of bit up front for the El trio.

After some really integrating twenty-seven minutes of play Andres Perilo marked his one hundred international cap with master class free kick that only showed how good he is with set pieces. Only for the Mexican goalie to  make a poor attempt at the ball.

 But only for the defence of the Azzurri to make a very unusual mistake of bundling  Don santos in the box for an undeniable penalty, that Hernandez converted to bring the game back within the reach of the El tri .  Only 12 minutes from the end of the first half of the game.

Although, the El trio could have scored quite a number of goals, they were just unlucky their chances were either blocked, caught or came off the bar of the goal post.

The game seemed certainly to end in a draw until supper Mario showed a combination of strength and brilliance to put the game in favour of the Azzurri in front at the 78^th minutes of playing time. There was some substitution that took place but only to boost the Italians.

This is a reminder of how good the Italians are on the ball and a preview of what they are capable of doing and achieving if they work together. The El Trio need to go back to the drawing board and plan their next outing.

I think the Azzurri would make it to the finals if they can take care of the likes of Spain and Brazil.