Salutatations.. Just here to post my awe that the Mexican Federation arranged to set so many International Preparatory games before the World Cup... In my opinion, this turns them from a decent-good team, to an good-very good team, like final 8 team, because they will have much better chemistry, will be in much more rhythim and will play better which each other.. The mexicans are going to play atleast 12 international friendlies in Preparation to South Afirca from February 24th to Jun 3rd
Bolivia
February 24th in San Francisco @ Candlestick Park
New Zealand
March 3, in LA @ ?
Paraguay
March 17, in Guadalajara or Torreon @ ?
Japan
March 24, in Charlotte, NC @ ?
Ecuador
May 7th, in New York @ Giants Stadium
Chile
May 16, in Mexico DF @ Estadio Azteca
Netherlands
May 23, in Germany @ ?
England
May 27, in Liverpool @ Anfield Road
Italy
June 3, in Brussels @ ?
Last they got set up a friendly against a South African league team, in benefit for the Nelson Mandela foundation, which is also gonna boost their level to play against players that been playing all year together..They
They are trying to settle the commercial rights with a game against Portugal some time before the WC, in fact the federation president said "we are only missing a signature, for the game to be official".. In total theyre gonna play 12 games before the World Cup (2 in mexico, 6 in US, and 4 in Europe).. Against quality teams.. They say the first phase (the first 4 matches), is to define a team, and the last phase (atleast 8 games) is to get wonderful form, and to arrive to South Africa playing their best... So England, Italy, Netherlands and Portugal.. Any team will be in Excellent form after playing these super teams
Their plan is to go "from less to more" and to start slowly making those mistakes any team that doesnt play together makes, and then after the 12 friendlies to have an upper hand over most teams by having played together so much, trust me the advantage is bigg..
I like what I see, I think they arent the best nation for sure, but it will be a huge plus for them to this that they are doing.. Opinions?
Edit: I cant find an english source, if anyone finds one post it.. I can type in google "Please show me a result in English", and they will show me all spanish web pages for some reason :S
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