International Friendly

Mexico with more doubts than answers after a painful defeat against Paraguay: Highlights and goals

Mexico and Paraguay clashedtoday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta in a 2022 International Friendly. Unfortunately for El Tri, they weren't able to win in their first friendly match in the United States.

Updated on
August 31, 2022 10:53PM EDT

**© Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images**Luis Romo (Mexico) and Lorenzo Melgarejo (Paraguay) fighting for a ball.

Mexico is preparing the final details for its trip to Qatar 2022. Now, El Tri clashed with Paraguay in a tough match in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium at Atlanta with a painful final score. Here are the highlights and goals of this interesting game.

The ones coached by Gerardo Martino arrived to Atlanta as the clear favorites against Paraguay. The South American squad was not able to get a ticket to Qatar 2022, but they managed to give an almost perfect match against the Concacaf squad.

Anthony Silva was the best player on the pitch with multiple saves against El Tri. Despite its efforts, Mexico was unable to open the gate and it was Derlis Gonzalez, Paraguayan forward, who scored the only goal in the game at the 50th minute that Carlos Acevedo couldn’t stop.

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Mexico vs Paraguay: Match preview

Mexico and Paraguaywill meet at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, the US in an International Friendly 2022 today, August 31, 2022. The national team coached by Gerardo Martino is preparing for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and today’s game will be the first of several friendlies that remain to be played before traveling to Qatar.Here you can find the kick-off time of thisInternational soccer match and how to watch it or live stream free in your country. For instance, you can watch it on fuboTV(free trial) in the United States.

This will be their 21st overall meeting. No surprises here as Mexico have been the absolute favorites in head-to-head duels, winning 11games so far; the Paraguayan national teamhave celebrated a victory just four times to this day, and the remaining fivematches have ended in a draw so far.

Their most recent game was played on March 26, 2019,when El Tri managed a 4-2 win in a friendly exhibition. It promises to be an even more exciting clash as they meet for the first time in more than three years,in a2022 International Friendly.

Mexico vs Paraguay: Kick-off Time

Argentina: 10:00 PM
Bolivia: 9:00 PM
Brazil: 10:00 PM
Brunei: 9:00 AM (Thursday)
Chile: 9:00 PM
Colombia: 8:00 PM
Costa Rica: 7:00 PM
Dominican Republic: 9:00 PM
Ecuador: 8:00 PM
El Salvador: 7:00 PM
Guatemala: 7:00 PM
Honduras: 7:00 PM
Hong Kong: 9:00 AM (Thursday)
Malaysia:9:00 AM (Thursday)
Mexico:8:00 PM
Nicaragua:7:00 PM
Panama:8:00 PM
Paraguay: 9:00 PM
Peru:8:00 PM
United States: 9:00 PM (ET)
Uruguay: 10:00 PM
Venezuela: 9:00 PM

Martina Alcheva

Martina is an experienced professional in online sports journalism with over 13 years in the field, including more than four years specializing specifically in soccer. Her expertise lies in creating soccer-related content, such as match previews and daily news updates. Martina joined Futbol Sites - A Part of Better Collective in September 2020 and brought her talents to World Soccer Talk in June 2023.