Brazil defeated Mexico and El Tri will have to settle for the bronze medal at the Pan American Games

The Mexican team fell this Wednesday 1-0 against Brazil in the match corresponding to the semifinals of the Pan American Games in Chile, so El Tri lost their opportunity to fight for the gold medal and will have to settle for competing for the bronze medal. .

An own goal by the Mexican team just in the first moments of the match was enough for Brazil to achieve the desired result and face local Chile in the championship final.

The scorer of the own goal was the young defender of Los Angeles FC, Tony Leone, who after replacing defender Emiliano Lira, sent off in the semifinals against Uruguay, had the misfortune of breaking his own goal, which was ultimately transcendental.

However, bad fortune did not deter the Mexican team, which tried by all means to find an equalizer, with possession of the ball but without little forcefulness in the attack.

And when it seemed that Brazil’s defensive lines were opening up, the figure of commitment arrived, Mycael Pontes, goalkeeper of Athletico Paranaense, who was in charge of denying Tri’s clearest chances of danger on up to three occasions.

On other occasions, it was simply a lack of aim on the part of the vanguard, one of the problems that the Americans carried throughout the tournament and that ultimately dissipated their chances of gold.

Now, the alternative will be bronze to maintain a historic streak: Mexico has won a medal in men’s soccer in the last six Pan American Games. The rival will be an old acquaintance, the United States, who this afternoon could not overcome a more experienced Chile despite playing more elaborate football.

Brazil, for its part, will seek gold to make up for after being left off the podium in Lima 2019.