Postgame Observations: Mexico showed their quality against Germany

Mexico showed impressive quality as they opened their gold medal defense with a 2-2 draw against Germany at the Arena Fonte Nova on Thursday. This never looked like being a straightforward night for the Germans, who came into this competition as one of the tournament’s favorites.

Oribe Peralta headed Mexico into the lead early in the second half before Arsenal forward Serge Gnabry equalized moments later.

Rodolfo Pizarro then slotted home the resulting rebound from a Marco Bueno header as El Tri took the lead with less than half an hour to go in the game.

There was another twist to come, though, and Matthias Gunter found himself unmarked to head in the goal that would eventually help Germany…