Mexico won their group to qualify to the second round of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship. Their draw with Jamaica (2-2) meant that they went through on the final game, although to their credit they won every other game and quite clearly. I look back at certain aspects of Mexico’s performance in the first round.
- The new format physically affected the Mexican team. It was clear from seeing Diego Ramirez’s face when I interviewed him after the Aruba win that he was very relieved of going through and a lot of it was because of the physical problems of the players.