...root for Trinidad and Tobago in tonight's game. The level of disgust and frustration is quite high following the Tri's limp performance in San Salvador on Saturday. On the Fútbol Picante blog, David Faitelson writes that a trip to South Africa is drifting farther and farther away, and repeats a sentiment uttered endlessly over the past few days: Mexican football has hit bottom. That's a dangerous opinion to be voicing, because as bad as el Tri looked on Saturday, dropping (or even tying) a must-win game at home against the cellar-dwellers of Concacaf qualifying would be a surefire way to further destroy the nation's confidence in its football team, and, quite possibly, to provoke a mass uprising.
But I don't think that'll happen. For whatever reason, I have a hunch that Aguirre will come out with a more potent squad (no Nery, please!), and said squad will play better than it has in months.
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Dude, the result sucks. The Soca Warriors should have had it.
You read my blog, you know why I say that.
I have tickets for August 12th, by the way. I am going to try to repress my nationalism. My wife is not as worried about that as she should be.
It was not a great effort for Mexico, but a step up. And they got the three points. They should have had two or three at least in the first twenty minutes, and they kind of lost focus after that. T y T tightened up their D a little bit, and Mexico spent most of its time cracking balls from outside of the box and looking for headers on crosses. In retrospect, even though Mexico was far better, it was worryingly close to a tie.
As far as August 12, unless Mexico can play a lot better, we have a good chance to win our first in Mexico City since...I don't know, when was the last time the US took a game in Azteca? Has it ever happened? If we win that, no repression will be accepted. Just bring a gun.
I don't think we've ever won at Azteca.
In 2002, I was stuck in the infirmary at Fort Benning watching mobs around the U.S. embassy in downtown Mexico City right after the loss.
Huh. I think I may wear a Mexico shirt and treat this like anthropological experience.
That's definitely the safer sartorial choice, especially if we win. But I don't know, if you find a big group of American fans and avoid provoking the most avid fans, you should get out of there OK either way, I think. Either way, bring a gun.
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