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Mexico go into the tournament as one of the hardest to predict sides at the tournament. With only a handful of players remaining from the previous generation of regulars and a coach only appointed before the play-offs, it would be easy for the Central Americans to flounder in transition, yet the latest generation of mainly domestic-based players looked a strong side prior to their poor World Cup qualifying run, winning the Gold cup in 2011 and the Olympic Gold a year later while a weakened squad put in interesting if not successful performances at the last Copa America. Prior to the game, Cameroon were given favourites status by pundits over the “lightweight” Mexicans, yet not long after kick-off odds on the likes of bestbettingwebsites.com must have swung back the opposite way. One of few teams to consistently play with a back three, Miguel Herrera continued in this vein, lining up in a 3-5-2 with Giovani dos Santos hovering off of Oribe Peralta, while Volker Finke set up his side in a deep 4-5-1 formation. On paper, this formation should have given Cameroon the upper hand, but they had no idea how to deal with Miguel Layun and Paul Aguilar storming […]
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