Eriksson Pleased With Mexico's Attack

Mexico's 5-1 rout of Bolivia was punctuated by a never-ending stream of offense, which could give Mexico a boost of confidence heading into their March 28 match against Costa Rica.

Mar 12, 2009 2:04:41 PM

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Sven-Goran Eriksson - Mexico (Mexsport)
It was not so much the 5-1 victory over Bolivia that Mexico coach Sven-Goran Eriksson was satisfied with, but rather the manner in which they got it.
 
Mexico routed Bolivia on Wednesday in the team's last preparation match ahead of their game against Costa Rica on March 28 and the game went as well as could have been expected.
 
Entering the game, Mexico had not scored in more than three games and were seemingly spiraling out of control. Now, Mexico can have a bit of confidence to fall back on when El Tri line up against Costa Rica.
 
"I believe this was very important for us because as everyone knows we had not been scoring or getting results," Sven-Goran Eriksson said at a press conference in Mexico City on Thursday. "It was also good to see players move when they were away from the ball. They ran a lot. They always tried to be on top of the rival, which is something we did very little of against the United States."
 
Not everything about the game was ideal, however. Bolivia went down to 10 men midway through the first half. While both sides were even on players, Mexico led 1-0. With Mexico having an 11-on-10 advantage, they outscored Bolivai 4-1.
 
"Without a doubt I would have preferred to have had 11 on 11 but we take a lot of positives from the match," Eriksson said. "We had great rhythm, a lot of scoring opportunities and scoring five goals was important."
 
What was present on Wednesday more so than the other games was not just the offense but the team's attacking mindset. In previous matches, Mexico had not looked very creative and had not generated scoring chances in the manner and ease they did against Bolivia.
 
"We saw a Mexican team that was always trying to attack, that played well together," he said. "At least to me, it was very pleasing."
 
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