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Player Ratings: Mexico 4-0 Venezuela
Mexico scored four goals against Venezuela as El Tri dominated their South American rivals. Goal.com's Joel Aceves and Andrea Martinez rate the players on either side.
Jun 25, 2009 4:04:13 AM
Rafael Romo 6 - The keeper played well for much of the time, but could have done more on some of the goals.
Pedro Boada 4 - He was terrorized by Giovani Dos Santos, and his level went down in the second which no doubt led to his substitution.
Grendy Perozo 5 - Didn’t show up very much after the opening 20 minutes because of his yellow card.
Carlos Salazar 4 - Salazar didn’t have a great showing, and left Vela completely alone for the first goal.
Jose Yeguez 4 - Didn’t show up for large parts of the game, and wasn’t very helpful to his team.
Tomas Rincon 5 - Had trouble on the left of the field, but stopped the players at times with force.
Giancarlo Maldonado 5 - Maldonado had some clear chances that could have given Venezuela life, but he blew them.
Luis Manuel Seijas 4 - Had some trouble on the left, and was kept relatively quiet.
Alejandro Moreno 5 - Moreno had good chances to score, but luck wasn’t on his side.
Giacomo de Giorgi 5 - Played a physical game and had very little help from others around him, but the rest of the time he was invisible.
Substitutes
Gerzon Chacon 3 - Didn’t do much with his time on the pitch.
Francisco Fajardo 3 - Came on after the first 3 goals, and was no where to be seen for the 4th.
Salomon Rondon- N/A
Adrian Lezama- N/A
Rafael Acosta- N/A
Mexico
Guillermo Ochoa 7 – Memo looked confident behind the posts and made two brilliant saves to maintain a clean sheet.
Fausto Pinto 6 – The Cruz Azul defender has done well to cover Carlos Salcido’s spot and if the PSV defender doesn’t improve he could very well be replacing him.
Ismael Rodriguez 6 – Did an overall good job in central defense despite having very little challenge from the Venezuelan strikers.
Johnny Magallon 6 – The Chivas de Guadalajara defender made his long awaited return to the Mexican National team and showed that he will once again challenge for a starting role.
Jose Antonio Castro 6 – El Gringo Castro proved that he still has what it takes to play with the Tricolor.
Gerardo Torrado 7 – Proved to be more confident with the Captains armband this time around. Torrado did a good job of organizing the midfield and set up Giovani for Mexico’s second goal.
Luis Noriega 6 – The Puebla midfielder seemed shaky but managed to hold his own.
Israel Martinez 6 – El Jagger might not challenge Guardado for his starting role but is becoming a reliable back up.
Giovani dos Santos 9 – A man of the match performance saw Giovani set up Vela for the opener before scoring a brace in the span of two minutes.
Carlos Vela 7 – El Bombardero was a constant threat to Venezuela and rounded up his display by scoring the match opener; after combining with Giovani in a play that brought back memories of Peru.
Miguel Sabah 5 – Had an overall average match but continues to lack in shot accuracy. Sabah might as well be playing blind folded when shooting at goal.
Omar Bravo 7 – Despite his lackluster run with Tigres; Bravo showed that he still has some spark left and set up his Chivas replacement, Arellano, for Mexico’s fourth goal.
Omar Arellano 7 – Replaced Vela in the second-half and rounded up his performance by scoring his first ever international goal with the Tricolor.
Carlos Esquivel 5 – A regular performance from the Toluca upstart who was subbed in once the Tricolor had the match in the bag.
Joel Aceves and Andrea Martinez, Goal.com
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