Mexico’s World Cup preparations continued on Wednesday night as they secured comfortable a 3-0 win in a friendly against Iceland.
With the match falling outside of a FIFA international window, Javier Aguirre fielded a team comprised entirely of Liga MX players.
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Scorers: Ledezma 22′, González 24′, Gallardo 59′, Gutiérrez 90+2′
Mexico opened the scoring as Armando González took a touch around the goalkeeper and sent a lofted cross into Richard Ledezma, who headed into an open net for his first Mexican National Team goal.
El Tri doubled their lead just two minutes later as Jesús Gallardo’s low-driven cross deflected to González at the back-post, allowing the 22-year-old to tap in his first goal for the national team.
Mexico added a third goal after the break as Jesús Gallardo scored a looping header off a corner from Alexis Gutiérrez.
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Finally, Brian Gutiérrez found himself 1v1 against the goalkeeper and slotted into the bottom-left corner to made it 4-0 in second-half stoppage-time.
Ultimately, Javier Aguirre’s young squad put in a strong performance against a decidedly poor Iceland reserve team. Chivas striker Armando González was particularly impressive, registering two contributions in the space of two minutes.
Aguirre will now decide which members of tonight’s side will join the squad for Mexico’s upcoming friendlies against European heavyweights Portugal and Belgium.
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