Mexico Vs. Poland, 2011 International Friendlies: Chicharito Nets 22nd International Goal, But El Tri Fail To Win

Pawel Brozek scored the opening goal of the game in the 27th minute, finishing from close range on a low cross from Adrian Mierzejewski, who put in a great ball. ‘Kuba’ Jakub Błaszczykowski was ineffective as Mexico concentrated in shutting down Poland’s left side, but they got plenty going through the middle and down the right.

It didn’t take long for Mexico to wake up and find the equalizer, as Hernandez netted in the 35th minute off of a corner kick, assisted by Andreas Guardado. It seemed as if Mexico were going to come out with some momentum in the second half after finishing off the first half, but nothing of the sort happened.

It’s reasonable that the referee could have seen Obraniak’s kick as violent behavior. However, if that’s the case, he should have felt the same way about the way Moreno instigated the fight in the first place. Moreno should have, at the very least, seen two yellow cards during the course of the incident for starting the fight, then diving and faking an injury.

In any event, Poland now have to finish the match with just ten men.

Mexico lineup (4-2-3-1): Talavera; Moreno, Rodríguez, Juárez, Salcido; Torrado, Molina; Guardado, Barrera, Sinha; Hernández

Poland lineup (4-2-3-1): Tytoń; Wasilewski, Głowacki, Jodłowiec, Wawrzyniak; Błaszczykowski, Dudka, Matuszczyk, Mierzejewski, Obraniak; Brożek