Monday, July 4, 2011

Borghi's Chile beat Mexico in Copa debut

Chile beat Mexico 2-1, in the debut match of Group C of Copa America. The match was played at the Bicentenario stadium in San Juan province. Mexican defender Néstor Araujo scored a first time goal, while Esteban Paredes and Arturo Vidal scored second half goals and turned the match around.

Lineups:

Chile: Claudio Bravo; Pablo Contreras, Waldo Ponce, Gonzalo Jara; Mauricio Isla, Gary Medel, Arturo Vidal, Jean Beausejour; Matías Fernández; Alexis Sánchez and Humberto Suazo. Coach: Claudio Borghi.

Mexico: Luis Michel; Francisco Chávez, Héctor Reynoso, Hiram Mier, Javier Aquino; Néstor Araujo, Paul Aguilar, Diego Reyes, Jorge Enríquez; Giovanni Dos Santos; Rafael Márquez. Coach: Luis Tena.

Stadium: Bicentenario (San Juan).

Kickoff: 21,45.

Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela).