After last Friday's games, Mexico and Argentina will try give fans their money's worth when they meet at the Dallas Cowboys' Stadium. La Albiceleste, with Lionel Messi leading the pack, will face El Tri, a side that will finally have their most recognizable player on the pitch: Javier "Chicharito" Hernández.
These teams have played 26 games between each other, with Argentina enjoying most of the victories against El Tri. Out of those 26 meetings, Argentina has won twelve games, drawing ten times and only conceding four losses. The latest memories between Mexico and La Albiceleste still haunt the Mexicans, being eliminated by the South American side in every tournament they have played in. Argentina defeated Mexico in the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, while also being able to defend their ground in the 2007 Copa América, with this beautiful goal by Lionel Messi.
Argentina
La Albiceleste showed all its power against Bolivia last Friday, when they destroyed Julio Cesar Baldivieso's side 7-0. During that game, Messi scored a couple of goals with just ten minutes on the pitch, elevating his total to 48 goals with the National Team. "La Pulga" needs to score nine goals to become the all-time scoring leader for Argentina, and even though it's almost impossible he can accomplish that against Mexico, El Tri's shaky defense could give him the chance to get closer to Gabriel Batistuta, the legendary Argentine striker.
For this match, coach Gerardo Martino may think about giving some of the players that didn't start on Friday the chance to perform, such as Carlos Tévez or even Messi, who only played 26 minutes. In fact, substitute goalkeepers Agustín Marchesin and Nahuel Guzmán play for Liga MX sides, so their experience might come in handy for the seasoned coach, and either shot-stopper could be guarding la Albiceleste's net. Furthermore, midfielder Matias Kranevitter, who recently signed with Atletico Madrid, might get another chance to show his ball handling skills with La Albiceleste, after assisting Angel Correa for the last goal against the Bolivians.
Mexico
El Tri, starting an era with coach Ricardo Ferretti, will use this game to find its feet prior to the all important Confederations Cup playoff next month. The Brazilian-born coach has stated he will use all of the players he called up, so we have to expect a different lineup than the one that drew against Trinidad & Tobago on Friday night.
Among those players who will be performing against La Albiceleste, Ferretti will have Javier Hernández available, after "Chicharito" completed his move to Bayer Leverkusen on Monday. Furthermore, Gold Cup captain and MVP Andrés Guardado will perform in the team's mid-section, helping Mexico in creating opportunities to hurt the South Americans. Those players could give Mexico the chance to compete against the Argentineans, although most experts think the Copa América runners up will end up winning this game.
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