FIFA Confederations Cup 2001 / Mexico
This article deals with the Mexican national soccer team at the Confederations Cup 2001 (officially FIFA Confederations Cup 2001 ™, also known as Confederations Cup), which was held in Japan and South Korea - as a sporting and organizational dress rehearsal for the World Cup finals there one year later .
The Mexican team was qualified as the reigning defending champion.
Contingent
Mexico (El Tri) had the following players for this tournament:
| Number / name | Association at the time | birthday | Games | Gates | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| goal | ||||||
| 1 | Oswaldo Sánchez | CD Guadalajara | 09/21/1973 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Erubey Cabuto | CF Atlas | 09/06/1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Óscar Dautt | Puebla FC | 06/08/1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | ||||||
| 2 | Claudio Suarez | UANL Tigres | December 17, 1968 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Joaquín Beltrán | UNAM Pumas | 04/29/1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4th | David Oteo | UANL Tigres | 07/27/1973 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Duilio Davino | Club America | 03/21/1976 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17th | Octavio Valdez | CF Pachuca | December 07, 1973 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22nd | Hugo Chavez | Monarcas Morelia | 10/16/1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| midfield | ||||||
| 6th | Marco Antonio Ruiz | CD Guadalajara | 07/12/1969 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7th | David Rangel | Deportivo Toluca | 11/12/1969 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8th | Juan Pablo Rodríguez | CF Atlas | 08/07/1979 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | José Manuel Abundis | CF Atlante | 06/11/1973 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Pável Pardo | Club America | 07/26/1976 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14th | German Villa | Club America | 04/02/1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Alberto Coyote | CD Guadalajara | 03/26/1967 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18th | Cesareo Victorino | CF Pachuca | 03/19/1979 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19th | Joaquin Reyes | Santos Laguna | 02/20/1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20th | Victor Ruiz | Deportivo Toluca | 06/07/1969 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 21st | Luis Ernesto Pérez | Necaxa | 01/12/1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| attack | ||||||
| 10 | Jared Borgetti | Santos Laguna | 08/14/1973 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Daniel Osorno | CF Atlas | March 16, 1979 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15th | Antonio de Nigris | CF Monterrey | 04/01/1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Trainer | ||||||
| Enrique Meza | 03/03/1948 | |||||
Course of the tournament
The Mexican team could not build on their good performances at the tournament in their own country two years earlier and started with a 2-0 defeat against Australia with the following line-up: Sánchez - Suárez, Oteo, Davino, M. Ruiz (48th Osorno) - Rodríguez, Abundis, Borgetti - Pardo, Coyote (48th Victorino), V. Ruiz (64th Reyes).
In the second game against co-hosts South Korea , Víctor Ruiz equalized to make it 1-1 in the 80th minute and also the only goal Mexico scored at this tournament. Nevertheless, "El Tri" lost through a goal by Yoo Sang-chul in stoppage time with 1: 2 also this game with the following line-up: Sánchez - Suárez, Davino, Pardo, Valdez - Rangel, Rodríguez (61st V. Ruiz), Victorino - Borgetti (52nd M. Ruiz), Osorno (70th Abundis), De Nigris.
Due to the 0: 4 defeat in the last group game against the reigning world champion and eventual tournament winner France , the defending champion had the worst record of all eight participants with 1: 8 goals and zero points. The game against "Les Bleus" was contested with the following line-up: Sánchez - Suárez, Davino, Pardo, Valdez - Rangel, Abundis, Victorino (75th Rodríguez) - M. Ruiz (63rd Reyes), De Nigris (46th Borgetti) , V. Ruiz.