Mexico 1-1 Belgium Player Ratings: Lukebakio Saves The Day For Belgium As El Tri Held to Another Stalemate In Consecutive Games

Mexico might be one of the teams to look for in the upcoming World Cup, as they just outsmarted one of the toughest European teams in the world, Belgium, at Soldier Field in Chicago. What seemed to be a cakewalk for the Red Devils at first quickly turned on its head as the Mexico national football team started having control of the proceedings.

El Tri drew first blood in the match in the 19th minute, when Brian Gutiérrez's corner found its way to Julián Quiñones at the far post, evading the players in the six-yard box.

He tried to bundle it in but took a wicked but lucky deflection of Belgium's Nathan Ngoy and fell handsomely to an unmarked Jorge Sánchez, who provided a scrappy finish despite being off-balance, as a helpless Matz Sels could only watch.

The Belgium national football team struggled to find the gaps, as Mexico defended with a lot of heart and rarely slipped up in crunch moments. However, the second half changed things completely as the Red Devils hit back just 43 seconds after the restart through Dodi Lukébakio.

The SL Benfica winger cut in from the right-hand side and launched a powerful strike from the edge of the box into the top corner to equalize for the visitors. Belgium kept knocking on the door but failed to grab the winner ultimately.

Sportsdunia brings you the Mexico vs Belgium Player Ratings below. Have a look.

Key Takeaways

• Mexico saw most of the ball and attempted 10 shots in total, while Belgium found it hard to create even a single big chance.
• Koni De Winter won the most aerial duels in this match (3).
• Brian Gutierrez recorded the most key passes in this fixture (3).

Mexico Player Ratings vs Belgium

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Belgium Player Ratings vs Mexico

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Man of the Match

Jorge Sánchez was the man of the match from Mexico vs Belgium.

Worst Performer

Raúl Rangel was the worst of the lot in this international friendly.