Mexico U23 faces Japan U23 in the bronze medal match at the Olympic Games. The match will be played on Friday, August 6th at Saitama Stadium (Saitama)
Before the start of the tournament in Tokyo, Mexico was included in the list of teams capable of competing for medals. The Tricolors started in Group A, where they scored six points against France (4-1), Japan (1-2), and South Africa (3-0) and advanced to the knockout rounds from 2nd place. In the quarterfinals, the Mexicans eliminated South Korea in a super-productive game (6-3), but in the semifinals they got a difficult opponent in the person of Brazil, which won the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The match between two Latin American teams was held in a bitter struggle, but they did not score in 120 minutes of regulation and extra time. The finalist was determined in a penalty shootout, where the Tricolors did not convert two penalties and lost with a score of 1-4.
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The national under-23 football team of Japan performed well at the home Olympic tournament. The Japanese unexpectedly won Group A, earning a maximum of nine points in the company with South Africa (1-0), Mexico (2-1), and France (4-0). In the quarterfinals, the hosts of the Games hardly eliminated New Zealand due to a victory in the penalty shootout (0-0 and 4-2). The Japanese were stopped by the main favorites of the tournament, the Spaniards (0-1 after extra time). The Red Fury could not breach the defense of the Blues, who occasionally snapped back with counterattacks. The regulation time ended without goals, and only towards the end of the 2nd extra half, Marco Asensio hit Kosei Tani's net. That goal provided the Spaniards with access to the final.
The national under-23 teams of Japan and Mexico were competitors in the group stage of the current Olympic tournament. The match of the 2nd round, which took place in Saitama on July 25, ended with the victory of the home team (2-1). Despite the result of that game and the status of the hosts of the competition, the Japanese will not be the favorites in the fight for the bronze. Japan and Mexico are comparable in terms of the class of players and have approximately equal chances of winning. The outcome of the semifinals is unpredictable, so it will be safer to bet on the teams' production. There is a chance that the match will turn out to be rich in goals. In the group, the opponents did not close from the first minutes and scored three goals for two. The bet on Over 2.5 goals scored took place in five of the last six matches of the Mexican Olympic team.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals scored
