Cup Replacement Carafe

Cup Replacement Carafe

The team that looked very confident and pleased after a victory in the Estadio Azteca last Saturday against Costa Rica, was not the same team that played yesterday in the Olympic Stadium against Honduras, who lost 3-1 in a very humiliating way, showing that Mexico is a very weak team and that something is missing; they have the players and the capacity but they are not getting to a level of good effectiveness that can make them win games away from home. With the face that Mexico showed back on Saturday they became favorites to win over Honduras, especially after those actually had a hard time in Port of Spain against Trinidad & Tobago over the weekend, finishing with a draw 1-1 at the end.

The big question here is what is going bad in the Mexican squad? Most of the people are saying that the coach Sven Goran-Eriksson is not good enough to handle a team like Mexico. While the team hasn't been able to win outside home, the Mexican Football Federation said that Eriksson would be out of the team if was not able to win at home against Costa Rica, but since they did, he remained in the position. However, yesterday morning he had a meeting with the Mexican Federation of Football where he was announced that those, along with the Committee of Nationals Teams, had taken the decision of dismiss him as Mexico's coach.

Nestor De la Torre, director of Federation, stated that they had to make a deep analysis on the results they had obtained during this time to take the final decision. ''This morning we had a meeting with Mr. Eriksson and although it is a shame for me and a lot of people, we told Mr. Eriksson that his spell with the national team was over,'' Said De la Torre. He added that they have yet to decide who is going to be his replacement. "At the right moment we'll announce the next step, but we ask the media to wait a little bit to know what is going to happen," he said.

This is the last stage of the qualifying rounds for the World Cup that will be held next year in South Africa. Mexico dropped into the fourth place of the six-team group of the CONCACAF. If they finish in that position, they will have to play against the fifth team of South America for a last spot on the World Cup. The first three teams will qualify directly. On the other hand, Honduras looked very optimistic and very good offensively; the complete team gave everything that they had to win the game.

The star of the team yesterday was Carlos Costly who, with a great performance, scored two of the three goals that gave the victory to the Honduras squad. He is a very talented striker who fought for the ball and scored for the first time in the 17th minute, the second goal came in the 79th minute. He said that with the national team you have to give it all, and that's what he did and in addition he gave the victory to his team.