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Raul Jimenez was Mexico’s hero as his objective despatched his nation right into a fourth consecutive Gold Cup last following a 1-0 victory over Honduras at Levi’s Stadium.
Jiminez was on the right track for Javier Aguirre’s crew within the fiftieth minute, with Mexico now dealing with america within the last, the eighth time they’ve met within the showpiece match.
In what proved to be a nervy first-half, Marcel Ruiz got here closest to opening the scoring for Mexico, however he noticed his effort saved effectively by Edrick Menjivar all the way down to his left.
However 5 minutes after the restart, Jimenez broke the impasse with a nice end into the bottom-left nook, along with his objective assisted by gifted teenager Gilberto Mora.
Certainly, at 16 years and 262 days previous, Mora turned the youngest participant to supply an help within the Gold Cup since 2013.
Edson Alvaraz then had a objective disallowed 4 minutes late attributable to offside, however Honduras didn’t threaten a comeback as Mexico comfortably noticed out the victory.
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Jimenez proved to be Mexico’s hero as soon as once more. It was the sixth time in his profession with the nationwide crew that he scored the one objective in a 1-0 victory, together with the third within the Gold Cup (2019 towards Haiti and 2023 towards Trinidad and Tobago).
The end result additionally noticed Mexico attain their twelfth Gold Cup last, second solely to america (13), who beat Guatemala within the competitors’s different semi-final.
Aguirre (2009, 2025) is simply the second supervisor to guide Mexico to a Gold Cup Ultimate a number of occasions, after Gerardo Martino, who did so in 2019 and 2021.
Mexico have saved clear sheets in 5 consecutive knockout spherical matches on the Gold Cup, equalling the longest streak in competitors historical past, set from 1993-98 by themselves, with their defence needing to be at their finest within the last.
