Despite bad calls, Mexico victorious in World Cup debut

voxxiBy Jose Oliveros, Voxxi

Mexico was on the wrong end of referee Wilmar Roldan of Colombia decisions on Friday in theirWorld Cup debut against Cameroon.

Oribe Peralta, however, was the hero for the “Aztecas” with a 60th minute goal that sealed the victory for el Tri.

Estadio das Dunas in Natal, Brazil was the scene of two –at best– questionable calls by the referee. The Brazilian sky opened up and a torrential downpour proceeded, it may had a role to play in the bad calls, since visibility on the pitch is bad.

In the 10th minute of the match Giovani Dos Santos received a wonderful cross from the right side and one-timed his shot past Cameroonian goalkeeper Charles Itandje. The linesman deemed the player to be offside, but images show that the Villarreal striker was onside. Big mistake.

In the 29th minute Miguel Layun swung in a corner –that was touched by a Cameroon defender– and Gio Dos Santos headed in the ball. Once again it was deemed offside.

These two bad calls could really hurt Mexico, as this is the most important match of the World Cup for them thus far. A loss against Cameroon could doom them moving forward. The Aztecas still have to face host Brazil and Croatia.

Mexico goes for the win in the second half

A wonderful pass by Gio Dos Santos leaves Oribe Peralta one-on-one with Cameroon’s goalkeeper, but the African was able to make a good save on Peralta’s shot in the 47th minute.

Oribe Peralta cleans up a scrum in the middle of the Cameroon box in the 60th minute of the match. After a save on a Giovani Dos Santos shot the Mexican attacker struck the rebound one-time to put Mexico up 1-0.

Miguel Herrera held his breath for a second in the 90th minute. Memo Ochoa made a diving save to keep his goal unbeaten in the only real time he was tested.

Mexico will take on Brazil on June 17.

This article was originally published on Voxxi.

[Photo by James Willamor/Flickr]

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