{"id":447669,"date":"2011-06-25T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/25\/mexico-defender-carlos-salcido-does-not-believe-there-is-a-favourite-in-the-gold-cup-final-against-usa\/"},"modified":"2011-06-25T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T13:39:00","slug":"mexico-defender-carlos-salcido-does-not-believe-there-is-a-favourite-in-the-gold-cup-final-against-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/25\/mexico-defender-carlos-salcido-does-not-believe-there-is-a-favourite-in-the-gold-cup-final-against-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico defender Carlos Salcido does not believe there is a favourite in the Gold Cup final against USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Mike Slane<\/h3>\n<h4>25 Jun 2011 14:39:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"71.5707369554\">\n<div readability=\"19.6976744186\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Carlos Salcido, Mexico (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/134800\/134802_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carlos Salcido, Mexico (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"36.2262357414\">Although <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/mexico\/217\/mexico\">Mexico<\/a> have had a much easier run to the Gold Cup final than the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/united-states\/248\/united-states\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/mexico\/8668\/carlos-amoldo-salcido\/national\">Carlos Salcido<\/a> doesn&#8217;t think either nation should be considered the favourite when the two teams meet Saturday night at the Rose Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, I don&#8217;t think so,&#8221; the Mexican defender said. &#8220;The US is a great team, very compact with great players. They haven&#8217;t been playing as well as I think their fans are used to seeing them play, but this is a final we&#8217;re talking about. We know how complex it is to play against them. I just hope Saturday&#8217;s a great day for Mexico.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The US suffered an embarrassing loss to Panama in the first round before bouncing back with three straight clean sheets, including a 1-0 win over Panama in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mexico coasted through the group stage before facing tougher competition in Guatemala and Honduras during the knockout rounds. They needed two extra-time goals to get past Honduras Wednesday night in Houston.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You go through the different stages and teams get tougher,&#8221; Salcido said. &#8220;They&#8217;re not willing to give you anything, so the games get tougher. But I think the team&#8217;s been getting better as we go on, too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Salcido was forced off the pitch against Honduras in the 56th minute with a foot injury. After the game, he said he was not 100 per cent entering the contest and put part of the blame on the poor field quality throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>He will likely be available for the final, but may not start.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll try to be there,&#8221; he said after the semifinal. &#8220;If I have to be on the bench I&#8217;ll do my best to support the team either way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Follow MIKE SLANE on <span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c4\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"18\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2931\/go-global\/2011\/06\/25\/2547178\/mexico-defender-carlos-salcido-does-not-believe-there-is-a\" title=\"Mexico defender Carlos Salcido does not believe there is a favourite in the Gold Cup final against USA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mexico defender Carlos Salcido does not believe there is a favourite in the Gold Cup final against USA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Mike Slane 25 Jun 2011 14:39:00 Carlos Salcido, Mexico (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Although Mexico have had a much easier run to the Gold Cup final than the United States , Carlos Salcido doesn&#8217;t think either nation should be considered the favourite when the two teams meet Saturday night at the Rose Bowl. &#8220;No, I don&#8217;t think so,&#8221; the Mexican defender said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":447670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-447669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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