Mexico has much more quality and should win here.
Mexico is coming in good form and I see them favorites to win this group. They are in a generational change, as left out of the squad some veterans and experienced players (Ochoa, Hirving Lozano, Raul Jimenez), replacing them by some young promises.
Coach Lozano is under big pressure in this tournament, as if they don’t make a good performance could be fired. In previous friendlies they suffered a huge defeat 0:4 against Uruguay and then, with some changes and adjustments, improved against Brazil losing only 2:3, but we must remember that Brazil was playing with the B team there.
Before those friendlies they reached the CONCACAF Finals where lost 2:0 against the USA.
Although the tournament is played in the USA, Mexico will play at home. In the United States there are a lot of Mexicans so Mexico will be the team (alongside USA of course) with more fans support in this Copa America.
Their key players will be the striker Santiago Gimenez, who made a great season with Feyenoord scoring 23 goals, as well as West Ham midfielder Edson Alvarez. If we sum the market value of both players alone, it’s higher than the whole Jamaica's squad, especially because they’ll be missing some key players.
Mexico has a lot of pressure to show that they are still a competitive team, both the players and coach, so I expect them to play motivated here. Although they are changing some pieces in the squad, they have much more quality than Jamaica and I expect them to win this fixture and make the first step to qualify to the next round, which is the minimum expected for them.
Jamaica is a very weak team, nobody expects anything from them. Have a great coach who is the icelandic Heimir Hallgrimsson, who reached the first WC for Iceland some years ago, but their squad and preparation for this tournament is very poor.
Firstly, they’ll be missing for the Copa America their captain and best player - Aston Villa’s winger Leon Bailey. He had a great season in the Premier League and is the game-changer in Jamaica, and doesn’t have any good replacements. He refused to play the tournament after declaring that the Jamaican federation couldn’t give the team and players proper conditions.
Furthermore, their starter goalkeeper and captain Andre Blake is injured and won’t play this fixture.
Without Bailey, the main players for Jamaica will be Antonio and De Cordova-Reid.
Jamaica is an offensive team so I expect them to attack here. They have much more quality in attack than at the back, whilst Mexico is also a very dangerous team upfront with plenty of good players. I expect an open game with both teams scoring, but in an open game, the team with more quality use to have the advantage, and here Mexico is undoubtedly the one with better players.
墨西哥实力更强,应该在这里获胜。
墨西哥的状态很好,我认为他们最有希望赢得这个小组。他们正在经历一场世代更迭,一些老将和经验丰富的球员(奥乔亚、洛萨诺、希门尼斯)被一些年轻有为的球员所取代。
主教练洛扎诺在这次比赛中承受着很大的压力,如果他们不做出好的表现就可能被解雇。在之前的友谊赛中,他们以0:4惨败于乌拉圭,之后经过一些调整和调整,在对阵巴西的比赛中只输了2:3,但我们必须记住,巴西在那里是和B队比赛。
在友谊赛之前,他们进入了中北美洲和加勒比海地区的决赛,但以2:0输给了美国队。
虽然比赛在美国举行,但墨西哥队将在主场比赛。在美国有很多墨西哥人,所以墨西哥队(当然还有美国队)在本届美洲杯上会得到更多球迷的支持。
他们的关键球员将是前锋圣地亚哥·希门尼斯,他在费耶诺德取得了23个进球,以及西汉姆联中场埃德森·阿尔瓦雷斯。如果我们把这两名球员的市场价值加起来,会比整个牙买加队的市值还要高,尤其是因为他们将失去一些关键球员。
墨西哥有很大的压力来证明他们仍然是一支有竞争力的球队,无论是球员还是教练,所以我希望他们在这里发挥出动力。虽然他们正在调整阵容,但他们的实力比牙买加强得多,我希望他们能赢得这场比赛,并迈出晋级下一轮的第一步,这是对他们的最低期望。
牙买加是一支非常弱的球队,没有人对他们有什么期望。我们有一个伟大的教练,他是冰岛的海米尔·哈尔格里姆松,几年前他代表冰岛参加了第一届世界杯,但是他们的阵容和备战都很差。
首先,他们将错过美洲杯他们的队长和最佳球员——阿斯顿维拉的边锋利昂·贝利。他在英超有一个伟大的赛季,是牙买加的游戏规则改变者,并且没有任何好的替代者。在宣布牙买加联合会不能给球队和球员提供适当的条件后,他拒绝参加比赛。
此外,他们的首发门将兼队长布雷克也受伤了,无法参加本场比赛。
没有贝利,牙买加的主力球员将是安东尼奥和德科尔多瓦-里德。
牙买加是一支进攻型球队,所以我希望他们在这里进攻。他们在进攻端比后防线更有实力,同时墨西哥在前场也是一支非常危险的球队,有很多优秀的球员。我希望这是一场双方都能进球的公开比赛,但在公开比赛中,实力更强的球队会占据优势,而墨西哥无疑是拥有更好球员的球队。