International Friendly

Mexico vs Turkey 2025 International Friendly

Mexico
  • 45': Orbelín Pineda
FT
1 - 0
Turkey

    Pineda leads Mexico past Turkey in final Gold Cup tune-up

    Mexico wrapped up its 2025 Gold Cup preparations with a 1-0 friendly victory over Turkey on Tuesday night.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 45': Goal! Mexico 1, Türkiye 0. Orbelín Pineda (Mexico) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Julián Quiñones.
    • 45'+3': Merih Demiral (Türkiye) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+5': First Half ends, Mexico 1, Türkiye 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Türkiye. Mustafa Eskihellaç replaces Yasin Özcan.
    • 45': Second Half begins Mexico 1, Türkiye 0.
    • 62': Substitution, Mexico. César Huerta replaces Alexis Vega.
    • 62': Substitution, Mexico. Roberto Alvarado replaces Orbelín Pineda.
    • 62': Substitution, Mexico. Érik Lira replaces Edson Álvarez.
    • 62': Substitution, Türkiye. Baris Alper Yilmaz replaces Irfan Can Kahveci.
    • 62': Substitution, Türkiye. Orkun Kökçü replaces Ismail Yüksek.
    • 66': Érik Lira (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 70': Substitution, Mexico. Santiago Giménez replaces Julián Quiñones.
    • 70': Substitution, Mexico. Raúl Jiménez replaces Ángel Sepúlveda.
    • 77': Substitution, Türkiye. Ege Tiknaz replaces Kaan Ayhan.
    • 77': Substitution, Türkiye. Deniz Gül replaces Kerem Aktürkoglu.
    • 84': Substitution, Mexico. Luis Chávez replaces Marcel Ruíz.
    • 85': Substitution, Türkiye. Ahmed Kutucu replaces Kenan Yildiz.

    Game Information

    Competition: International Friendly

    Venue: Kenan Memorial Stadium
    Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    Attendance: 25,606

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 13
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 4
    10 Corner Kicks 0
    2 Saves 1
    58.2 Possession 41.8
    17 SHOTS 6
    1 ON GOAL 3
    0.1 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    473 Accurate Passes 344
    545 Passes 397
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    5 Accurate Crosses 5
    15 Crosses 8
    0.3 Cross % 0.6
    44 Long Balls 52
    20 Accurate Long Balls 35
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
    6 Blocked Shots 1
    12 Effective Tackles 16
    17 Tackles 23
    0.7 Tackle % 0.7
    8 Interceptions 7
    6 Effective Clearances 23
    6 Clearances 23

    Line-Ups

    MEX Mexico (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Ángel Malagón (GK)
    3 César Montes
    15 Israel Reyes
    23 Jesús Gallardo
    2 Jorge Sánchez
    14 Marcel Ruiz
    4 Edson Álvarez
    10 Alexis Vega
    17 Orbelín Pineda
    16 Julián Quiñones
    18 Ángel Sepúlveda
    Substitutes:
    Erik Lira, Santiago Gimenez, Roberto Alvarado, Jesús Orozco, Raúl Rangel, Efrain Álvarez, Luis Chávez, Guillermo Ochoa, César Huerta, Mateo Chávez, Gilberto Sepúlveda, Raúl Jiménez, Gilberto Mora, Julián Araujo, Carlos Rodríguez.

    TUR Turkey (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    12 Berke Özer (GK)
    4 Caglar Söyüncü
    3 Merih Demiral Yellow Card
    26 Yasin Ozcan
    18 Mert Müldür
    10 Arda Güler
    16 Ismail Yüksek
    22 Kaan Ayhan
    7 Kerem Aktürkoglu
    11 Kenan Yildiz
    17 Irfan Can Kahveci
    Substitutes:
    Mustafa Eskihellac, Eren Elmali, Ahmed Kutucu, Okay Yokuslu, Yusuf Akcicek, Orkun Kökçü, Can Uzun, Demir Ege Tiknaz, Oguz Aydin, Baris Alper Yilmaz, Altay Bayindir, Muhammed Sengezer, Zeki Çelik, Deniz Gül, Samet Akaydin.

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