Martinique 2-3 Mexico: El Tri struggle to beat rivals for group A lead

The Mexican National team had a tough game against Martinique as the underdog team was able to tie the game to almost stop Mexico's perfect streak.

Mexico had one task against Martinique in its last group A match in Charlotte, North Carolina, and that was to finish first of its Gold Cup group to remain in the perfect streak they're having since Gerardo Martino took charge of El Tri.

This match seemed an easy one for those led by 'Tata' Martino; however, Martinique wanted to do the impossible and get that miracle that would give them a quarterfinal ticket, as they did once back in 2002.

Martinique started the game with a defensive style of play, but before the first half ended, Uriel Antuna, LA Galaxy striker, broke the lock that gave Mexico the 1-0 lead that they so needed as Martinique was able to hold El Tri's pressure for most of the first 45 minutes.

The second half was a completely different scenario, despite Mexico's lead as Martinique, with Parsemain splendid free-kick tied the game at the 55th minute, which put Mexico in trouble and desperate to score again. Antuna was in charge of most of Mexico's offensive attack moves, but despite creating the plays, El Tri failed to score.

Raúl Jimenez gave back the lead to Mexico just six minutes after Parsemain goal that gave the Mexican side the calm they needed after Martinique's goal. Navarro increased the lead by scoring the third goal for Gerardo Martino's squad, and when everything seemed to be over for Martinique, Delem scored to shorten Mexico's lead late in the game.

Mexico struggled in the last minutes of the game with Martinique pressuring to tie the game, but in the end, El Tri got the victory to finish as leaders of Group A.