Gold Cup 2023: Qatar surprises Mexico and wins 1-0

Qatar prevented Mexico from winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup group stage with a 1-0 victory at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara (California), a victory that secured the Asian team's place in the next round of the tournament.

Left back Hazem Shehata scored the only goal of the game in the 27th minute of the first half. The Qatar National Team showed 100% effectiveness in front of goal, as they took advantage of their only shot on goal to secure the victory.

For their part, El Tri had a number of opportunities throughout the game. However, they failed to penetrate Meshaaal Barsham's goal. Mexico went into the match with a place in the quarterfinals already secured after defeating Haiti on the second matchday.

Lineups and match sheet

Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa; Julián Araujo (Uriel Antuna, 81st minute), Israel Reyes, Luis Romo (Erick Sánchez, 81st minute), Gerardo Arteaga; Edson Álvarez, Carlos Rodríguez (Henry Martín, 70th minute), Orbelín Pineda (Diego Lainez, 60th minute), Luis Chávez; Ozziel Herrera (Roberto Alvarado, 60th minute) and Santiago Giménez.

Coach: Jaime Lozano.

Qatar: Meshaaal Barsham; Ahmed Suhail, Hazem Shehata (Al Mejaba Mahdi, 77th minute), Tarek Salman, Mohammed Waad (Ali Asad, 40th minute), Musaab Khidir; Homam Ahmed, Ahmed Abdoulla, Abdulla Al Marafi (Youssef Farahat, 53rd minute), Mostafa Mashal; Tameem Alabdulla (Assim Madibo, 78th minute).

Coach: Carlos Queiroz.

Goal: 0-1 (27th minute): Hazem Shehata.

Referee: Drew Fischer, of Canada. Yellow cards were given to Mohammed Waad, Ahmed Abdoulla, Tarek Salman, Tameeem Alabdulla, Santiago Giménez, Gerardo Arteaga, Al Mejaba Mahdi, Mostafa Mashal and Assim Madibo.