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How México beat Brazil in the final of an international cup, twice

By Alexis Almosnino

Mexico National Team has two milestones that undoubtedly make all its fans proud, and they are nothing less than finals won against Brazil, for the most important Concacaf tournament.

Mexico National Team has two milestones that undoubtedly make all its fans proud, and they are nothing less than finals won against Brazil, for the most important Concacaf tournament.

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In the history of the Mexican National Team there are several chapters of glories and defeats against the Brazilian team, becoming one of the most emblematic rivals. So much so, that he even has the joy of being able to say that he even beat him in two finals.

Brazil National Team was invited to play in the 1996 Gold Cup, held in California, United States. They got to the final and lost with México by a final score of 2-0. Mexico captured its second consecutive CONCACAF Gold Cup before more than 75,000 at the Coliseum, winning 2-0 against an under-23 Brazilian team preparing for the Summer Olympics.

In the Gold Cup of 2003 something similar happened. Brazil was invited to participate once again. They advanced all the way to the final and lost to México 1-0 in OT thanks to a golden goal by Daniel Osorno. They curious thing about this is that they faced off twice in that competition, once on the group stage and the other one in the final. The group stage match was also won by the Mexican National Team 1-0.

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The Mexico National Team, is the maximum winner of the competition. With 11 titles in total, he has total power over the rest of the Concacaf competitors. It is followed by the United States with 8.

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In total, the Mexican National Team faced Brazil 42 times, between friendly matches, the Gold Cup, the America Cup, the Confederations Cup, the World Cups and the Olympic Games. The balance favors the South Americans by adding 24 victories, for only 10 victories for El Tri.

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