Ronaldo's Portugal held 2-2 by Mexico at Confed Cup

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The result left European champion Portugal and Gold Cup victor Mexico trailing host Russian Federation in Group A. Russian Federation opened the tournament with a 2-0 win over New Zealand on Saturday.

Argentine referee Nestor Pitana disallowed a goal by Portugal's Pepe in the 21st minute of the first half after consulting the video assistant referee, reported Efe.

Ronaldo had earlier teed up Ricardo Quaresma for the opener, with Javier Hernandez's equaliser leading to a tight second half before a hectic finish.

KAZAN, Russia (AP) - Title contenders Portugal and Mexico fought out an entertaining 2-2 draw in the Confederations Cup on Sunday, with each team scoring in the last five minutes.

The Portugal match was their toughest group clash on paper and they did well to come away with a point.

A giant screen reports a VAR incident is being reviewed during the Confederations Cup, Group A soccer match between Portugal and Mexico, at the Kazan Arena, Russia, Sunday, June 18, 2017.

While Mexico boast superior quality in their squad, they can not afford to be complacent against New Zealand.

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This is published unedited from the IANS feed. But we have a duty to win the three points. "If I understand it correctly, we are trialling the system right now and there are maybe doubts because we are used to other situations in football", said Pizzi. Chile was also made to wait for a review before a goal was confirmed. "But we are not anxious, there are two games left, we still have chances". Star of the show was Marco Asensio, who scored a classy hat trick in Gdynia as he cemented his claim as one of the most exhilarating young players in the game.

Southampton full-back Cedric Soares found himself through on goal after some poor Mexican play, and his shot looped off a defender and into the goal.

Basic Problem, that New Zealand Never Noticed before is that, they never cross checked, with GK can undergo each Game and make best defense. Since then, former Barcelona player Marquez has played only 22 minutes, coming on in Mexico's friendly against Ireland in New Jersey on June 1.

Coach Fernando Santos has options ahead of Wednesday's game but as ever Portugal's fate could be in Ronaldo's hands.

The shared points were probably a fair result. With the Mexico back three having all been dragged to the Portugal captain, Quaresma had an easy task to side-step Guillermo Ochoa and score.

"We will change the line-up looking at their style of play and go out to win".

Going forward and with numbers, Mexico won a corner and made the reigning Euro champions pay with a lovely header off the post and into the back of the net by Roma newboy Moreno.

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