After Cape Verde, Mexicans also filled Serbia's net

The June tour of Veljko Paunović's team ended ingloriously - with an 8:1 aggregate defeat in two friendly matches

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Serbia lost 5:1 in Toluca to Mexico 5:1, in a friendly match.

The June transatlantic tour ended ingloriously for Veljko Paunović's team, despite the fact that the "Eagles" coach could not count on the best squad.

Because, just three days ago, Cape Verde also celebrated a 3:0 victory against Serbia.

"I'm very disappointed and we'll have to fix things. It's probably best to put June behind us and forget about all this. It all fell on these guys. On the one hand, I'm glad they had a very good experience, gave their all, represented their country in the best way possible regardless of these two results. I'm very sorry that this window is being wasted like this. We have a lot of work ahead of us," said Paunović.

Serbia took the lead in the 19th minute with a goal from Petar Stanić, but Mexico managed to turn the game around by the end of the half with a goal from Johan Vázquez in the 34th minute and an own goal from Stefan Bukinac in the second minute of stoppage time.

Mexico continued to play better and in the second half, with goals from Raul Jimenez in the 57th minute, Adem Avdić (own goal) in the 72nd minute and Luis Chavez in the 90th minute, they achieved a convincing victory.

Mexico will play in Group A at the upcoming World Cup, along with South Africa, South Korea and the Czech Republic.

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