It's difficult to say - even more so after my predictions for Group A's opening games proved so wide of the mark!

I too was very impressed with them at the World Cup. Argentina-Mexico for me was the game of the tournament. But their results (& I believe their performances) at the Gold Cup weren't all that great.

I still think they will do OK though. A better bet than Uruguay as a "surprise winner" (as I wrote above before last night's games).

One specific thing that concerns me slightly. I thought Rafael Marquez was Mexico's best player (& one of the best in the tournament) as a holding midfielder at the World Cup but Sanchez apparently tends to use him in defence. At least that was the case pre-Gold Cup - for anyone who watched that tournament is that still the case?

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