Mexico’s gold medal dreams came crashing down as Chang-Hoon Kwoon scored a stunner in the 77th minute to send South Korea on their way to the quarterfinals of the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Here are my three takeaways from Mexico’s defeat to South Korea:
“Potro” out of ideas
It is only fair Mexico coach Raul “Potro” Gutierrez takes most of the blame for this defeat. For all the talk of the players made available to him and the injuries to Oribe Peralta and Rodolfo Pizarro on the lead-up to this match, he certainly didn’t do himself any favors with the way his team lined up on Wednesday.