Mexico’s Giovanni dos Santos looks good in the video, above, scoring twice in a 4-0 win over lowly Venezuela. But can Dos Santos and this teammates play like this in early August when they meet the United States again in regional World Cup qualifiers? Three teams qualify automatically and the US is currently second behind Costa Rica. Mexico is fourth behind Honduras. Though Mexico has won all their home games (they’ve been less successful on the road), their neighbors, the United States–now also gloating from beating world number one, Spain–currently has Mexico’s number. Which just makes football fan and actor Diego Luna (quoted in lad magazine, COMPLEX) depressed:
“I’m into the U.S.-Mexico futbol rivalry. I am one of many ashamed Mexicans who have to deal with the idea of playing a country where nobody cares about futbol and we lose every time. It’s horrible … But it means so much here and we’re doing bad. And over there, it means nothing, and they’re doing well.”