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    Mexican stand out

    By Andrew Downie

    Tuesday, May 24, 2005

    When Mexican side Guadalajara hammered Cienciano 5-1 in Peru earlier this year, the stunning victory did not just take them into the first round proper of the Copa Libertadores. 'That win won us respect,' said Guadalajara's Mexican international goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez; it also sent out a message to the rest of the continent that the boys from the north were no longer a soft touch. Until recently, Mexico's football teams did not get the respect they felt they deserved. Although the country ...

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