Sven satisfied by narrow Mexico victory

Thursday, August 21, 2008

New Mexico boss Sven-Goran Eriksson insists he was happy with his side's performance despite watching them scrape past Honduras in his first competitive game in charge. The 'Tri' opened the semi-final stage of the Concacaf qualifiers with a hard-fought 2-1 win, Stuttgart's Pavel Pardo scoring twice after Julio Cesar De Leon had put the visitors in front. The Swede said: 'It was a hard-fought triumph, but Mexico were clearly the superior team. 'We played better than the Hondurans but had no l ...

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