Venezuela vs Mexico live updates (2024)

Mexico captain Edson Alvarez has been ruled out of the remainder of Copa America with a hamstring injury.

Alvarez, 26, said in a video posted on social media that he will remain with the Mexico squad for the remainder of their tournament to offer his support.

Mexico said Alvarez’s injury was confirmed after tests in L.A. on Tuesday but did not provide an estimate on how long he faces on the sidelines, adding that the “recovery time will depend on the evolution of the player”.

A wonderful left-foot strike from Gerardo Arteaga, drilled low and hard across goal from just outside the box, gave Mexico a winning start at Copa America.

El Tri recovered from the loss of West Ham United midfielder Edson Alvarez in the first half after the Mexico captain limped off in agony, having fallen to the ground unchallenged clasping his left hamstring.

A very quiet NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas was made to wait for the start of the second half as Mexico took their time to re-join Jamaica on the field.

But it was Jamaica who were quicker out of the blocks, with Michail Antonio scoring his side’s first Copa America goal with a downward header, only for it to be disallowed for offside after a video assistant referee (VAR) review.

After both sides made changes, it was left-back Arteaga who sealed the points for Mexico. Job done and time to move on — albeit potentially without their captain.

Venezuela came from behind to beat 10-man Ecuador in California on Saturday to begin their 2024 Copa America campaign with a win last week.

Ecuador played the majority of the match with 10 players after their captain, Enner Valencia, was sent off for an incredibly ugly lunge on Venezuela defender Jose Martinez.

But Ecuador then took a deserved lead when Jeremy Sarmiento, who spent this season on loan at Ipswich Town from Brighton & Hove Albion, found the net with a low shot.

Venezuela made their one-man advantage count in the second half, however, and two goals in the space of 10 minutes secured them a vital win. First Jhonder Cadiz scored from Salomon Rondon’s layoff, with Eduard Bello smashing home a rebound to win the game.

Goalkeepers: Carlos Acevedo (Santos Laguna), Julio Gonzalez (Pumas UNAM), Raul Rangel (Guadalajara)

Defenders: Israel Reyes (Club America), Cesar Montes (Almeria), Johan Vasquez (Genoa), Gerardo Arteaga (Monterrey), Jesus Orozco (Guadalajara), Jorge Sanchez (Porto), Brian Garcia (Toluca), Bryan Gonzalez (Pachuca)

Midfielders: Edson Alvarez (West Ham United), Luis Romo (Monterrey), Carlos Rodriguez (Cruz Azul), Erick Sanchez (Pachuca), Jordi Cortizo (Monterrey), Orbelin Pineda (AEK Athens), Luis Chavez (Dynamo Moscow), Roberto Alvarado (Guadalajara)

Forwards: Julian Quinones (Club America), Marcelo Flores (Tigres), Cesar Huerta (Pumas UNAM), Santiago Gimenez (Feyenoord), Alexis Vega (Toluca), Uriel Antuna (Cruz Azul), Guillermo Martinez (Pumas UNAM)

Goalkeepers: Rafael Romo (Universidad Catolica), Joel Graterol (America de Cali), Jose Contreras (Aguilas Doradas)

Defenders: Alexander Gonzalez (Emelec), Jhon Chancellor (Metropolitanos), Wilker Angel (Criciuma), Yordan Osorio (Parma), Nahuel Ferraresi (Sao Paulo), Miguel Navarro (Talleres), Christian Makoun (Anorthosis Famagusta), Jon Aramburu (Real Sociedad)

Midfielders: Tomas Rincon (Santos), Darwin Machis (Cadiz), Yeferson Soteldo (Gremio), Jefferson Savarino (Botafogo), Yangel Herrera (Girona), Cristian Casseres (Toulouse), Jose Martinez (Philadelphia Union), Eduard Bello (Mazatlan), Daniel Pereira (Austin FC), Telasco Segovia (Casa Pia), Kervin Andrade (Fortaleza), Matias Lacava (Vizela)

Forwards: Salomon Rondon (Pachuca), Eric Ramirez (Atletico Nacional), Jhonder Cadiz (Famalicao)

Today’s game will be available to watch live on FS1.

You can catch it on TSN and RDS in Canada and Premier Sports 1 if you are staying up in the United Kingdom.

Mexico’s game against Venezuela is our second Copa America fixture of the day, following Jamaica’s clash with Ecuador.

That means it will get underway at 9pm EDT, which is 6pm PDT and 2am BST.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of today’s Copa America match between Venezuela and Mexico.

Both of these sides won their opening match of the tournament, which means today’s winners will be well placed to qualify as group victors, thus ensuring an easier quarter-final clash.

It promises to be an exciting match so stick with us ahead of kick-off for all the latest news, ahead of minute-by-minute coverage of the game itself.