Can Mexico Win World Cup 2014? 25% of Mexicans Say El Tri Won't Pass First Round Oscar Lopez - Latin Times
go to original February 19, 2014

Watch the 2014 FIFA World Cup draw with some of Team Mexico's biggest fans. (Budweiser)

Mexican polling firm Mitofsky has revealed a surprising lack of confidence from Mexican fans in El Tri. The polling firm revealed that 25 percent of Mexican believe that its national team will not make it past the first round. While 56 percent believe that Mexico will have a successful World Cup, 21 percent believe El Tri will follow its poor CONCAF form. Among ardent fans, the prospective is considerably higher, with 71 percent believing El Tri will have a successful 2014 campaign.

The results from fans differed, however, when asked which round El Tri would in fact reach. 23.6 percent of fans believe that El Tri will not pass the first round. 14.1 percent believe that Mexico will only reach the elimination stage, while 14.3 percent feel that El Piojo's men will go as far as a quarter final berth. Only 5.5 percent see Mexico reaching a semifinal, while a mere 1.5 percent believe that Mexico will reach the final. However, a heartening 4.5 percent see Mexico as possible champions.

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