Rogelio Funes Mori scored a double as champions Mexico bounced back from their opening CONCACAF Gold Cup draw with a comfortable 3-0 win over Guatemala in Dallas on Wednesday.
El Tri dominated the shots (20-4) and possession (67 per cent) throughout with Funes Mori putting them ahead shortly prior to the half hour.
The Monterrey forward added a second in the 55th minute before Orbelin Pineda rounded out the scoring in the 79th minute.
Funes Mori s display, in only his third international, comes after star Mexico striker Hirving Lozano was ruled out of the Gold Cup with a head and neck injury from Saturday s disappointing 0-0 opening draw with Trinidad Tobago.
Mexico moves to four points from two games, while Guatemala have no points from two games and are yet to score a goal.
Impressive Atletico Madrid midfielder Hector Herrera skimmed the post with a 19th-minute free-kick, before Funes Mori squared for Erick Gutierrez whose close-range shot was saved by Guatemala keeper Nicholas Hagen.
Funes Mori broke the deadlock after Herrera lifted a ball over him on the left side of the box, with the striker bringing it down, jinking inside and curling it home expertly.
The ex-Benfica forward had a 50th minute lob saved before Pineda unselfishly squared for Funes Mori to lash home for his third international goal.
Pineda grabbed a goal of his own with a header from Luis Rodriguez s cross, before an acrobatic celebration as Mexico got their title defence properly underway.
In the other Group A game, El Salvador won 2-0 over Trinidad Tobago in Frisco.
Recibes, controlas, perfilas, disparas ¡Y ADENTRO!
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