“We hope that Mexico wins,” said Cesar Marquez, 28, who was seated at the Malfama bar in the hip Condesa district with his girlfriend, Vanesa Yanez, 23. "The United States is always the principal rival of Mexico, in football and everything else." Both donned T-shirts with the colors of the Mexican flag in a spacious bar where half a dozen screens were showing the pre-game activities. “Now, with everything with [President] Trump, this also has to do with Mexican pride,” said Marquez. “The United States may be very strong, but in football, we Mexicans are always better.”Added Yanez: “Better that Trump know that in football we are better than them.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 11, 2017 15:39 UTC