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06/24 22:01 CDT Mexico beats Czech Republic 3-0 to win all 3 World Cup
group-stage matches for 1st time
Mexico beats Czech Republic 3-0 to win all 3 World Cup group-stage matches for
1st time
By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ
AP Sports Writer
MEXICO CITY (AP) --- Mateo Chvez and Julin Quiones scored goals in a
six-minute span early in the second half, and Mexico beat the Czech Republic
3-0 on Wednesday night to win all three of its World Cup group-stage matches
for the first time.
The 22-year-old Chvez, in his first World Cup, opened the scoring in the 55th
minute and Quiones scored his second goal of the tournament in the 61st.
Alvaro Fidalgo added a goal in second-half stoppage time.
Mexico's previous best group-stage performance was two wins and one draw, done
in 1986 and 2002 and both featuring Javier Aguirre, the first as a midfielder
and the second as El Tri's coach.
Already the winner of Group A, Mexico will play again at Azteca Stadium on
Tuesday in a round-of-32 match against an opponent to be determined.
The Czech Republic was eliminated, finishing with one point in three games.
The match included nods to Mexico's past and future. Gilberto Mora became the
youngest Mexico player to start in a World Cup at age 17. And 40-year-old
goalkeeper Guillermo "Memo" Ochoa entered in the 77th minute, joining
Argentina's Lionel Messi and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo as the only players
to appear in six World Cups.
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AP World Cup: https://apnews.com/hub/fifa-world-cup
