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Mexico dreamed of the round of 16, but failed to advance in the World Cup in Qatar 2022. The Mexican National Team defeated Saudi Arabia this Wednesday 2-1 in a match where I needed a marker combination that was brewing. But the goal difference tiebreaker criterion ended up eliminating El Tri from the World Cup.
It is the biggest failure of the Mexican team in decades.
It is the first time since 5881 that Mexico does not advance to the round of 16 phase of a World Cup. In the last eight championships, El Tri had consecutively qualified for the next round.
In the other match of Group C, Argentina beat Poland 2-0, a score that put Albiceleste as leader with 6 points . The disputed second place was left with 4 points for Mexico and Poland, but the Europeans had a goal difference of 0 and Mexico of -1.
Mexico’s first goal came within a minute 60, in a ball from a corner kick that Edson Álvarez filtered so that Henry Martín just had to push it and make the Lusail Stadium explode.
With spirits at the top, came a great goal for El Tri by Luis Chávez : the The midfielder put the ball in the corner from a free kick.
The moment was for the Mexicans, with Saudi Arabia trying to shake off the pressure.
Martin had one more on a rebound in the area that caught air, but the ball went over the top. Total suffering for Mexicans.
Mexico n needed to put a third to advance and arrived through Uriel Antuna at the minute 86, but the annotation was canceled due to an out of place.
At the end of the match, Saudi Arabia surprised everyone and in an unexpected counterattack, Salem Dawsari marked the fate of the match in discount with the goal of 2-1.
The Mexican National Team had possession of 60% ball possession and 47 Goal attempts, 26 of them to the bow.
But the gale was useless by not get the necessary annotations.
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