Mexico v Czech Republic, 24 June 2026

Score3-0 to Mexico
RefereeYael Falcón Pérez
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Group A
VenueEstadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance80,824

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Kick-off: 7.00pm local . FIFA World Ranking: Mexico 14th, Czech Republic 40th . Mexico met Czechoslovakia in the FIFA World Cup at Viña del Mar in Chile in 1962 (won 3-1). The only previous meeting with Czech Republic was part of the Chinese New Year Tournament played in Hong Kong in February 2000 (lost 1-2).

3 Mexico

Manager: Javier Aguirre

0 Czech Republic

Manager: Miroslav Koubek

Goals:

Mateo Chávez 55 G
Julian Quiñones 61 G
Alvaro Fidalgo 90+4 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Raúl Rangel
Defender Mateo Chávez
Defender César Montes
Defender/Midfielder Roberto Alvarado
Defender/Midfielder Edson Alvarez (captain)
Defender/Midfielder Israel Reyes
Defender/Midfielder Luis Romo
Defender/Midfielder Jorge Sánchez
Midfielder/Forward Gilberto Mora
Midfielder/Forward Julian Quiñones
Forward Guillermo Martínez

Starting lineup:

Matěj Kovář Goalkeeper
Robin Hranáč Defender
Vladimír Coufal Defender/Midfielder
David Douděra Defender/Midfielder
Tomáš Holeš Defender/Midfielder
Ladislav Krejčí Defender/Midfielder (captain)
Lukáš Cerv Midfielder
Michal Sadílek Midfielder
Pavel Sulc Midfielder
Denis Višinský Midfielder/Forward
Adam Hložek Forward

Substitutions:

Santiago Giménez for Guillermo Martínez 63
Obed Vargas for Luis Romo 63
Alvaro Fidalgo for Gilberto Mora 72
Jesús Gallardo for Mateo Chávez 78
Guillermo Ochoa for Raúl Rangel 78

Substitutions:

Lukáš Provod for Denis Višinský 56
Patrik Schick for Adam Hložek 64
Tomáš Souček for Tomáš Holeš 64
Tomáš Chorý for Lukáš Cerv 87
Alexandr Sojka for Tomáš Souček 87

Cards:

Edson Alvarez 63 Y

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Carlos Acevedo
Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa
Defender Johan Vásquez
Defender/Midfielder Jesús Gallardo
Midfielder Luis Chávez
Midfielder Alvaro Fidalgo
Midfielder Erik Lira
Midfielder Orbelín Pineda
Midfielder Obed Vargas
Midfielder/Forward Armando González
Midfielder/Forward Brian Gutiérrez
Midfielder/Forward César Huerta
Midfielder/Forward Alexis Vega
Forward Santiago Giménez
Forward Raúl Jiménez

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Lukáš Horníček
Goalkeeper Jindřich Staněk
Defender Stěpán Chaloupek
Defender David Zima
Defender/Midfielder Jaroslav Zelený
Midfielder Vladimír Darida
Midfielder Lukáš Provod
Midfielder Hugo Sochůrek
Midfielder Alexandr Sojka
Midfielder Tomáš Souček
Midfielder/Forward Mojmír Chytil
Forward Tomáš Chorý
Forward Jan Kuchta
Forward Patrik Schick

Comments:

This was the first time that Mexico had won three out of three games in the group stage of a FIFA World Cup tournament. . El Tri kept a clean sheet in each of their three group games at the FIFA World Cup finals for the first time since 1970 when they were the host nation. . Aged 17 years and 253 days old, Gilberto Mora had now become the youngest player to start a game at a FIFA World Cup tournament since Nigeria’s Femi Opabunmi against England in Osaka, Japan in 2002 (17 years and 101 days).

Comments:

With one point from their three games, Czech Republic finished bottom of their group at a FIFA World Cup tournament for the first time since 1970 in Mexico (as Czechoslovakia). . Repre failed in their attempt to reach the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup finals for the first time since 1990 in Italy. . This was their heaviest defeat at a FIFA World Cup tournament since a 4-1 loss to Brazil at Guadalajara, Mexico in 1970 (as Czechoslovakia). . Czech Republic named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes. David Jurásek was unavailable due to injury.

3 Mexico

Manager: Javier Aguirre

Goals:

Mateo Chávez 55 G
Julian Quiñones 61 G
Alvaro Fidalgo 90+4 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Raúl Rangel
Defender Mateo Chávez
Defender César Montes
Defender/Midfielder Roberto Alvarado
Defender/Midfielder Edson Alvarez (captain)
Defender/Midfielder Israel Reyes
Defender/Midfielder Luis Romo
Defender/Midfielder Jorge Sánchez
Midfielder/Forward Gilberto Mora
Midfielder/Forward Julian Quiñones
Forward Guillermo Martínez

Substitutions:

Santiago Giménez for Guillermo Martínez 63
Obed Vargas for Luis Romo 63
Alvaro Fidalgo for Gilberto Mora 72
Jesús Gallardo for Mateo Chávez 78
Guillermo Ochoa for Raúl Rangel 78

Cards:

Edson Alvarez 63 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Carlos Acevedo
Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa
Defender Johan Vásquez
Defender/Midfielder Jesús Gallardo
Midfielder Luis Chávez
Midfielder Alvaro Fidalgo
Midfielder Erik Lira
Midfielder Orbelín Pineda
Midfielder Obed Vargas
Midfielder/Forward Armando González
Midfielder/Forward Brian Gutiérrez
Midfielder/Forward César Huerta
Midfielder/Forward Alexis Vega
Forward Santiago Giménez
Forward Raúl Jiménez

Comments:

This was the first time that Mexico had won three out of three games in the group stage of a FIFA World Cup tournament. . El Tri kept a clean sheet in each of their three group games at the FIFA World Cup finals for the first time since 1970 when they were the host nation. . Aged 17 years and 253 days old, Gilberto Mora had now become the youngest player to start a game at a FIFA World Cup tournament since Nigeria’s Femi Opabunmi against England in Osaka, Japan in 2002 (17 years and 101 days).

0 Czech Republic

Manager: Miroslav Koubek

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Matěj Kovář Goalkeeper
Robin Hranáč Defender
Vladimír Coufal Defender/Midfielder
David Douděra Defender/Midfielder
Tomáš Holeš Defender/Midfielder
Ladislav Krejčí Defender/Midfielder (captain)
Lukáš Cerv Midfielder
Michal Sadílek Midfielder
Pavel Sulc Midfielder
Denis Višinský Midfielder/Forward
Adam Hložek Forward

Substitutions:

Lukáš Provod for Denis Višinský 56
Patrik Schick for Adam Hložek 64
Tomáš Souček for Tomáš Holeš 64
Tomáš Chorý for Lukáš Cerv 87
Alexandr Sojka for Tomáš Souček 87

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Lukáš Horníček
Goalkeeper Jindřich Staněk
Defender Stěpán Chaloupek
Defender David Zima
Defender/Midfielder Jaroslav Zelený
Midfielder Vladimír Darida
Midfielder Lukáš Provod
Midfielder Hugo Sochůrek
Midfielder Alexandr Sojka
Midfielder Tomáš Souček
Midfielder/Forward Mojmír Chytil
Forward Tomáš Chorý
Forward Jan Kuchta
Forward Patrik Schick

Comments:

With one point from their three games, Czech Republic finished bottom of their group at a FIFA World Cup tournament for the first time since 1970 in Mexico (as Czechoslovakia). . Repre failed in their attempt to reach the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup finals for the first time since 1990 in Italy. . This was their heaviest defeat at a FIFA World Cup tournament since a 4-1 loss to Brazil at Guadalajara, Mexico in 1970 (as Czechoslovakia). . Czech Republic named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes. David Jurásek was unavailable due to injury.