{"id":724998,"date":"2026-06-25T11:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/724998\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:10:13","slug":"czechia-0-3-mexico-stats-co-hosts-stay-perfect-as-ochoa-makes-milestone-world-cup-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/724998\/","title":{"rendered":"Czechia 0-3 Mexico Stats: Co-Hosts Stay Perfect as Ochoa Makes Milestone World Cup Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mexico<\/a> were already assured of a spot in the World Cup knockout stages, but they ended their Group A campaign with yet another victory.<\/p>\n

Mexico made it three wins from three in their World Cup group campaign as\u00a0Mateo Ch\u00e1vez<\/a>, Juli\u00e1n Qui\u00f1ones<\/a> and \u00c1lvaro Fidalgo<\/a> were on target in a 3-0 victory over Czechia<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Czechia<\/p>\n

The World Cup party was in full swing at\u00a0Mexico City Stadium, with Guillermo Ochoa<\/a> joining Lionel Messi<\/a> and Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> in appearing in six editions of the competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mexico are on course to play Scotland, as it stands, in the knockout stages, while Czechia were dumped out at the expense of South Africa, who beat South Korea 1-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This was\u00a0only the second time Mexico had made at least five changes to their starting line-up from one match to another in a single World Cup campaign, and it showed early on as\u00a0Denis Visinsky<\/a> flashed a shot past the left post in the eighth minute.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Michal Sad\u00edlek<\/a> and\u00a0Visinsky continued Czechia\u2019s fast start, but they were unable to test\u00a0Ra\u00fal Rangel<\/a>, and Mexico grew as the half went on, as Jorge S\u00e1nchez<\/a> lashed their first attempt on target straight at\u00a0Matej Kov\u00e1r<\/a> while Qui\u00f1ones tried his luck from distance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But buoyed by the crowd inside\u00a0Mexico City Stadium,\u00a0Javier Aguirre\u2019s side opened the scoring in the 55th minute when\u00a0Luis Romo<\/a> bundled his way past three Czechia players before slipping in\u00a0Ch\u00e1vez, who skipped beyond\u00a0Sadilek\u2019s challenge and\u00a0placed\u00a0into the bottom-left corner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It got even better for Mexico on the hour when\u00a0Gilberto Mora<\/a>\u2018s incisive pass just evaded\u00a0S\u00e1nchez, but as\u00a0Tom\u00e1s Holes<\/a> went to clear the ball, his attempt deflected off the Mexico defender and fell kindly for\u00a0Qui\u00f1ones to prod home.<\/p>\n

With the game wrapped up, goalkeeper Ochoa was given the final 12 minutes in between the sticks, becoming\u00a0the oldest player to appear for Mexico in a\u00a0World Cup match\u00a0at 40 years and 346 days old, surpassing Rafa Marquez against Brazil in 2018 (39y 139d).<\/p>\n

And there was time for Ochoa to make an impact, but at the opposite end. His long punt forward found\u00a0Roberto Alvarado, and he teed up\u00a0Santiago Gimenez, who saw his effort repelled. However, Alvarado picked up the pieces and laid the ball back for Fidalgo, who rifled into the roof of the net.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mora Makes His mark as Qui\u00f1ones Matches Mexico Legend Hernandez<\/p>\n

Mexico were already assured of their spot in the knockout stages of the World Cup, having beaten South Korea 1-0 last time out, and among the changes they made to that team, Mora grasped his opportunity with both hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At 17 years and 253 days old, Mora became\u00a0the youngest starter for Mexico in a\u00a0World Cup match since at least 1954 and the youngest to start any\u00a0game in the competition since Femi Opabunmi (17y 101d) for Nigeria against England in 2002.<\/p>\n

Only Sanchez (three) created more chances than Mora\u2019s two, but another young player in Chavez also took his moment. His first international goal saw him become the youngest goalscorer for Mexico in a World Cup match (22y 41d) since Javier Hernandez in 2010 against Argentina (22y 26d).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Qui\u00f1ones also continued his fine start to the World Cup, becoming the first player to score more than once for Mexico in a single edition of the competition after Hernandez in South Africa 16 years ago (also two).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The result also sees Mexico win all three of their World Cup group matches for the very first time, while they have done so by keeping three consecutive clean sheets in the competition for the first time since 1986 (also three), and they were deserving victors here.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mexico registered an expected goals (xG) total of 1.79 from their 11 shots to Czechia\u2019s 0.47 from their 13 attempts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Czechia<\/a> vs Mexico<\/a> stats from their 2026 FIFA World Cup Group A meeting at Mexico City Stadium on 25 June.<\/p>\n

The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own match analysis.<\/p>\n

Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Czechia vs Mexico: Selected Post-Match Opta Facts<\/p>\n

\u00c1lvaro Fidalgo is just the sixth player to score a goal as a substitute for Mexico in the FIFA World Cup and the first since Javier Hern\u00e1ndez against Croatia in 2014. It was Fidalgo\u2019s first goal for Mexico in his first ever appearance off the bench for El Tri.<\/p>\n

Guillermo Ochoa is the seventh player 40-years-old or older to appear in this year\u2019s FIFA World Cup. Only seven players in their 40\u2019s had appeared in the first 22 editions of the competition. Ochoa is the oldest player to appear for Mexico in a World Cup match, at 40 years, 346 days old, surpassing Rafa M\u00e1rquez against Brazil in 2018 (39y 139d).<\/p>\n

Mateo Ch\u00e1vez is the youngest goalscorer for Mexico in a World Cup match (22y 41d) since Javier Hern\u00e1ndez in 2010 against Argentina (22y 26d).<\/p>\n

Juli\u00e1n Qui\u00f1ones is the first player to score more than once for M\u00e9xico in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup since Javier Hern\u00e1ndez in 2010 (2).<\/p>\n

This is the first time since 1986 that Mexico has gone three consecutive FIFA World Cup matches without conceding a goal, and only between 1966 and 1970 did they go longer without conceding (four matches).<\/p>\n

\u00a0At 17 years and 253 days old, Gilberto Mora is the youngest starter for Mexico in a FIFA World Cup match and the youngest to start any FIFA World Cup match since Femi Opabunmi (17-101) for Nigeria vs. England in 2002.<\/p>\n

Czechia were eliminated from this year\u2019s FIFA World Cup with just one point (W0 D1 L2), the second time they\u2019ve collected fewer than two points in a FIFA World Cup group stage, along with 1970 (as Czechoslovakia), also in Mexico (0 points).<\/p>\n

Mexico finished a group stage in a FIFA World Cup with a perfect record for the first time (three wins in three games). This is the second time Mexico has kept clean sheets in all three of its group stage matches in the competition, also doing so as hosts in 1970.<\/p>\n

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