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One of the co-hosts of the 2026 World Cup, Mexico opened the tourney with a melodramatic 2-0 triumph implicit South Africa connected Wednesday night.
The lucifer was a repetition of the opening crippled of the 2010 edition, which ended 1-1.
However, this clip around, the Mexicans took power of the lucifer from the blast of the referee’s whistle.
And they were rewarded with the archetypal extremity wrong 10 minutes of play.
Julián Quiñones opened the scoring successful the 9th minute, and Raúl Jiménez doubled the pb successful the 67th minute.
The goals secured the triumph for the co-hosts against a South African broadside that finished with 9 men aft 2 reddish cards.
Mexico besides saw Cesar Montes sent disconnected successful stoppage them, but took each 3 points.
2026 World Cup: Mexico bushed 9-man South Africa successful opening game
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