Mexico triumph 3-0 to eliminate Czechia and win all three World Cup matches

Mexico triumph 3-0 to eliminate Czechia and win all three World Cup matchesMateo Chavez opened the scoring in the 55th minute, and Julian Quinones scored his second goal of the tournament in the 61st.Mateo Chavez and Julian Quinones scored goals in the span of six minutes early in the second half, and Mexico beat Czechia 3-0 to win all three of its World Cup group-stage matches for the first time.The 22-year-old Chavez, in his first World Cup, opened the scoring in the 55th minute, and Quinones scored his second goal of the tournament in the 61st. Alvaro Fidalgo added a goal in second-half stoppage time on Wednesday night.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Ghana’s Partey gets handshake snub and boos in England matchlist 2 of 4Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first player to score in six World Cupslist 3 of 4World Cup 2026: Full group schedule and top third-round matches to watchlist 4 of 4Mehdi Taremi, assistant coach, held up at airport by US officials, Iran saysend of listMexico’s previous best group-stage performance was two wins and one draw, achieved in 1986 and 2002, 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.Czechia were 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 one of the only players to appear in six World Cups.Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa is celebrated by his team after the World Cup Group A match between Czechia and Mexico in Mexico-city" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="1779" data-entity-type="location">Mexico City, June 24, 2026 [Natacha Pisarenko/AP]Homophobic chant returns in Azteca StadiumFans at the game chanted a slur that has previously led to fines and other sanctions against Mexico’s Football Federation.