{"id":5301,"date":"2026-06-25T07:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5301"},"modified":"2026-06-25T07:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:35:49","slug":"mexico-beats-czech-republic-3-0-to-win-all-3-world-cup-group-stage-matches-for-1st-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5301","title":{"rendered":"Mexico beats Czech Republic 3-0 to win all 3 World Cup group-stage matches for 1st time"},"content":{"rendered":"

By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, AP Sports Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

MEXICO CITY (AP) \u2014 Mateo Ch\u00e1vez and Juli\u00e1n Qui\u00f1ones scored in a six-minute span early in the second half, and Mexico beat the Czech Republic 3-0 on Wednesday night to win all three of its\u00a0World Cup\u00a0group-stage matches for the first time.<\/p>

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The 22-year-old Ch\u00e1vez, in his first World Cup, opened the scoring in the 55th minute and Qui\u00f1ones scored his second goal of the tournament in the 61st. Alvaro Fidalgo added a goal in second-half stoppage time.<\/p>\n

Mexico\u2019s previous best group-stage performance was two wins and one draw, done in 1986 and 2002 and both featuring Javier Aguirre, the first as a midfielder and the second as El Tri\u2019s coach. Aguirre is back as coach this year, his third stint leading the team.<\/p>\n

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Already the winner of Group A, Mexico will play again at Estadio Azteca on Tuesday in a round-of-32 match against an opponent to be determined.<\/p>\n

Mexico is undefeated at nine World Cup matches at the massive stadium, which was packed with 80,824 fans on Wednesday. El Tri has only two losses at Azteca, most recently in World Cup qualifying against Honduras on Sept. 6, 2013.<\/p>\n

The match included nods to Mexico\u2019s past and future.\u00a0Gilberto Mora, at age 17, became the youngest Mexico player to start in a World Cup. And 40-year-old goalkeeper Guillermo \u201cMemo\u201d Ochoa entered in the 77th minute, joining Argentina\u2019s\u00a0Lionel Messi\u00a0and Portugal\u2019s\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0as the only players to appear in six World Cups.<\/p> \n

Mexico\u2019s triumph was marred, however, by the return of a\u00a0homophobic chant\u00a0by fans that has previously led to fines and other sanctions against its soccer federation. The chant, a one-word slur that literally means male prostitute in Spanish, was heard near the end of the first half when Czech goalkeeper Matej Kovar took a goal kick.<\/p>

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The Czech Republic was eliminated, finishing with one point in three games.<\/p>\n

Mexico is unbeaten in 11 games dating to a friendly loss against Panama last November. And Aguirre has made the most of his roster, using 25 of 26 players in the tournament. Ch\u00e1vez was one of five starters Wednesday who did not start last Thursday\u2019s 1-0 win over South Korea.<\/p>\n