00:09Welcome along to Mexico City Stadium.
00:12Group A at the FIFA World Cup 2026 comes to a conclusion tonight.
00:16Mexico have already won the section but Czechia still have work to do.
00:20That is anticipating another three points.
00:23Czechia against Mexico is one of two remaining games in FIFA World Cup Group A
00:28and kickoff comes next.
00:30Manislav Krejci has a yellow card against his name.
00:33Another booking here will rule him out of any potential knockout.
00:36Israel Reyes is also recalled.
00:42Mexico can rest easy after winning Group A but nothing less than a win will do for Czechia.
00:47Victory will all but guarantee them as one of the eight best third place slots.
00:52Depending on what happens elsewhere might even be enough for second place.
00:56It's going to be a nervy 90 ahead for the European side who today bid to become just the third
01:01ever team
01:02to win a competitive match against Mexico in this footballing palace.
01:07Delighted to say watching alongside me is former England international left-back Andy Hindstriff.
01:11Andy pressure off for Mexico, pressure on for Czechia but this still really has a big game.
01:16Greci, Pranac, nice ball into midfield.
01:22Souffal, a run here by Schultz.
01:28He's going to come all the way through and just past the far post.
01:33What a great early chance that was there for Denis Vyshynski.
01:37It's a golden opportunity. It all comes from positive play from Schultz.
01:41A little give and go with Souffal down the right-hand side.
01:44The ball breaks kindly for Vyshynski and he's got to hit the target.
01:48He's really got to score from there.
01:49But a right-footer, when you sweep a ball like that, it's moving away from the target.
01:54So you've got to keep it away from the keeper.
01:57Slip forward.
01:58And they've got a free man in the middle here in Mexico as well.
02:01And only a chance.
02:04It comes back. Opportunity.
02:07Delayed for so long and Precci nods away.
02:11Alvarez getting stuck in.
02:13And over.
02:15Well, they were all queuing up at one point there.
02:19Somehow Mexico haven't made the most of that situation and it remains goalless.
02:22I think the pass from Martinez goes slightly behind Romo.
02:24If he's out in front of him, he can step onto it, take a touch and shoot.
02:27But because it's behind him, he's got to secure the ball and then kind of recycle it.
02:31Then the opportunity is gone.
02:32But the opportunity came from a long goal kick.
02:36They'd actually stepped on the pitch check here.
02:37And then when the ball was won back by Mexico, they were short in defensive numbers
02:41and they just about got away with it.
02:48Back on the way.
02:52Bocek couldn't hold it.
02:56Quinonez.
02:58Romo.
03:02Alvarado.
03:03Who can go either way as he's showing here.
03:06Bit of contact inside the box but a wag of the finger from the referee who takes for a goal
03:11kick.
03:11Well, against South Africa, this was the kind of cross that Alvarado put in for Raul Jimenez to score the
03:17second goal.
03:17It's a beauty of a cross.
03:18It's well defended.
03:20I think he's just standing his ground there, the defender.
03:23He's ran out, he's not actually fouling, he's just staying goal side of him, staying strong.
03:28It was a right winger naturally, but certainly plugging a gap here.
03:32That was a push the referee thought was excessive.
03:35And as Montez goes to the ground, it's a free kick.
03:38Ruggero there just switches the ball onto that stronger right foot, it's a decent ball in.
03:42Really good defensive positioning from Montez.
03:44Always ahead of his bounds, a little nudging his back.
03:47But positive.
03:51Mbamora, Romo, Alvarez, Alvarado, Intamos-Martinez, they're closer to the goalkeeper.
04:03Yeah, so far from Mexico, they've just not really found their passing rhythm,
04:06and that surely has to do with the amount of changes and the fact that these players haven't played as
04:11a team.
04:12It's the best passing flow we've seen so far from Mexico,
04:15but Jorge Sanchez, the right-wing, just smashes it at the goalkeeper.
04:18Should we try to pick out a team-mate?
04:20Mbamora, lovely give-and-go!
04:23The finish from Alvarado, anything but lovely.
04:28Finesse missing at the vital moment.
04:29Yeah, his reaction tells you everything.
04:33To miss the target by that much is a real surprise.
04:35Just gets underneath the ball, but just a simple give-and-go.
04:38Here's the earlier opportunity.
04:40Jorge Sanchez just smashes that.
04:42He's hitting hope, really, pull that ball back to a team-mate.
04:49Mbamora carries on his run, Alvarado.
04:55Sanchez, Alvarado.
04:58Just too high for Romo.
05:05Yeah, that's Alvarado's trademark ball cross into the box, just coming in off that right-hand side.
05:10Chávez.
05:13Quiñones, he's got the goal!
05:18Certainly packed a punch with power, just too much height.
05:22Right, yeah, certainly had the power and the pace, but see how far he is away from the target.
05:26The angle as well, Kovács reads it, and if it's on target, he's there to make a save.
05:32I think Quiñones has had so little of the ball.
05:36Romo.
05:38Montes.
05:42That's nice.
05:43That's nice, it works.
05:44Angled tie for Romo.
05:46He's gone across.
05:48It's met by the diving header there, to send it well away from danger.
05:54The pressure's starting to increase on the Czechia goal.
05:58Alvarado
06:02Romo
06:05couldn't quite keep his balance there
06:07the man who scored the only goal in Mexico's win
06:09against Korean Republic
06:12and Chakia
06:13will get a chance
06:15to take a breath
06:17Alvarez steps in and fouls his man
06:19but Romo brilliant run off the ball
06:21defenders ball watching not tracking the run
06:23I think the ball is slightly over hit
06:25ideally you take a little bit off
06:27that pass you can get a shot in
06:28but because he's forced a little bit wide he can't shoot
06:31from a tight angle has to cross it
06:32and check it
06:35now they do it through Reyes
06:37Romo
06:40excellent takedown
06:41that's phenomenal play
06:43now they've got 3-4 here
06:45in Mexico and a real chance
06:47of a mean goal
06:51what a time for
06:52number 10 Chavez to grab his first goal for Mexico
06:55to bring the house down here
06:58in Mexico City
06:59he's surrounded by Cechi players
07:01he manages not just to keep his feet
07:03to actually release the pass
07:04get Chavez on his way
07:06and once that defender decides to try and win the ball
07:08and he's beaten
07:09they're in big trouble
07:11and he finishes this Chavez
07:12like a centre-forward
07:13he's left-footed so he just opens his body up
07:16he has a look at the goalkeeper
07:17that just passes it off
07:18brilliant finish but the work from Romo
07:21truly outstanding
07:24stepping in the footsteps of Dad Paolo
07:27who scores
07:28he wears back on his feet
07:33headed out well there by Martinez
07:35on defensive duty
07:38and it's Moura trying to take Cechi on all by himself
07:41he's now got support
07:45Moura
07:45oh he can slip it through here
07:47wonderful through ball
07:48oh what a straight ball
07:50and Quinones makes it too
07:52game over
07:53surely now
07:54that is Cech-Mates
07:59he's on the mark again
08:00for Mexico
08:05take nothing away from
08:06the Mexican attacking intent
08:08but this is another defensive disaster
08:10from Cechia
08:11they are all over the place
08:13they're ball watching
08:13when there's forward runners
08:14they're not doing the basics
08:16tracking runs
08:17you know
08:18winning challenges
08:20just not being aggressive enough
08:21in their own box
08:23Kineones
08:24he should be allowed to get to that ball
08:26but he is
08:27and it all came from actually an opportunity
08:30Cechia with a ball into the box
08:31from Super Bowl
08:32there's four players on the edge of the box
08:33standing and watching
08:34the ball breaks
08:35Mexico sweep forward
08:36brilliant from Moura
08:39coming off
08:39Raúl Rangel
08:42he won't worry too much about this
08:44he's only got 10 seconds
08:45to make his way from his penalty area
08:46to the sideline
08:48but coming on
08:50a national hero
08:54he'll turn 41
08:55the day after the World Cup Final
08:57the oldest Mexican
08:59to play at a World Cup
09:01he has beaten
09:02Rafa Márquez
09:04he would have been a
09:05push-ass contender there
09:06from Dojerra
09:07had that found the net
09:09Jiménez running through the middle
09:10he can wrap it up
09:12once and for all
09:13blocked well by Kovács
09:14Alvarado sets it
09:16in he goes now
09:21Alvarado and Fidalgo from Mexico
09:29Alvarado celebrating in his cameo
09:31the beer is flying around us
09:33Mexico going through to the knockouts
09:36in some style
09:37it looks as though they've actually got away with it
09:40but Fidalgo is a devastating finish
09:42just rips the ball into the top corner
09:45you can understand Czechia
09:47they've got plenty of bodies on the pitch
09:48short in defensive numbers
09:49they're absolutely wide open
09:51Jiménez just actually overdoes it
09:53but that is a devastating finish from Fidalgo
09:56no panic
09:57just a fast whipped pass into the top corner
10:01there's the icing on the cake for Mexico
10:02they deserve to win the game
10:04you have to feel for Czechia
10:05because 3-0 is
10:07maybe slightly embarrassing
10:08but they just haven't defended well
10:10and Mexico have punished them
10:13Mexico the first host to win all three group stage games
10:16without conceding a goal
10:17since Italy
10:18back in 1990
10:21stopped all of the supermarkets
10:23and corner shops
10:24from selling alcoholic beverages
10:26think they might find it from other sources
10:30full time
10:31Mexico's journey continues
10:33we knew that already
10:34but it's the end of the line for Czechia
10:37who bow out in the group stage
10:39scored six and conceded
10:41nine points amassed
10:44Czechia had no answer
10:45in a game they had to win to stay alive
10:47they are beaten
10:48it's finished
10:49Czechia Mil
10:50Mexico 3
10:55you
10:55you
10:55you
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