00:00Welcome along to Mexico City Stadium, Group A in the FIFA World Cup 2026 comes to a conclusion tonight.
00:07Mexico have already won the section, but Czechia still have work to do.
00:11That is anticipating another three points.
00:14Czechia against Mexico is one of two remaining games in FIFA World Cup Group A, and kickoff comes next.
00:21Vladislav Krejci has a yellow card against his name.
00:24Another booking here will rule him out of any potential knockout, and Israel Reyes is also recalled.
00:32Mexico can rest easy after winning Group A, but nothing less than a win will do for Czechia.
00:38Victory will all but guarantee them as one of the eight best third place slots,
00:43and depending on what happens elsewhere might even be enough for second place.
00:47It's going to be a nervy 90 ahead for the European side, who today bid to become just the third
00:52ever team
00:52to win a competitive match against Mexico in this footballing palace.
00:57Delighted to say, watching alongside me is former England international left-back Andy Hindstriff.
01:02Andy, pressure off from Mexico, pressure on for Czechia, but this still really has a big game.
01:08Brecci, Pranac, nice ball into midfield. Souffal.
01:16A run here by Schultz.
01:19He was going to come all the way through and just past the far post.
01:24What a great early chance that was there for Denis Vyszynski.
01:28It's a golden opportunity, it all comes from positive play from Schultz.
01:31A little give-and-go with Souffal down the right-hand side.
01:35The ball breaks kindly for Vyszynski, and he's got to hit the target, he's really got to score from there.
01:40But a right-footer, when you sweep a ball like that, it's moving away from the target,
01:44so you've got to keep it away from the keeper.
01:47Slip forward, and they've got a free man in the middle here, Mexico as well.
01:52And only a chance. It comes back, opportunity.
01:58Delayed for so long, and Brecci nods away.
02:02Albert is getting stuck here. And over.
02:05Well, they were all queuing up at one point there.
02:09Somehow Mexico haven't made the most of that situation, and it remains goalless.
02:13I think the pass from Martínez goes slightly behind Romo.
02:15If he's out in front of him, he can step onto it, take a touch and shoot.
02:18But because it's behind him, he's got to secure the ball, and then kind of recycle it,
02:22and then the opportunity is gone.
02:23But the opportunity came from a long goal kick.
02:26They'd actually stepped up the pitch-check here, and then when the ball was won back by Mexico,
02:30they were short in defensive numbers, and they'd just about got away with it.
02:39Back on the way.
02:43Boschek couldn't hold it.
02:46Quinones.
02:49Romo.
02:53Alvarado.
02:54He can go either way, as he's showing here.
02:57Bit of contact inside the box, but a wag of the finger from the referee who points for a goal
03:01kick.
03:02Well, against South Africa, this was the kind of cross that Alvarado put in for Raul Jimenez to score the
03:07second goal.
03:08It's a beauty of a cross.
03:09It's well defended.
03:11I think he's just standing his ground there, the defender.
03:14He's ran actually, he's not actually fouling, and he's just staying goal side of him, staying strong.
03:19He was a right winger naturally, but certainly plugging a gap here, that was a push the referee thought was
03:24excessive.
03:25And as Montes goes to the ground, it's a free kick.
03:29Guggera there just switches the ball onto that stronger right foot, it appears it's a decent ball in.
03:33Very good defensive positioning from Montes, always ahead of his fans, a little nudging his back.
03:37A positive...
03:42Balmora.
03:43Romo.
03:45Alvarez.
03:48Alvarado.
03:49Intemos Martinez, but closer to the goalkeeper.
03:54Yeah, so far for Mexico, they've just not really found their passing rhythm, and that surely has to do with
03:58the amount of changes and the fact that these players haven't played as a team.
04:03It's the best passing flow we've seen so far from Mexico, but Jorge Sanchez, the right-wing, just smashes it
04:08at the goalkeeper.
04:09Should be trying to pick out a team-mate.
04:10Mora, lovely give-and-go!
04:14The finish from Alvarado, anything but lovely.
04:18Finesse missing at the vital moments.
04:21Yeah, his reaction tells you everything.
04:23To miss the target by that much is a real surprise, just gets underneath the ball, but just a simple
04:28give-and-go.
04:28Here's the earlier opportunity.
04:30Jorge Sanchez just smashes that.
04:33He's hitting hope, really, pull that ball back to a team-mate.
04:40Mora, carries on his front, Alvarado.
04:46Sanchez, Alvarado.
04:49Just too high for Romo.
04:55Yeah, that's Alvarado's trademark ball cross into the box, just coming in off that right-hand side of Chávez.
05:04Quiñones, he's got the goal!
05:09Certainly packed a punch with power, just too much height.
05:12Well, yeah, certainly had the power and the pace, but see how far he is away from the target.
05:17The angle as well, Kobach.
05:18Reads it, and if it's on target, he's there to make a save.
05:22I think Quiñones has had so little of the ball.
05:26Romo.
05:29Montes.
05:33That's nice, he works!
05:35Angle tight for Romo!
05:37He's gone across.
05:39He's met by the diving header there, to send it well away from danger.
05:44Romo.
05:45The pressure's starting to increase on the Czechia goal.
05:49Alvarado.
05:52Romo.
05:56Couldn't quite keep his balance there, the man who scored the only goal in Mexico's win against Korea Republic.
06:03And the Czechia will get a chance, Romo, to take a breath.
06:08Yeah, I think Alvarado steps in and fouls his man, but Romo, brilliant run off the ball.
06:12Defender's ball watching, not tracking the run.
06:14I think the ball is slightly over-hit, ideally.
06:16You take a little bit off that pass, you can get a shot in.
06:19But because he's forced a little bit wide, he can't shoot from a tight angle, has to cross it.
06:23And Czechia.
06:26Now they do through Reyes.
06:28Romo.
06:30Excellent takedown.
06:32That's phenomenal play.
06:34Now they've got 3-4 here in Mexico, and a real chance of a mean goal.
06:42What a time for Matou.
06:44Chavez to grab his first goal for Mexico, to bring the house down here in Mexico City.
06:50He's surrounded by Czechia players, he manages not just to keep his feet, to actually release the pass,
06:55get Chavez on his way, and once that defender decides to try and win the ball, and he's beaten, they're
07:00in big trouble.
07:01And he finishes this, Chavez, like a centre-forward.
07:05He's left-footed, so he just opens his body up, he has a look at the goalkeeper, and just passes
07:09it off.
07:09Brilliant finish, but the work from Romo, truly outstanding.
07:15Stepping in the footsteps of Dad Paolo, who scores.
07:19Reyes back on his feet.
07:24Leading out well there by Martinez on defensive duty.
07:29And it's Moura trying to take Czechia on all by himself, he's now got support.
07:35Moura, oh he can slip it through here, wonderful through ball.
07:39Oh, what a straight ball, and Quiñones makes it two! Game over shortly now!
07:45That is Czech-mates!
07:50He's on the block again for Mexico!
07:55Yeah, take nothing away from the Mexican attacking intent, but this is another defensive disaster from Czechia.
08:02They are all over the place, they're ball-watching when there's forward runners, they're not doing the basics.
08:06Tracking runs, you know, winning challenges, just not being aggressive enough in their own box.
08:14You know, Quiñones, he shouldn't be allowed to get to that ball, but he is.
08:17And it all came from actually an opportunity.
08:20Czechia with that, a ball into the box from Supal.
08:22There's four players on the edge of the box, standing and watching, the ball breaks.
08:26Mexico sweep forward, brilliant from Moura.
08:29Coming off, Raúl Rangel.
08:33He won't worry too much about this, he's only got ten seconds to make his way from his penalty area
08:37to the sideline.
08:39But coming on, a national hero.
08:44He will turn 41 the day after the World Cup final.
08:48The oldest Mexican to play at a World Cup.
08:52He has beaten Rafa Márquez.
08:55He would have been a push-cast contender there from Dojerra had that found the net.
09:00Jiménez running through the middle.
09:01He can wrap it up once and for all.
09:04Blocked well by Kovács.
09:05Alvarado sets in, here he goes now.
09:12Alvarado Fidalgo from Mexico.
09:19A tour of celebrating in his cameo.
09:22The beer is flying around us.
09:24Mexico going through to the knockouts in some style.
09:28It looks as though they've actually got away with it, but Fidalgo, it's a devastating finish.
09:33Just whips the ball into the top corner.
09:36You can understand Czechia, they've got plenty of bodies on the pitch.
09:39Shorten defensive numbers are absolutely wide open.
09:42Jiménez just actually overdoes it.
09:44But that is a devastating finish from Fidalgo.
09:47No panic.
09:48Just a fast whipped pass into the top corner.
09:51There's the icing on the cake for Mexico.
09:53They deserve to win the game.
09:55They have to feel for Czechia because 3-0 is maybe slightly embarrassing.
09:59But they just haven't defended well.
10:01And Mexico have punished them.
10:03Mexico, the first host to win all three group stage games.
10:07Now conceding a goal since Italy.
10:09Back in 1990.
10:12Stopped all of the supermarkets and corner shops from selling alcoholic beverages.
10:16Think they might find it from other sources.
10:20Full time.
10:22Mexico's journey continues.
10:24We knew that already.
10:25But it's the end of the line for Czechia.
10:28Who bow out in the group stage.
10:30Scored six and conceded.
10:32Nine points amassed.
10:35Czechia had no answer.
10:36In a game they had to win to stay alive.
10:38They are beaten.
10:39It's finished.
10:40Czechia Mill, Mexico 3.
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