Group A
Standings
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇽Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 🇰🇷South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 🇨🇿Czechia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 🇿🇦South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
Top 2 qualify 3rd: best-third race
The state of play
After Matchday 1, 🇲🇽 Mexico lead the way on 3 points. The top two go through automatically, with the third-placed side chasing one of the eight best-third spots. Every goal counts.
Group A matches
Azteca Roars Again as El Tri Draw First Blood
Mexico opened their home World Cup with a 2-0 win over South Africa at the legendary Azteca, and Santiago Giménez gave 87,000 fans exactly the night they'd been dreaming about for years. If you've never watched football, this is what it sounds like when an entire city exhales at once.
Son's Farewell Tour Starts With A Bang
Thirty-four-year-old Son Heung-min may never play another World Cup, and he spent his probable last opening game reminding everyone exactly why Korea still believes in miracles. Czechia fought back to 1-1 and nearly stole it, before Korea broke their hearts in a Guadalajara evening that felt cinematic from the first whistle.
Azteca Roars Again — El Tri Can't Afford to Blink
Mexico are playing a World Cup they helped build, in a stadium that holds 87,000 screaming souls, and they cannot afford to lose. South Korea are arriving with one of football's greatest ever players in what feels like his final real shot at glory.
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