No longer a Mexico that played impressively against the German national team in the opening match of the 2018 World Cup, Carlos Osorio's team, despite having the biggest advantage in Group F, almost had to say goodbye to the 2018 World Cup early, despite having 6 points after 2 wins.
The situation in Group F has not changed, and no name has been officially eliminated in the final match, including Korea. Therefore, the final round will decide the 2 tickets to continue in this group.
Mexico could only withstand Sweden's all-out attack in the first 45 minutes of the match before conceding 3 consecutive goals in the second half.
In the 51st minute, the Spanish defense played with a lack of concentration when Ludwig Augustinsson comfortably escaped and finished with his left foot to open the score for Sweden.
10 minutes later, captain Andreas Granqvist made no mistake on the 11m mark when he shot dangerously past goalkeeper Ochoa, raising the score to 2-0. The Mexico defender had previously fouled the Swedish striker in the box.
With this score, Mexico will likely be eliminated if DT Germany wins against Korea in the match at the same time. In that situation, Mexico pressed their formation to attack in search of a goal to shorten the score. However, they continued to receive a third goal after Edson Alvarez's own goal. Thereby helping Sweden score to increase the score to 3-0. This is also the final score of this match.
In the match at the same time, DT Germany unexpectedly lost 0-2 to Korea, closing the door for the home team to continue. With this result, the Swedish and Spanish national teams will be the two names in Group F to enter the round of 16. Germany and South Korea were officially eliminated from the group stage.
