International Friendly

Mexico vs Australia, 2026 International Friendly

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Mexico
  • 28': Johan Vásquez
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Australia

    Mexico defeats Australia in pre-World Cup friendly

    The Socceroos have suffered a fiery 1-0 loss to co-hosts Mexico in the last game before coach Tony Popovic picks his squad for the FIFA World Cup.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Alessandro Circati (Australia).
    • 1': Orbelín Pineda (Mexico) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 1': Attempt blocked. Johan Vásquez (Mexico) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Edson Álvarez.
    • 1': Attempt blocked. Luis Chávez (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 1': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Jacob Italiano.
    • 2': Attempt blocked. Álvaro Fidalgo (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 8': Attempt blocked. Luis Chávez (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Álvaro Fidalgo.
    • 10': Attempt missed. Luis Chávez (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Luis Romo.
    • 11': Foul by Jacob Italiano (Australia).
    • 11': Mateo Chávez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Mathew Leckie (Australia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 14': Foul by Johan Vásquez (Mexico).
    • 15': Attempt missed. Jackson Irvine (Australia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Herrington following a set piece situation.
    • 22': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Alessandro Circati.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Álvaro Fidalgo (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Alexis Vega (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 24': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Jacob Italiano.
    • 25': Attempt saved. Alexis Vega (Mexico) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Mathew Ryan (Australia). Assisted by Luis Chávez with a cross.
    • 25': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Mathew Ryan.
    • 27': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Harry Souttar.
    • 28': Goal! Mexico 1, Australia 0. Johan Vásquez (Mexico) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexis Vega with a cross following a corner.
    • 32': Mateo Chávez (Mexico) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 32': Foul by Jacob Italiano (Australia).
    • 32': Jacob Italiano (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 33': Attempt blocked. Luis Romo (Mexico) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Vega with a cross.
    • 33': Offside, Mexico. Guillermo Martínez is caught offside.
    • 33': Delay in match for a drinks break.
    • 36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 37': Offside, Australia. Mohamed Touré is caught offside.
    • 39': Álvaro Fidalgo (Mexico) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 39': Foul by Jackson Irvine (Australia).
    • 40': Attempt blocked. Connor Metcalfe (Australia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 42': Offside, Mexico. Mateo Chávez is caught offside.
    • 43': Attempt saved. Álvaro Fidalgo (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Mathew Ryan (Australia). Assisted by Alexis Vega.
    • 45': Foul by Johan Vásquez (Mexico).
    • 45': Mathew Leckie (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Mohamed Touré (Australia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Mexico 1, Australia 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Mexico. Santiago Giménez replaces Guillermo Martínez.
    • 45': Substitution, Mexico. Guillermo Ochoa replaces Raúl Rangel.
    • 45': Second Half begins Mexico 1, Australia 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Mexico. Israel Reyes replaces Jorge Sánchez.
    • 45': Substitution, Mexico. César Huerta replaces Orbelín Pineda.
    • 46': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Johan Vásquez.
    • 48': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Touré (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Souttar with a headed pass.
    • 48': Attempt saved. Aiden O'Neill (Australia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner by Guillermo Ochoa (Mexico).
    • 52': Foul by César Huerta (Mexico).
    • 52': Jordan Bos (Australia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 52': César Huerta (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 54': Foul by Israel Reyes (Mexico).
    • 54': Mohamed Touré (Australia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 56': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Edson Álvarez.
    • 59': Edson Álvarez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Mohamed Touré (Australia).
    • 60': Substitution, Mexico. Gilberto Mora replaces Álvaro Fidalgo.
    • 60': Substitution, Mexico. Érik Lira replaces Luis Chávez.
    • 60': Substitution, Mexico. Julián Quiñones replaces Alexis Vega.
    • 60': Substitution, Mexico. Jesús Gallardo replaces Mateo Chávez.
    • 60': Substitution, Mexico. César Montes replaces Edson Álvarez.
    • 62': Mohamed Touré (Australia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 62': Foul by César Montes (Mexico).
    • 63': Delay in match because of an injury Jacob Italiano (Australia).
    • 63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 66': Delay in match because of an injury Mathew Ryan (Australia).
    • 67': Substitution, Australia. Paul Okon replaces Aiden O'Neill.
    • 67': Substitution, Australia. Kai Trewin replaces Jacob Italiano.
    • 67': Substitution, Australia. Ajdin Hrustic replaces Mathew Leckie.
    • 67': Substitution, Australia. Nishan Velupillay replaces Connor Metcalfe.
    • 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 68': Attempt blocked. Ajdin Hrustic (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kai Trewin.
    • 74': Substitution, Mexico. Alejandro Gómez replaces Johan Vásquez.
    • 74': Substitution, Mexico. Obed Vargas replaces Luis Romo.
    • 75': Santiago Giménez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 75': Foul by Harry Souttar (Australia).
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Gilberto Mora (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Santiago Giménez (Mexico) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jesús Gallardo with a cross.
    • 79': Delay in match for a drinks break.
    • 80': Substitution, Australia. Nestory Irankunda replaces Mohamed Touré.
    • 80': Substitution, Australia. Aziz Behich replaces Jordan Bos.
    • 81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 83': Offside, Mexico. Gilberto Mora is caught offside.
    • 83': Foul by César Montes (Mexico).
    • 83': Nestory Irankunda (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Érik Lira (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Foul by Nishan Velupillay (Australia).
    • 86': Attempt missed. Nestory Irankunda (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ajdin Hrustic with a cross.
    • 89': Gilberto Mora (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Foul by Paul Okon (Australia).
    • 90': Substitution, Australia. Cameron Burgess replaces Lucas Herrington.
    • 90': Substitution, Australia. Awer Mabil replaces Jackson Irvine.
    • 90': Offside, Mexico. César Huerta is caught offside.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Israel Reyes (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Nestory Irankunda (Australia).
    • 90'+4': Foul by Nishan Velupillay (Australia).
    • 90'+4': Érik Lira (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Alessandro Circati (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Jesús Gallardo (Mexico).
    • 90'+5': Corner, Australia. Conceded by César Huerta.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Mexico 1, Australia 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Mexico 1, Australia 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 7
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 4
    3 Corner Kicks 5
    2 Saves 1
    40.5 Possession 59.5
    7 SHOTS 13
    1 ON GOAL 3
    0.1 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    338 Accurate Passes 541
    411 Passes 603
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 6
    8 Crosses 16
    0.1 Cross % 0.4
    41 Long Balls 39
    14 Accurate Long Balls 17
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
    3 Blocked Shots 8
    12 Effective Tackles 9
    14 Tackles 11
    0.9 Tackle % 0.8
    2 Interceptions 4
    16 Effective Clearances 27
    16 Clearances 27

    Game Information

    Competition: International Friendly

    Venue: Rose Bowl
    Location: Pasadena, California, USA

    Line-Ups

    MEX Mexico (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Raúl Rangel (GK)
    5 Johan Vásquez
    4 Edson Álvarez
    20 Mateo Chávez
    2 Jorge Sánchez
    8 Álvaro Fidalgo
    24 Luis Chávez
    7 Luis Romo
    22 Guillermo Martínez
    10 Alexis Vega
    17 Orbelín Pineda
    Mexico Substitutes:
    Guillermo Ochoa, Érik Lira, Raúl Jiménez, Armando González, Obed Vargas, Israel Reyes, Julián Quiñones, Gilberto Mora, César Montes, César Huerta, Jesús Gómez, Brian Gutiérrez, Santiago Gimenez, Jesús Gallardo, Kevin Castañeda, Carlos Acevedo.

    AUS Australia (5-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Mathew Ryan (GK)
    19 Harry Souttar
    26 Lucas Herrington
    3 Alessandro Circati
    5 Jordan Bos
    23 Jacob Italiano Yellow Card
    13 Aiden O'Neill
    22 Jackson Irvine
    8 Connor Metcalfe
    7 Mathew Leckie
    9 Mohamed Toure
    Australia Substitutes:
    Nishan Velupillay, Patrick Beach, Martin Boyle, Cameron Burgess, Milos Degenek, Cameron Devlin, Aziz Behich, Jason Geria, Ajdin Hrustic, Nestory Irankunda, Paul Izzo, Awer Mabil, Paul Okon-Engstler, Kye Rowles, Kai Trewin.

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