FIFA World Cup

FT Thursday, June 18, 2026
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Mexico WWWWW 1
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Estadio Akron · 45,522 att. · FOX

Match Report

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Mexico edge South Korea, confirm progress to knockouts

A Luis Romo goal saw Mexico beat South Korea 1-0

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
2
57.6
Possession
42.4
9
SHOTS
8
2
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
488
Accurate Passes
349
578
Passes
427
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
9
Crosses
6
0.6
Cross %
0.7
64
Long Balls
56
23
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
6
12
Effective Clearances
20
12
Clearances
20

Highlights

01:02 How Mexicans celebrated being the first team to progress to the World Cup knockout stage Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MEX leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

MEX · 4-3-3

  1. 1Raúl RangelG
  2. 5Johan VásquezCD-L
  3. 4Edson ÁlvarezCD-R
  4. 23Jesús GallardoLB
  5. 2Jorge SánchezRB
  6. 6Érik LiraCM
  7. 7Luis RomoLM
  8. 26Brian GutiérrezRM
  9. 9Raúl JiménezF
  10. 16Julián QuiñonesLF
  11. 25Roberto AlvaradoRF

KOR · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Kim Seung-GyuG
  2. 4Kim Min-JaeCD
  3. 3Lee Gi-HyukCD-L
  4. 2Lee Han-BeomCD-R
  5. 8Paik Seung-HoCM-L
  6. 6Hwang In-BeomCM-R
  7. 22Seol Young-WooLM
  8. 15Kim Moon-HwanRM
  9. 7Son Heung-MinF
  10. 10Lee Jae-SungCF-L
  11. 19Lee Kang-InCF-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Lee Kang-In (Korea Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 23' Delay in match for a drinks break.
  3. 23'
  4. 26' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  5. 26'
  6. 50' Goal! Mexico 1, Korea Republic 0. Luis Romo (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  7. 57' Substitution, Korea Republic. Hwang Hee-Chan replaces Lee Jae-Sung.
  8. 57' Substitution, Korea Republic. Oh Hyeon-Gyu replaces Son Heung-Min.
  9. 58' Paik Seung-Ho (Korea Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 68' Delay in match for a drinks break.
  11. 68'
  12. 70' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  13. 70'
  14. 71' Substitution, Mexico. Orbelín Pineda replaces Brian Gutiérrez.
  15. 71' Substitution, Mexico. Obed Vargas replaces Luis Romo.
  16. 71' Substitution, Korea Republic. Eom Ji-Sung replaces Kim Moon-Hwan.
  17. 71' Substitution, Korea Republic. Yang Hyun-Jun replaces Seol Young-Woo.
  18. 77' Substitution, Korea Republic. Cho Gue-Sung replaces Paik Seung-Ho.
  19. 80' Substitution, Mexico. Israel Reyes replaces Roberto Alvarado.
  20. 80' Substitution, Mexico. Santiago Giménez replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  21. 84' Substitution, Mexico. César Huerta replaces Julián Quiñones.
  22. 87' Delay in match because of an injury Raúl Rangel (Mexico).
  23. 87'
  24. 89' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  25. 89'

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