Mateo Chavez opened the scoring in the 55th minute, followed by Julian Quiñones’ second goal of the tournament in the 61st minute.
Published June 25, 2026
Mateo Chavez and Julian Quiñones scored six minutes into the second half as Mexico defeated the Czech Republic 3-0 and won all three World Cup group stage games for the first time.
Chavez, a 22-year-old playing in his first World Cup, opened the scoring in the 55th minute, and Quinones scored his second goal of the tournament in the 61st minute. Alvaro Fidalgo added another goal in second-half stoppage time on Wednesday night.
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Mexico’s previous best group stage results were two wins and one draw, achieved in 1986 and 2002, both with Javier Aguirre in charge, the first as a midfielder and the second as manager of El Tri.
Mexico, already winners of Group A, will play their Round of 32 match again at the Azteca Stadium on Tuesday, with an opponent to be determined.
The Czech Republic finished with one point from three games and was eliminated.
The match included nods to Mexico’s past and future. Gilberto Mora became the youngest Mexican player to start in a World Cup at the age of 17.
And 40-year-old goalkeeper Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa came on in the 77th minute, joining Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo as one of the only players to appear in six World Cups.
Homophobic chants return at Aztec Stadium
Fans attending the match chanted slurs that have previously led to fines and other sanctions against the Mexican Football Federation.
The slur, which literally means “male whore” in Spanish, was heard at Azteca Stadium towards the end of the first half when Czech goalkeeper Matej Kovar took a goal kick, according to the Associated Press.
The chant cost Mexico hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines from FIFA. It became popular about 25 years ago and is used to intimidate goalkeepers when taking goal kicks.
The song went viral during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, was heard again in Russia during the 2018 World Cup, and again in Qatar four years later. This practice continues despite attempts by the Mexican Football Federation to stop it.
