When it seemed that the elimination was practically doomed, The Mexican National Team achieved the miracle to stay alive in the U-17 World Cup. After playing the last games of the group stage, the tricolor sneaked into the round of 16 finals as the eighth best third place.
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Mexico’s qualification took place until the last minute, all thanks to Mali’s victory against Saudi Arabia. The African team won two goals to zerototally complicating the passage of the Arab squad, having to resort to cards.
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Both Mexico and Saudi Arabia had 3 goals for, 5 goals against and difference of minus two goals, in addition to their respective 3 points. Due to this and according to the tiebreaker criteria of the U-17 World Cup in Qatar, the last ticket was defined thanks to the Fair Play.
In that sense, The Mexican National Team sealed its pass by having fewer yellow cards than Saudi Arabia. With this, Carlos Cariño’s squad will stay alive in the championship, at least for one more round.
After losing its last game of the group stage, Mexico was placed in third place with only three points. The first two places that ensure direct passage to the round of 16 finals They were divided between Switzerland and South Korea.
Now, for the round of 16 finals, the Mexican National Team will face the best squad in the championship. In this case, the tricolor will again face ngive more and nothing less than the Argentine National Team in this tournament.
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It is expected that in the next few hours the FIFA determine the official day and time for the game Mexico vs Argentina in the U-17 World Cup.