The Tricolor confirmed preparation matches against Belgium and Portugal on the FIFA date in March.
Mexico City, December 2 (ASMexico).- Mexico He already has confirmed rivals for the date FIFA of March. This Tuesday through a statement, the national team announced that Belgium will be his opponent in the window of international matches, dated the 31st of said month from the Soldier Field of Chicago. As had already been anticipated months before, Portugal will be the other rival of Tricolorthis on the 28th at the reopening of the Banorte Stadium.
He Mayor from the city of Chicago, Brandon Johnsoncommented: “The city has always opened its doors to people from all corners of the world, and we are excited to share with everyone our hospitality, our culture and our love of the game. We look forward to welcoming visitors and residents alike for an unforgettable game and invite everyone to enjoy everything our great city has to offer.”
High level rival 🔝
Unconditional! We will face Belgium in Chicago as part of the preparation for the World Cup🔥. 📰✍️#SomosMéxico💚🤍❤️ pic.twitter.com/BVvuCHZ3S9
— National Team (@miseleccionmx) December 2, 2025
The last precedent between Mexico and Portugal dates back eight years ago, in the 2017 Confederations Cup. Both nations met in the group stage with a 2-2 result; Quaresma, Soares, Javier Hernández and Héctor Moreno were the scorers. They later met again in the match for third place, which the Lusitanians won with goals from Pepe and Adrien Silva.
As for Belgium, the last time they faced each other also occurred in 2017 during a friendly that ended in a 3-3 draw, goals by AndrĂ©s Guardado and a double by Hirving Lozano, this in the month of November. With its sights set on the World Cup in Russia, the team traveled to Brussels to face a team that at that time had names like Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku and Thibaut Courtois, the latter of whom were active in their country’s team.