Czechia 0-3 Mexico Highlights, FIFA World Cup 2026: El Tri Finish Group Stage At Top With A Dominating Win

Greetings, we are back with our FIFA World Cup 2026 live blog as Czechia and Mexico face-off in the Group A finale. The action is about to begin, so stay tuned for all the live updates from Estadio Monterrey.

Competition: FIFA World Cup 2026™

Stage: Group Stage (Group A)

Kickoff Time: 6:00 PM local time (Mexico City, Mexico) / 6:30 AM IST (June 25)

Venue: Mexico City Stadium, Mexico City, Mexico

Main Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)

The FIFA World Cup 2026 will be telecast live on Unite8 Sports network on television. For live streaming, one can catch the action on the Zee5 app and website.

Mexico XI: Rangel, Chavez, Montes, Reyes, Sanchez, Romo, Alvarez, Mora, Quinones, Martinez, Alvarado

Czech Republic XI: Kovar, Krejci, Hranac, Holes, Doudera, Cerv, Sadilek, Coufal, Visinsky, Sulc, Hlozek

The pre-match rituals are done and the match is underway with referee's whistle and straight away Czechia wins a free kick.

Gilberto Mora is in the field for Mexico. At just 17 years of age, the Xolos Tijuana academy product is now the youngest player to start a World Cup match for the Mexican team, beating Manuel Chaquetas Rosas, record of 18 years and 134 days.

Mexico's Mateo Chavez Garcia tries to find his teammate inside the box with a pass, the opposition defence reacts quickly and thwarts the effort to deny hosts any opportunity.

Robin Hranac's unfair challenge by holding his opponent to get to the ball results in a free kick for Mexico. However, Roberto Alvarado produces a poor cross with the opposition defender easily clearing the ball.

The first hydration break of the match is underway and both teams are still goalless. Czechia's Denis Visinsky almost did it for the visitors but the effort went just wide of the post.

Mora pulls the trigger from range, though his effort fails to trouble the goalkeeper after being intercepted by a defender.

That's the halftime whistle and both set of players are now heading to their respective locker rooms for the break. The deadlock persists and the score line stays at 0-0.

The players are back in the field for the final half of the match and the referee blows the whistle to get things underway. Both teams will be desperate to get themselves on the score board as deadlock persists.

Mateo Chavez Garcia gets El Tri ahead in the game as he fires a shot inside the post with a strike from inside the penalty area. The shot goes exactly into the bottom left corner and Mexico take the 1-0 lead in the match.

Goaaalll...! Another goal by Mexico doubles their lead. An error from Czechia's defence gives lurking Julian Quinones an opportunity, who collects himself and shots the ball inside the post from a close range.

Meanwhile, in another Group A game, South Africa take 1-0 lead against South Korea on the back of Thapelo Maseko's opener. Check out the live score and real-time updates of the match here.

Jorge Sanchez goes in with a reckless challenge and the referee is quick to penalise him. The whistle goes immediately, and Czech Republic are awarded a free-kick near the touchline.

Alvaro Fidalgo gets on the end of a perfectly weighted pass from Roberto Alvarado inside the box and calmly slots the ball into the left corner beyond the goalkeeper. Mexico extend their lead.

That's the final whistle and with it the stoppage time comes to an end. Mexico continued their dream run in the tournament so far with another dominating 3-0 win over Czechia and win they finish at the top of Group A.

That's a wrap! That's a wrap from our end, we'll be back soon with another blog, until then, bye bye.