India, June 12 -- Hosts Mexico made a perfect launch of their World Cup 2026 campaign Thursday with an authentic 2-0 win against South Africa in A Group.
The second match of Day 1 saw South Korea coming from a goal behind to score twice to defeat Czech Republic 2-1.
Both the winners now have 3 points each and with a good chance to advance to the second round.
In a game that featured three red cards at the Aztec stadium in Mexico City, Mexico cruised to victory with goals by Julian Quinones and Raul Jimenez.
Quinones settled the nerves early by scoring a goal in the 9th minute and helped set up the second. Jimenez sealed victory in the 67th minute as Mexico dominated South Africa all through the match.
In yesterday's game, 17-year-old M...