Mexico’s Hirving Lozano scored the opening and the winning goal of the Group F match against Germany. This is the first time since 2010 that Germany will fall at the group stage.
What a match. Electric Mexico gave their many fans in Russia a good show and gave the World Cup its first real shock with a 1-0 victory over the defending champions. They became the first non-European team to shut out Germany at the World Cup since Brazil did it in the 2002 final, per ESPN Stats & Info, and they did it with young superstar Chucky Lozano’s goal in the 35th minute.
Mexico, despite possessing the ball only 41 percent of the time, had Germany on its heels all match. El Tri made Die Mannschaft look lackadaisical on defense and on offense, Germany had few clear chances despite a walloping 26 shots — twice the number Mexico took. No wonder there were so many tears on Mexico’s sideline after.
Germany, at least, may take some solace knowing the World Cup holders haven’t won their opening game in four of the last five tournaments. The only ones to do it were Brazil in 2006.
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