The other two crosses were for the round of 16, and always with Argentine victories, which can give good feelings for this fourth game on Saturday, in Qatar.
The second, of 2006went with Jose Pekerman as a coach, and a fairly dapper game by Argentina, who had just come off a comfortable and brilliant group stage, with 2-1 wins against the Ivory Coast and 6-0 against Serbia and Montenegro, plus a 0-0 draw with Holland, already classified.
In eighths he played Mexicoin leipzigdirected by the Argentine Ricardo La Volpewho put together a proposal that made the National Team very difficult, to the point that it could only be unlocked in the supplementary session.
Mexico took the lead with a goal from Rafael Marquez after six minutes, they equalized Hernan Crespo at ten and the result did not move any further, with the Aztecs doing better.
Interestingly, that match is the only one that played lionel scalonicurrent national DT, in World Cups: he started as a right back.
This game is surely the most remembered, because it was defined with a tremendous left-footed shot from maxi rodriguez at 98 minutes, when penalties seemed to be the only possible way out.
Four years later we met again, also in the round of 16, with the Selection directed by Diego Maradonawhich had a perfect first phase: 1-0 against Nigeria, 4-1 against South Korea and 2-0 against Greece.
On June 27 they met in Johannesburg, and Argentina won 3-1 with two goals from Carlos Tevez (the first from a clear forward position) and a great goal from Gonzalo Higuaín. Messi, Nicolás Otamendi and Ángel Di María were starters.
General statistics between Argentina and Mexico
In World Cups there were three confrontations with Mexico, all with Argentine victories. In the general statistics they played 30 times, with 15 victories for the National Team. 11 draws and just four defeats. There are 50 goals for and 27 against.
The last time they saw each other was on October 9, 2019, in a friendly played in San Antonio, Texas. Argentina crushed Mexico 4-0, with three goals from Lautaro Martínez and one from Leandro Paredes, from a penalty. Messi did not play.
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