Mexico v Ecuador · OurXI

★ The storyline

Mexico march on

Mexico are through. They saw off Ecuador 2–0 in the round of 32, and a family that's followed them all summer dares to look a little further up the bracket. On to the next one.

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Mexico keep it tidy and take it

Mexico 2, Ecuador 0. A clean sheet and a comfortable win in the round of 32 — no fuss, no scare, exactly the sort of statement that puts a marker down for the rest of the field.

Why it matters

Ours are out — Mexico in the round of 32. Win or go home.

Who to watch

★ Ours · Talisman

Raúl Jiménez

Mexico

The focal point up top — Mexico's hopes lean on his presence in the box.

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Moisés Caicedo

Ecuador

The engine of Beccacece's press and the heartbeat Ecuador will lean on most.

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Ecuador are through to the last 32

Ecuador have squeezed through as one of the best third-placed sides. Not the comfortable route — but a place in the last 32 is a place in the last 32, and the knockouts don't care how you got there.

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Mexico are through to the last 32

Mexico are into the last 32. Job done in the group, and now the tournament really begins — one-and-done from here, every match a final.

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Mexico bow out

And there it ends. Mexico fall to England 3–2 in the last 16, and a summer of following them is over. It stings now — but what a ride it was, and there's no shame in going out swinging.

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Mexico bow out

And there it ends. Mexico fall to England, and a summer of following them is over. It stings now — but what a ride it was, and there's no shame in going out swinging.