Soccer World Cup 1962 / Mexico

This article covers the Mexican national soccer team at the 1962 World Cup .

qualification

First round

United States	-	Mexico	0-0
Mexico	-	United States	3-0

Final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Mexico	11: 2	5
2	Costa Rica	8: 6	4th
3	Netherlands Antilles	2:13	3

Costa Rica	-	Mexico	3-0
Mexico	-	Netherlands Antilles	7-0
Mexico	-	Costa Rica	4: 1
Netherlands Antilles	-	Mexico	0-0

Intercontinental playoff between CONCACAF and CONMEBOL

Mexico	-	Paraguay	1-0
Paraguay	-	Mexico	0-0

Mexican contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Antonio Carbajal	Club León	06/07/1929
12	Jaime Gomez	Deportivo Guadalajara	12/29/1929
22nd	Antonio Mota	CD Oro	01/26/1939
Defense
2	Jesus del Muro	CF Atlas	11/30/1937
3	Guillermo Sepúlveda	Deportivo Guadalajara	02/28/1934
4th	José Villegas	Deportivo Guadalajara	06/20/1934
5	Raúl Cárdenas	CD Zacatepec	10/30/1928
13	Arturo Chaires	Deportivo Guadalajara	03/14/1937
15th	Ignacio Jáuregui	CF Atlas	07/31/1938
midfield
6th	Pedro Nájera	Club America	02/03/1929
8th	Salvador Reyes	Deportivo Guadalajara	09/20/1936
14th	Pedro Romero	Deportivo Toluca	04/12/1937
16	Salvador Farfán	CF Atlante	06/22/1932
20th	Mario Velarde	Club Necaxa	March 29, 1940
attack
7th	Alfredo del Águila	Deportivo Toluca	03/01/1935
9	Héctor Hernández	Deportivo Guadalajara	December 06, 1935
10	Guillermo Ortiz	Club Necaxa	06/25/1939
11	Isidoro Díaz	Deportivo Guadalajara	03/14/1940
17th	Felipe Ruvalcaba	CD Oro	02/16/1941
18th	Alfredo Hernández	CF Monterrey	06/18/1935
19th	Antonio Jasso	Club America	03/11/1935
21st	Alberto Baeza	Club Necaxa	December 06, 1938
Trainer
	Ignacio Trelles		07/30/1916

Mexican team games

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	4: 1	5
2	Czechoslovakia	2: 3	3
3	Mexico	3: 4	2
4th	Spain	2: 3	2

• Brazil - Mexico 2: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Sausalito ( Viña del Mar )

Spectators: 10,484

Referee: Service ( Switzerland )

Goals: 1-0 Zagallo (56th), 2-0 Pelé (73rd)

As in the World Championships in 1950 (0: 4) and 1954 (0: 5), Mexico played its opening game against Brazil in 1962. "El Tri" lost again and did not score a goal this time either; but the performance in this match was much better than in the two previous games and the 0: 2 against the reigning and future world champion was a great success. Defender Jesús del Muro later recalled the encounter with pride: “It was the first time that the Brazilians had to exhaust themselves. In the first half we even had two chances to take the lead. ”In the end, Brazil's superstar Pelé made the difference: in the 56th minute he gave Zagallo a tailor-made header to lead the Selecão and in the 72nd minute he ran alone from midfield in the direction of the Mexican goal, played around the entire defense and established the final score.

• Spain - Mexico 1: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Sausalito ( Viña del Mar )

Spectators: 11,875

Referee: Tesanić ( Yugoslavia )

Goals: 1-0 Peiró (90.)

The Spaniards dominated the game in the first half and it was only thanks to the once again outstanding Carbajal that Mexico was not already behind at the break. The Mexican goalkeeper had saved 32 balls throughout the game, most of them in the first half. In the second half, the Mexicans took command and worked out a few options that they did not know how to use. When everyone was expecting a goalless draw (it would have been their second draw in Mexico's 13th World Cup game and the first game without conceding a goal!), Spain struck cold. 30 seconds before the final whistle, Joaquín Peiró scored the then no longer necessarily expected winning goal for the Iberians.

• Mexico - Czechoslovakia 3: 1 (2: 1)

Stadium: Estadio Sausalito ( Viña del Mar )

Spectators: 10,648

Referee: Service ( Switzerland )

Goals: 0: 1 Mašek (8th), 1: 1 Díaz (12th), 2: 1 del Aguila (29th), 3: 1 Hernández (90th) 11 m

Although the Mexicans fell behind early on and their typical fate seemed to take its course, everything was different this time. Isidoro Díaz soon equalized and after half an hour "el Tri" was even in the lead, which had never happened before in a World Cup match. The final decision was made in the last minute. After Jan Lála went to the ball with his hand in the penalty area, Héctor Hernández converted the penalty kick to make it 3-1. It was the first ever victory for the Mexicans at a World Cup. In the previous 13 games, there had only been one draw and 12 defeats. That the long-awaited first World Cup victory came against the eventual runner-up of the world champions (who lost the final against Brazil with the same result) and that the Spanish defeat against Brazil (1: 2) meant that a World Cup was not finished bottom of the group for the first time , increased the triumph of the Mexicans immeasurably. At the same time, this victory was a special “gift” for the Mexican goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal, who celebrated his 33rd birthday on this very day.

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• La Historia de las Copas del Mundo (Editorial Televisa, Mexico City, 2006)
• The 1962 World Cup at RSSSF.com