Soccer World Cup 1966 / Mexico

This article covers the Mexican national soccer team at the 1966 World Cup .

qualification

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Mexico	8: 2	7th
2	United States	4: 5	4th
3	Honduras	1: 6	1

Honduras	-	Mexico	0: 1
Mexico	-	Honduras	3-0
United States	-	Mexico	2: 2
Mexico	-	United States	2-0

Mexican contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Antonio Carbajal	Club León	06/07/1929
12	Ignacio Calderón	Deportivo Guadalajara	December 13, 1943
22nd	Javier Vargas	CF Atlas	11/22/1941
Defense
2	Arturo Chaires	Deportivo Guadalajara	03/14/1937
3	Gustavo Peña	Club Deportivo Oro	11/22/1944
4th	Jesus del Muro	CD Veracruz	11/30/1937
14th	Gabriel Nuñez	CD Zacatepec	02/06/1942
midfield
5	Ignacio Jáuregui	CF Atlas	07/31/1938
6th	Isidoro Díaz	Deportivo Guadalajara	03/14/1940
9	Ernesto Cisneros	CD Zacatepec	10/26/1940
13	José Luis González	UNAM Pumas	09/14/1942
15th	Guillermo Hernández	CF Atlas	06/25/1942
16	Luis Regueiro Urquiola	UNAM Pumas	December 22, 1943
17th	Magdaleno Mercado	CF Atlas	04/04/1944
attack
7th	Felipe Ruvalcaba	Club Deportivo Oro	02/16/1941
8th	Aarón Padilla	UNAM Pumas	07/10/1942
10	Javier Fragoso	Club America	04/19/1942
11	Francisco Jara	Deportivo Guadalajara	02/03/1941
18th	Elías Muñoz	UNAM Pumas	03/11/1941
19th	Salvador Reyes	Deportivo Guadalajara	09/20/1936
20th	Enrique Borja	UNAM Pumas	December 20, 1945
21st	Ramiro Navarro De Anda	Club Deportivo Oro	May 25, 1943
Trainer
	Ignacio Trelles		07/30/1916

Mexican team games

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	England	4-0	5
2	Uruguay	2: 1	4th
3	Mexico	1: 3	2
4th	France	2: 5	1

• France - Mexico 1: 1 (0: 0)

Stadium: Wembley Stadium ( London )

Spectators: 69,000

Referee: Ashkenazi ( Israel )

Goals: 0: 1 Borja (48th), 1: 1 Hausser (62nd)

After Mexico had already completed a good first half, "el Tri" continued his performance after the break and took the lead 1-0 after 48 minutes thanks to the young talent Enrique Borja; it was the 15th World Cup game for the Mexicans for the first time that “el Tri” had taken a 1-0 lead; in the previous 14 games, the opponent had always scored the first goal.

On the left wing, Aarón Padilla had prevailed, crossed into the French penalty area, where Borja took the ball and pulled away from his opponent with a skillful twist of his body. After another turn of the body, he pushed the ball past the falling goalie Marcel Aubour into the net. Borja's action was accompanied by the excited Mexican TV reporter Fernando Marcos : “Borja, don't fail. Don't fail! Goal for Mexico. "

The only carelessness in defense cost the victory. In the 62nd minute Arturo Chaires lost the ball against Gérard Hausser, who equalized for the French from 15 meters away.

• England - Mexico 2: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Wembley Stadium ( London )

Spectators: 92,000

Referee: Lo Bello ( Italy )

Goals: 1-0 B. Charlton (37th), 2-0 Hunt (75th)

After 1950 (Brazil) and 1958 (Sweden), Mexico played in the same preliminary group as the hosts.

After "el Tri" had suffered the highest defeat in its history with 0: 8 on a trip to Europe at Wembley five years earlier, the team this time was totally defensive and only had one striker with Borja. For a long time Mexico successfully defended itself against the English attack vortex, but Bobby Charlton broke the spell after 37 minutes. He had accepted the ball in his own half and ran undisturbed to about 22 meters from the Mexican goal, from where he hammered the round leather into the corner.

Charlton also set up the English second goal. With a long pass, he served Jimmy Greaves , who took the ball just before the penalty area, penetrated the area undisturbed and pulled it from about eleven meters from the goal. Although Calderón was able to save his shot, Hunt converted the rebound and ensured the preliminary decision in favor of the hosts.

• Mexico - Uruguay 0: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Wembley Stadium ( London )

Spectators: 61,000

Referee: Lööw ( Sweden )

Goals: none

On the one hand, because Ignacio Calderón sustained a strain on his shoulder during a training session shortly before the start of the World Cup and was therefore easily handicapped anyway, and on the other hand, the world was apparently waiting eagerly to see the first player to make five World Cup appearances Mexican goalkeeper legend Antonio Carbajal will play the Mexicans last group game. This should have won "el Tri" by two goals in order not to have to return home after the preliminary round. The Mexicans played accordingly committed and were pushed forward again and again, especially by their playmaker Isidoro Díaz. The Mexican team worked out several good scoring opportunities, all of which they could not use. On the other hand, the Urus, who mainly focused on defending their two-goal lead, had only one real chance to score, which Carbajal, who responded excellently, destroyed. With this parade, “La Tota” played a decisive role in the fact that “el Tri” remained without conceding a goal for the first time in what is now the 17th game at a World Cup .

Although the goalless draw resulted in the Mexicans being knocked out again, the English press was full of praise for this team and the Times wrote: “Mexico turned out to be a revelation that deservedly won the sympathies of the London public. The players from the land of the Aztecs have proven their skills and shown that they can play smart and snappy. It should be clear that this team will be one of the best teams at the World Cup in Mexico . "

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Excerpts from the game on Youtube with Marcos' legendary saying "Borja no falles. No falls! Gol de México. “At about 2:10 min.

swell

• La Historia de las Copas del Mundo (Editorial Televisa, Mexico City, 2006)
• The 1966 World Cup at RSSSF.com