{"id":4579,"date":"2026-06-12T04:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/?p=4579"},"modified":"2026-06-12T05:09:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:09:01","slug":"mexico-wins-first-game-of-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/mexico-wins-first-game-of-the-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico Wins First Game of the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/team-mexico-for-the-2026-world-cup\/\">Mexican national team<\/a> won the first game played in the World Cup, on June 11th, the first day of <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/the-2026-world-cup\/\">the World Cup<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/mexican-world-cup-stadiums\/\">Estadio Azteca\/&#8221;Mexico City Stadium&#8221;<\/a> by defeating South Africa 2-0.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The first goal was scored by Juli\u00e1n Qui\u00f1ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-36.png 800w, https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-36-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-36-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>Juli\u00e1n Qui\u00f1ones #16.     Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.excelsior.com.mx\/deportes\/mexico-hace-historia-por-todos-lados-fue-triunfo-primeras-veces-inauguracion\">Mexsport<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second goal was scored by Ra\u00fal  Jim\u00e9nez.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-38.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4589\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7500165991634021;width:271px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-38.png 510w, https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-38-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Raul Jimenez. <br>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FIFAWorldCup\/status\/2065173895603261583\">FIFA World Cup<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later, South Korea beat the Czech Republic 2-1 in Zapopan (Guadalajara metro).  That means that the Mexico team has 3 points in the World Cup and the South Korea team has 3 points in the World Cup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mexico&#8217;s next scheduled game is against South Korea on June 18th, in Zapopan (Guadalajara metro). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mexican national team won the first game played in the World Cup, on June 11th, the first day of the World Cup, in Estadio Azteca\/&#8221;Mexico City Stadium&#8221; by defeating South Africa 2-0. The first goal was scored by Juli\u00e1n &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/mexico-wins-first-game-of-the-world-cup\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[993,990,564,1002,5,1003,630,655,903,629,631],"class_list":["post-4579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-czech-republic","tag-estadio-azteca","tag-guadalajara","tag-julian-quinones","tag-mexico-city","tag-raul-jimenez-soccer-player","tag-soccer","tag-south-africa","tag-south-korea","tag-world-cup","tag-zapopan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4579"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4601,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4579\/revisions\/4601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}