By EFE
Among the records held Mexico in the World Cup, In addition to being the country that has hosted the most tournaments, there is the ‘title’ of being the team with the most defeats in the history of the biggest event, with 28a first place that, paradoxically, it achieved thanks to its high presence in the elite.
This negative record began to be cemented from the very birth of the competition. Mexico had the honor of participating in the opening match of Uruguay 1930 against Francebut also the misfortune of opening his loss locker with a bulging 4-1marking the beginning of a streak that would take decades to reverse.
In fact, the Aztec team holds another mark linked to this record: He chained nine consecutive defeats in his first three participations (1930, 1950 and 1954). It was not until Sweden 1958 when Mexican fans were able to celebrate their first point in a draw against Walesmomentarily stopping a discouraging statistic that seemed to have no end.
Although the nuance of the number of setbacks changes a little when you look at who escorts Mexico in this list of adverse results. Size Picks Argentina and Germany appear in the following posts, irrefutable proof that for lose many games, first you have to have the hierarchy to play them.
Mexico under another lens in the World Cup Despite the 28 falls, the Mexican team managed to consolidate one of the most admirable streaks of competitiveness in modern football. Between United States 1994 and Russia 2018, the ‘Tri’ became a regular guest in the closing round of 16, overcoming extremely complex group phases and demonstrating that their presence is not coincidence, but consistency.
High-level matches like that of round of 16 in Germany 2006where the squad led by Ricardo La Volpe put Argentina on the ropes, or the resounding 0-1 victory against the Germans in Russia 2018who came to defend the title and were eliminated in the group stage.
The duality between defeat and success is what elaborates Mexico’s passage through the World Cup. While powers like Italy have been left out of recent editions, The North American squad has been able to navigate the Concacaf qualifiers to secure its ticket and remain the highest representative of his region in the elite.
Looking to the near future, this record of 28 games lost has a symbolic expiration date: the 2026 World Cup. Being the first country to organize three editions of the tournament, Mexico will have the historic opportunity to use its home field to add victories that balance its historical balance before its people.
Next June 11, against South Africa at the Azteca Stadium, The ‘Tri’ will test their resilience to make it clear that those 28 defeats are the scars of a team that has never stopped trying and that, with each fall, has paved the way to reaffirm itself as one of the main animators of the World Cup.
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