By Wilson Florez
This Thursday, June 11, the 2026 World Cup begins. The United States, Mexico and Canada dress up to start the World Cup tournament. The World Cup will begin at the Azteca Stadium with the opening match between Mexico and South Africa.
Group A begins with six first two games. The sector is made up of Mexico, South Africa, South Korea and the Czech Republic.
Mexico vs. South Africa
The opening match of the 2026 World Cup has historical overtones. Mexico will face South Africathe same duel from the 2010 World Cup (the first time in history that an opening match has been repeated). The commitment will be developed in the legendary Azteca Stadiuma sports venue that will become the first stadium to host three opening matches of a World Cup (1970, 1986 and 2026).
Directed by Javier Aguirre, Mexico arrives at the World Cup in promising form. El Tri is undefeated in eight consecutive games and They come from beating Serbia 5-1 in their last friendly match.
South Africa, led by Hugo Broos, comes from a more discreet preparation. The African team drew 1-1 with Jamaica in their last friendly match at the beginning of June.
The precedent of these two teams in the World Cup was the inaugural duel of South Africa 2010. On that occasion, the Mexican team took a 1-1 draw. The authors of the goals were Tshabalala and Rafael Márquez.
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South Korea vs. Czech Republic
The other duel of the group will be in Guadalajara Stadium (Akron Stadium), Zapopan, Mexico. This is a duel between two teams that arrive at a good time. Korea plays its 11th World Cup in a row; the Czechs return to this competition after 20 years.
The Czech Republic has just won its last two preparation matches (3-1 vs. Guatemala and 2-1 vs. Kosovo). South Korea also did the same. The Asians beat Trinidad and Tobago 5-0 and narrowly defeated El Salvador 1-0.
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