Mexico's Wild Top Start: World Cup Starts with Sad Record

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The World Cup is open and Mexico is celebrating a dream start. But to make the game against South Africa historic, the co-host only plays a limited role: Three red cards have never existed in a prelude game.

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A thousand 271 days passed between the closing of the Qatar Football World Cup 2022 and the initial whistle of the 2026 edition, which was based in Mexico City and the three times world championship state Mexico City (formerly Azteca). Several cities in the country were paralyzed in moments prior to Mexico's inaugural match against South Africa, of which, the tricolor team obtained the win with two goals to zero against the Africans.

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The February 27 Centenary Stadium opened its doors this Thursday to become, for a few hours, the soccer house and gather hundreds of Tabasqueñas and Tabasqueños who enjoyed the opening of the World Cup of Football 2026 and celebrated the victory of the Mexican National Team for 2-0 over South Africa. From 11:00 a.m., complete families began to arrive at the building to witness the encounter through the giant screen installed by the People's Gove…