The 2026 World Cup has started. This Thursday, Mexico opened the competition against South Africa. Co-organizer of the event with Canada and the United States, Mexico quickly stood out on the field. Favorite of the game, “El Tri” took the game into his own hands and was quick to open the scoring.
It was even before the tenth minute of play that Julian Quinones, well served by Erik Lira, found the fault. But it was above all because of an absolutely catastrophic recovery from the South Africans that the goal came.
Ronwen Williams chose to give the ball to her midfielder, Yaya Sithole. The latter, in the axis twenty meters from the cage, did not feel Lira behind his back. The latter stole the ball from him before giving it to Quinones (1-0, 9th).
The 2026 World Cup is launched
A very bad start to the game for the “Bafana Bafana”, but tremendous joy for the Mexican supporters present in the stands of the Estadio Azteca in Mexico.
The first period was then largely to the advantage of the Mexicans who multiplied the dangerous chances, notably finding the post on one of them. The World Cup is on.
