Mexico 1998 team
Mexico in the 1998 world cup campaign was quite a memorable one.Coach by Manuel lapuente,this team have an exciting player like cuahtemoc blanco,luis hernandez,pavel pardo and that goalkeeper jorge campos.They have a good run in this tournament.With their free flowing attacking football and combined with a never say die attitude,they managed to come from behind 3 times in their match against south korea,belgium and netherlands.
Manuel lapuente
Luis hernandez
Cuahtemoc blanco
Jorge campos
First game against south korea,they were trailed behind after south korea scored through ha seok ju in the 28th minute,but they came back stronger in the second half,goal from pelaez and a brace by hernandez ensure the mexican win. 3-1 the final score.
Second game against belgium,again they were trailed behind 0-2,but a goal from garcia aspe and blanco ensure them to get a draw 2-2.
Their final match against netherlands was an exciting one.Netherlands lead 2-0 in the first half courtesy of cocu and ronald de boer goals,but again mexico come back in the second half,goal from pelaez in the 75th minute and a sensational goal from hernandez in the 94th minute ensure them to get a draw 2-2. With that,they managed to qualify for the last 16.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
 Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 |
 Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
Mexico vs Netherlands
But the mexican luck finally run out in the last 16.They been knocked out by germany after narrowly losing 1-2.Manuel lapuente continue coaching the team and a year later in the confederations cup,they became a champion after beating brazil in the final.Blanco,pardo and campos was playing a part in that historic win alongside a young rafael marquez.Blanco continue playing for the mexico in the 2002 world cup edition.He missing the 2006 campaign due to a disagreements with the then coach Ricardo la volpe.But he made it to the 2010 edition when javier aguirre took over as a mexican coach.
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