{"id":42582,"date":"2026-07-01T10:31:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/mexico-defeats-ecuador-and-secures-qualification-to-the-1-8-finals\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:31:56","slug":"mexico-defeats-ecuador-and-secures-qualification-to-the-1-8-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/mexico-defeats-ecuador-and-secures-qualification-to-the-1-8-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico defeats Ecuador and secures qualification to the 1\/8 finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kupa-e-botes.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>Mexico has secured qualification to the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup, after defeating Ecuador with a score of 2-0 at &#8220;Estadio Azteca&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The match started an hour late due to a strong storm in Mexico City, but this did not affect the locals, who dominated from the start, writes 04 Online.<\/p>\n<p>Julian Quinones unlocked the result in in the 22nd minute after a quick counter-attack, while Raul Jimenez doubled the lead in the 31st minute after a beautiful build-up with Quinones.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, Ecuador had more possession of the ball, but failed to seriously threaten Mexico&#8217;s goal. The locals calmly managed the lead until the end, ensuring a well-deserved victory and the passage among the best 16 teams of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1\/8 final stage, Mexico will face the winner of the match between England and Congo.\/04 Online\/<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico has secured qualification to the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup, after defeating Ecuador with a score of 2-0 at &#8220;Estadio Azteca&#8221;. The match started an hour late due to a strong storm in Mexico City, but this did not affect the locals, who dominated from the start, writes 04 Online. Julian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"views":4,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42584,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42582\/revisions\/42584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}