Latest Mexico matches: every report comes with full stats, xG analysis and the Crime Index of the result.
England took the match on the terms that matter most in tournament football: not by owning the ball, not by filling the page with volume, but by striking first, striking again immediately, and then surviving the part of the evening that should have dragged them under.
Ecuador held 57% of the ball, took eight corners, and hit the target once all night. Mexico needed three accurate shots to score twice and close out 2:0. A red card for the visitors sealed the evening.
Czechia won the counting columns and lost everything else. Thirteen shots to eleven, five corners to one, 52% of the ball — and 0:3 on the board, because only one of those thirteen attempts ever tested the goalkeeper.