If anyone doubted Martino’s choice regarding who should be under goal, they were just proven wrong today. Ten minutes into the second half, keeper and team captain ‘Memo’ Ochoa stopped a game-deciding PK from FC Barcelona star Robert Lewandowski to keep Poland off the board and give Mexico its first point of the 2022 World Cup in a match where Mexico were widely expected to lose. The result comes as the second surprise of Group C following Argentina’s loss to Saudi Arabia earlier today.
Mexico not only competed with their European rivals, but looked better during different passages of the match.