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Mexico claim Olympic bronze medal with sturdy Tokyo 2020 defeat of hosts Japan

Goals for Sebastian Cordova, Johan Vasquez and Alexis Vega helped make it two podium finishes in three tournaments for El Tri

Mexico are Olympic medalists in the men's football tournament for the second time in the professional era, after they beat off a late rally from hosts Japan to claim bronze at Tokyo 2020 in Saitama, to win 3-1.

Goals for Sebastian Cordova, Johan Vasquez and Alexis Vega were enough to make it a pair of podium finishes in the last three tournaments for El Tri, as they left the Samurai Blue with a mountain to climb despite Kaoru Mitoma's late response.