Things started well for El Tri, but they again exit the tournament after four matches after poor planning from the manager
Will the eighth time be the charm?
For the seventh consecutive time, Mexico advanced to the knockout stages of the World Cup, and for the seventh consecutive time it was eliminated in the first match it played. The elusive search for the quinto partido, the first quarterfinal in history on foreign soil, will have to wait at least another four years. Neymar scored a beautiful goal and set up a second to give the Selecao a 2-0 victory in the Samara Arena and end El Tri's hopes of progressing.