Mexico vs South Africa LIVE: World Cup 2026 latest score after Quinones strikes

40’ – Sithole clatters into Lira. It’s one other that would have been worthy of a yellow card however a free kick is all that’s given. Lira, realizing he would wish to take a minute on the sidelines in keeping with the brand new guidelines, decides in opposition to having the physio examine him over.

38’ – South Africa have an try as Foster rises to satisfy a cross from the left and heads harmlessly huge. It’s not a lot however it’s higher than nothing.

36’ Quinones will get in down the within left and tries to sq. a low cross. It’s smothered by Williams.

33’ – Modiba receives the ball down the left and sends in a cross that seems to win a nook – till he’s, accurately, flagged for offside. Because the hydration break Mexico have regarded rather less intense, which has allowed South Africa to get a bit extra concerned. Can they flip it right into a significant try on purpose? That’s the subsequent problem.

32’ – A barely higher spell of possession from South Africa now, though they’re going nowhere however backwards and sideways.

30’ – Gutierrez shimmies in from the left and has a pop. It’s blocked when Jimenez could have been open. However Mexico are in such management right here that such minor misjudgments are unlikely to trouble them an excessive amount of.

28’ – And we’re again underway. Will that pause enable Souh Africa to reset and, they hope, develop into the match a bit extra.

26’ – It’s 23c on the Azteca, by the way in which.

Time for the three-minute drink break, which provides us an opportunity to look at the opening purpose once more.