Certain advancement for Mexico, more goals for Mbappé and Haaland

The first three days of the knockout phase of the 2026 World Cup provided many emotions. Yesterday, three round of 16 matches took place, and among the scorers were: Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland and Mexican players, who surprised everyone with their play. Here's a summary of yesterday's World Cup events!

\n Mexico is unstoppable!
Mexico dominated Ecuador in the round of 16 match, winning 3-0. Thanks to this, he advanced to the next round, where he will face Brazil.
Mexico's first goal came in the 27th minute. Roberto Alvarado played a long ball to Julián Quiñones, who moved towards the opponent's goal with incredible speed and beat the Ecuadorian goalkeeper with a powerful shot. Raúl Jiménez scored the second goal for Mexico in the 52nd minute, and Julián Quiñones again made the match 3-0 in the 79th minute.
The Mexicans can be proud of their performance, especially of Quiñones, who has already scored 3 goals in his debut at the World Cup! So it's a successful debut and he made history by being the second Mexican to score 3 or more goals in one World Cup. The first was Luis Hernández, who scored 4 goals in 1998.
It is also worth adding that Raúl Jiménez scored his second goal in the history of the World Cup and with 47 goals to his account, he moved to the second place among the all-time top scorers of the Mexican national team, overtaking Jared Borgetti. Javier Hernández is still in first place with 52 goals.

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