Quiñones fires Mexico past Ecuador and into the last 16

Quiñones ends 40 years of pain

Mexico 2–0 Ecuador at the Azteca, and the wait is over. Julián Quiñones scored and assisted as Mexico won a World Cup knockout match for the first time in 40 years (3). Your team started with four wins and four clean sheets, only Brazil in 1986 and Italy in 1990 have done that before (2). Gilberto Mora, 17 years and 259 days old, is the second youngest player to feature in a World Cup knockout match (2).

England or DR Congo await in the round of 16

Mexico will face the winner of England vs Democratic Republic of Congo in the next round (1). The bracket is set. The Azteca will host again.

The Viking chant goes global

After the final whistle, Mexico's players recreated the Viking clap in front of the home crowd (2). The video is already everywhere.

Fan-reaktioner

The mood is pure catharsis. Quiñones put a line through the European pedigree debate himself: "The fact that they play in Europe doesn't mean they are better players than us. Today we saw that on the pitch" (r/soccer). A CONCACAF team has never eliminated a CONMEBOL side at a World Cup before, until now (r/worldcup). Tragically, three people were reported to have died from suffocation during celebrations (r/soccer). Watch the post-match scenes here.