The 20 greatest Mexican footballers of all time

 

1. Hugo Sánchez

2. Rafa Márquez

3. Jorge Campos

4. Cuauhtémoc Blanco

5. Javier "Chicharito" Hernández
 

6. Jared Borgetti
 

7. Carlos Hermosillo
 

8. Luis Hernández
 

9. Benjamín Galindo
 

10. Carlos Vela

11. Giovanni dos Santos
12. Luis García
13. Andrés Guardado
14. Guillermo Ochoa
15. Oswaldo Sánchez
16. Claudio Suárez
17. Luis Roberto "Zague" Alves
18. Salvador "Chava" Reyes
19. Enrique Borja
20. Antonio Carbajal

Player ratings Saudi Arabia 1-2 Mexico

 0-1 47' Henry Martín l. (César Montes), 0-2 52' Luis Chávez freekick, 1-2 90'+5 Salem Al Dawsari r. (Hattan Bahebri). Att: 84.985 (Lusail Iconic Stadium).

Saudi Arabia: Mohammed Al Owais 6,30 - Abdulelah Al Amri 5,20, Hassan Al Tambakti 5,40, Ali Al Bulayhi 5,90 (37' Riyadh Sharahili 5,50), Sultan Al Ghannam 5,60 (88' Hattan Bahebri), Saud Abdulhamid 5,50, Ali Al Hassan 5,80 (46' Abdullah Madu 5,40), Mohammed Kanno 5,90, Firas Al Brikan 5,60, Salem Al Dawsari 6,30, Saleh Al Shehri 5,00 (62' Abdulrahman Al Aboud 5,70). - coach: Hervé Renard 5,60. = average: 5,65 [failing]

Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa 6,00 - Jorge Sánchez 6,10 (86' Kevin Álvarez), César Montes 6,40, Héctor Moreno 5,60, Jesús Gallardo 6,10, Edson Álvarez 5,90 (86' Rogelio Funes Mori), Orbelín Pineda 6,60 (77' Carlos Rodríguez), Luis Chávez 7,30, Hirving Lozano 6,60, Alexis Vega 5,70 (46' Uriel Antuna 5,90), Henry Martín 6,60 (77' Raúl Jiménez). - coach: Gerardo Martino 6,10. = average: 6,23 [solid]

Player ratings Argentina 2-0 Mexico

 1-0 64' Lionel Messi l. (Ángel Di María), 2-0 87' Enzo Fernández r. (Lionel Messi). Att: 88.966 (Lusail Iconic Stadium).

Argentina: Emiliano Martínez 6,00 - Gonzalo Montiel 5,70 (63' Nahuel Molina 6,00), Nicolás Otamendi 6,20, Lisandro Martínez 6,20, Marcos Acuña 5,90, Rodrigo De Paul 5,50, Ángel Di María 6,20 (69' Cristian Romero 6,10), Guido Rodríguez 5,60 (57' Enzo Fernández 6,90), Alexis Mac Allister 5,60 (69' Exequiel Palacios 6,00), Lionel Messi 7,40, Lautaro Martínez 4,90 (63' Julián Álvarez 6,10). - coach: Lionel Scaloni 6,10. = average: 6,02 [acceptable]

Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa 5,90 - Néstor Araujo 5,70, César Montes 6,10, Héctor Moreno 5,80, Kevin Álvarez 5,70 (66' Raúl Jiménez 5,60), Jesús Gallardo 5,80, Héctor Herrera 5,50, Andrés Guardado 6,00 (42' Erick Gutiérrez 5,60), Luis Chávez 5,60, Alexis Vega 5,80 (66' Uriel Antuna 5,60), Hirving Lozano 5,40 (73' Roberto Alvarado 5,50). - coach: Gerardo Martino 5,40. = average: 5,71 [disappointing]

Player ratings Mexico 0-0 Poland

 Robert Lewandowski missed a PK (58'). Att: 39.369 (Stadium 974, Doha).

Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa 7,30 - Jorge Sánchez 6,00, Héctor Moreno 5,50, César Montes 6,30, Jesús Gallardo 6,40, Edson Álvarez 5,50, Héctor Herrera 6,20 (71' Carlos Rodríguez 5,90), Luis Chávez 5,90, Alexis Vega 6,30 (84' Uriel Antuna), Henry Martín 5,40 (71' Raúl Jiménez 5,70), Hirving Lozano 5,70. - coach: Gerardo Martino 6,20. = average: 6,01 [acceptable]

Poland: Wojciech Szczęsny 6,00 - Matty Cash 5,50, Jakub Kiwior 6,10, Kamil Glik 6,10, Bartosz Bereszyński 6,50, Grzegorz Krychowiak 5,70, Jakub Kamiński 5,70, Sebastian Szymański 5,50 (71' Przemysław Frankowski 5,40), Nicola Zalewski 5,80 (46' Krystian Bielik 5,90), Piotr Zieliński 5,10 (87' Arkadiusz Milik), Robert Lewandowski 4,70. - coach: Czesław Michniewicz 5,20. = average: 5,69 [disappointing]

Player ratings Brazil 2-0 Mexico

Brazil: Alisson 6,10 - Fágner 6,00, Thiago Silva 6,60, Miranda 6,40, Filipe Luís 6,00, Paulinho 6,20 (80' Fernandinho), Casemiro 6,00, Coutinho 6,00 (86' Roberto Firmino 6,50), Willian 7,30 (90' Marquinhos), Gabriel Jesus 5,50, Neymar 7,50. - coach: Tite 6,50. = average: 6,34 [good]

Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa 6,90 - Edson Álvarez 5,70 (55' Jonathan dos Santos 5,40), Hugo Ayala 5,90, Carlos Salcedo 6,00, Jesús Gallardo 5,80, Héctor Herrera 5,70, Rafael Márquez 5,60 (46' Miguel Layún 5,50), Andrés Guardado 6,00, Javier Hernández 5,20 (60' Raúl Jiménez 5,60),  Hirving Lozano 6,20, Carlos Vela 6,00. - coach: Juan Carlos Osorio 5,70. = average: 5,82 [mediocre] 

Match quality: 7/10.

Player ratings Mexico 0-3 Sweden

Mexico: Ochoa 6,20 - Alvarez 5,00, Salcedo 5,40, Moreno 5,20, Gallardo 5,40 (65' M. Fabian 6,00), Layun 5,70, Guardado 5,20 (75' Corona), Lozano 5,50, J. Hernandez 5,50. - coach: Osorio 5,40. - average: 5,57 (failing)

Sweden: Olsen 6,20 - Lustig 6,20, Nilsson Lindelöf 6,20, Granqvist 6,90, Augustinsson 7,00, Claesson 6,10, S. Larsson 5,90 (57' G. Svensson 6,00), Ekdal 6,40 (80' Hiljemark), Forsberg 6,30, Berg 6,60 (68' Thelin), Toivonen 6,30. - coach: J. Andersson 6,90. - average: 6,34 (good).

Match quality: 7/10.

Player ratings Germany 0-1 Mexico

Germany: Manuel Neuer 6,20 - Joshua Kimmich 6,10, Jérôme Boateng 5,90, Mats Hummels 5,60, Marvin Plattenhardt 5,50 (79' Mario Gomez), Sami Khedira 4,80 (60' Marco Reus 5,90), Julian Draxler 5,70, Toni Kroos 6,00, Thomas Müller 4,90, Mesut Özil 5,10, Timo Werner 5,40 (86' Julian Brandt). - coach: Joachim Löw 5,80. = average: 5,59 [failing]
   
Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa 6,90 - Carlos Salcedo 6,40, Hugo Ayala 6,20, Héctor Moreno 6,40, Jesús Gallardo 6,30, Héctor Herrera 7,00, Andrés Guardado 6,40 (74' Rafael Márquez), Miguel Layún 6,60, Carlos Vela 6,40 (58' Edson Álvarez 6,10), Hirving Lozano 7,10 (66' Raúl Jiménez 6,10), Javier Hernández 6,70. - coach: Juan Carlos Osorio 7,00. = average: 6,51 [very good]

Match quality: 7,5/10.

Player ratings Chile 3-3 Mexico.

0-1 21' Vicente Vuoso l. (Juan Carlos Medina), 1-1 22' Arturo Vidal h. (Charles Aránguiz), 1-2 29' Raúl Jiménez h. (Adrián Aldrete), 2-2 42' Eduardo Vargas h. (Arturo Vidal), 3-2 55' Arturo Vidal penalty (Arturo Vidal), 3-3 66' Vicente Vuoso r. (Adrián Aldrete). Att: 45.583 (Estadio Nacional, Santiago de Chile).

Chile: Claudio Bravo 5,00 - Mauricio Isla 6,00, Gonzalo Jara 5,60, Miiko Albornoz 4,80 (87' Jean Beausejour), Arturo Vidal 7,80, Jorge Valdivia 6,50, Gary Medel 5,20, Charles Aránguiz 5,50, Marcelo Díaz 5,20 (71' Eugenio Mena 6,00), Alexis Sánchez 6,20, Eduardo Vargas 7,00 (85' Mauricio Pinilla 5,30). - coach: Jorge Sampaoli. = average: 5,85 [vulnerable]

Mexico: José Corona 5,80 - Julio Domínguez 5,00, Hugo Ayala 5,30, Juan Valenzuela 5,30, Gerardo Flores 6,10, Adrián Aldrete 6,30 (71' Carlos Salcedo), Juan Carlos Medina 6,30 (64' Javier Aquino 5,50), Javier Güemez 5,10, Jesús Corona 6,00 (77' Mario Osuna 5,80), Raúl Jiménez 6,50, Vicente Vuoso 7,30. - coach: Miguel Herrera. = average: 5,87 [vulnerable]

Player ratings Cruz Azul 0-4 Real Madrid.

0-1 15' Sergio Ramos h. (Toni Kroos), 0-2 36' Karim Benzema r. (Dani Carvajal), 0-3 50' Gareth Bale h. (Cristiano Ronaldo), 0-4 72' Isco r. (Cristiano Ronaldo). Gerardo Torrado missed a penalty (40'). Att: 34.862 (Stade de Marrakech, Morocco).

Cruz Azul: José Corona 5,10 - Fausto Pinto 5,00, Maza 5,20, Julio Domínguez 5,60, Gerardo Flores 5,50, Gerardo Torrado 5,10, Christian Giménez 5,80 (65' Marco Fabián 5,50), Joao Rojas 6,30 (76' Ismael Valadez), Hernán Bernardello 5,70, Mauro Fórmica 6,10, Mariano Pavone 6,00 (65' Pablo Barrera 6,00). - coach: Luis Tena 5,80. = average: 5,61 [failing]

Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 7,10 - Pepe 6,60, Sergio Ramos 6,80 (64' Raphaël Varane 6,10), Marcelo 6,20, Dani Carvajal 7,00, Toni Kroos 6,80 (73' Sami Khedira 6,00), Gareth Bale 6,70, Isco 7,00 (76' Jesé Rodríguez 5,80), Illarra 6,20, Cristiano Ronaldo 6,70, Karim Benzema 7,00. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti 7,00. = average: 6,57 [excellent]

Player ratings Mexico 1-0 Cameroon.

1-0 61' Oribe Peralta l. (Giovani Dos Santos). Ref: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) 4,71. Att: 39.216 (Arena das Dunas, Natal).
Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa 6,46 - Maza Rodríguez 6,32, Rafael Márquez 6,32, Héctor Moreno 6,04, Paul Aguilar 5,73, Héctor Herrera 6,81 (90' Carlos Salcido), Miguel Layún 6,57, Andrés Guardado 6,14 (69' Marco Fabián 5,99), José Juan Vázquez 6,25, Giovani Dos Santos 7,39, Oribe Peralta 6,79 (74' Javier Hernández). - coach: Miguel Herrera 6,61. = average: 6,40 [strong]
Cameroon: Charles Itandje 5,95 - Benoît Assou-Ekotto 6,49, Nicolas N'Koulou 5,37, Cédric Djeugoue 4,73 (46' Dany Nounkeu 5,46), Alex Song 5,31 (79' Pierre Webó), Aurelien Chedjou 5,29, Stéphane Mbia 5,87, Eyong Enoh 5,29, Benjamin Moukandjo 5,77, Samuel Eto'o 5,69, Maxim Choupo-Moting 5,49. - coach: Volker Finke 5,17. = average: 5,56 [failing]

Player ratings Japan 1, Mexico 2.

0-1 54' Javier Hernández, 0-2 66' Javier Hernández, 1-2 86' Shinji Okazaki. Att: 52.690 (Mineirão, Belo Horizonte).
Japan: Eiji Kawashima 6,20 - Hiroki Sakai 5,50 (59' Atsuto Uchida 5,50), Yasuyuki Konno 5,70, Yuzo Kurihara 5,70, Yuto Nagatomo 5,80 (77' Kengo Nakamura) - Keisuke Honda 5,80, Yasuhito Endō 6,00, Hajime Hosogai 5,30, Shinji Okazaki 6,50, Shinji Kagawa 5,50 - Ryoichi Maeda 5,30 (65' Maya Yoshida 6,00). - coach:  Alberto Zaccheroni. = average: 5,75 [mediocre]
Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa 6,00 - Héctor Moreno 6,20, Diego Reyes 6,50, Jesús Zavala 5,80, Jorge Torres Nilo 6,20 - Hiram Mier 6,70, Gerardo Torrado 6,00, Andrés Guardado 6,70 (71' Carlos Salcido 5,80), Giovani Dos Santos 6,70 (78' Pablo Barrera) - Raúl Jiménez 6,20 (90' Javier Aquino), Javier Hernández 7,30. - coach: José de la Torre. = average: 6,34 [good]

Player ratings Brazil 2, Mexico 0.

1-0 9' Neymar, 2-0 90' Jô. Att:  50.791 (Castelão, Fortaleza).
Brazil: Júlio César 6,20 - Dani Alves 6,30, Thiago Silva 6,30, David Luíz 6,80, Marcelo 6,40 - Oscar 5,40 (62' Hernanes 6,10),     Luíz Gustavo 6,20, Paulinho 6,00 - Fred 5,80 (82' Jô), Neymar 8,10, Hulk 5,80 (78' Lucas). - coach: Luíz Felipe Scolari 7,00. = average: 6,28 [good]
Mexico: José Corona 6,10 - Gerardo Flores 5,70 (58' Héctor Herrera 5,90), Maza 5,80, Héctor Moreno 6,10 - Jorge Torres Nilo 5,60 (70' Pablo Barrera 6,20), Carlos Salcido 6,30, Hiram Mier 5,90, Gerardo Torrado 5,80 (88' Raúl Jiménez), Andrés Guardado 5,90 - Giovani Dos Santos 6,30, Javier Hernández 5,40. - coach: José De La Torre 5,80. = average: 5,92 [vulnerable]

Player ratings Italy 2, Mexico 1 (Confed Cup)

0-1 27' Andrea Pirlo freekick, 1-1 34' Javier Hernández penalty, 1-2 78' Mario Balotelli. Att: 73.123 (Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro).
Mexico: José Corona 6,50 - Maza 4,50, Carlos Salcido 6,00, Héctor Moreno 5,00, Gerardo Flores 5,00 - Gerardo Torrado 5,40, Jesús Zavala 5,40 (86' Raúl Jiménez), Javier Aquino 5,20 (53' Hiram Mier 5,00), Andrés Guardado 6,00, Giovani Dos Santos 6,50 - Javier Hernández 5,60. - coach: José De La Torre 5,00. = average: 5,51 [poor]
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 6,00 - Ignazio Abate 6,00, Giorgio Chiellini 7,00, Mattia De Sciglio 6,80, Andrea Barzagli 5,00 - Claudio Marchisio 5,30 (68' Alessio Cerci 6,00), Emanuele Giaccherini 6,80 (88' Alberto Aquilani), Daniele De Rossi 6,30, Riccardo Montolivo 7,00, Andrea Pirlo 8,00 - Mario Balotelli 7,20 (86' Alberto Gilardino). - coach:  Cesare Prandelli 7,00. = average: 6,45 [strong]


Le pagelle di Italia-Messico 2-1.
Las calificaciones de Italia 2, México 1.

Average attendances Mexico.

41.000 Tigres UANL
30.071 Monterrey
28.500 León
28.125 América
24.704 Pumas UNAM
24.091 Chivas Guadalajara
24.063 Cruz Azul
23.688 Santos Laguna
21.125 Atlas Guadalajara
19.500 Gallos Blancos
19.000 Tijuana
18.613 Deportivo Toluca
18.049 Pachuca
16.929 Monarcas Morelia
16.261 Puebla
14.875 Jaguares Chiapas
12.938 San Luis
10.856 Atlante
League average: 21.639

Olympic semifinal 1: Mexico 3, Japan 1.

0-1 13’ Otsu, 1-1 31’ Fabián, 2-1 65' Peralta, 2-1 92' Cortes. Att: 82.372 (Wembley).
Mexico: Corona 6,20 - D. Chávez 6,40, I. Jiménez 6,10, Mier 6,40, D. Reyes 6,20, Salcido 6,20 - Aquino 6,60, Dos Santos 5,50 (46’ R. Jiménez 6,00), Enriquez 6,50, Fabián 7,10 - Peralta 7,20. - coach: Tena 6,75. = average: 6,37 [good]
Japan: Gonda 5,80 - Higashi 5,50 (70’ Sugimoto 5,90), Ogihara 5,10 (83’ Saito), Sakai 6,10, Suzuki 6,10 - Tokunaga 6,10, Yoshida 6,20 - Otsu 6,80, Kiyotake 6,00 (77’ Usami), Yamaguchi 6,00 - Nagai 5,80. - coach: Sekizuka 5,95 [vulnerable]

Olympic final: Mexico 2, Brazil 1.

1-0 1' Peralta, 2-0 75' Peralta, 2-1 91' Hulk. Att: 86.162 (Wembley).
Mexico: Corona 6,30 - I. Jiménez 6,10 (81' Vidrio), Mier 6,90, D. Reyes 6,90, D. Chávez 6,40 - Salcido 6,10, J. Enriquez 7,10 - Fabián 7,40, Herrera 6,80, Aquino 6,50 (57' Ponce 6,50) - Peralta 7,90 (86' Raúl Jiménez). - coach: Tena 7,50. = average: 6,74.
Brazil: Gabriel 5,60 - Rafael 4,90 (85' Lucas), Thiago Silva 5,60, Juan Jesús 5,90, Marcelo 6,40 - Rômulo 5,80, Sandro 6,00 (71' Pato) - Alex Sandro 5,20 (32' Hulk 7,10) - Oscar 5,50, Neymar 5,50 - Leandro Damião 5,20. - coach: Menezes 5,00. = average: 5,72.