Countries that have already reached the round of 16
Mathematically, the teams that achieve two victories are classifiedalthough there are the others that by combination of results or a victory and two draws, the cases are as diverse as the groups in contention.
So far these are the classifieds:
Group A:
Netherlands
Senegal
B Group:
England
USA
Group C:
Argentina
Poland
Group D:
France
Australia
Group G:
Brazil
Group H:
Portugal
In the case of Groups E, F, G and H, not all the contenders have yet been defined, since mathematically they have possibilities of sneaking into one of the positions.
Did Mexico reach the round of 16?
The Mexican National Team only scored two goals in their last game in the group stage, accumulating a victory, a draw and a loss, which left them with four points, the same as their counterparts in Poland, however, the Europeans had fewer goals against and fewer yellow cards.
In the event that Mexico had not received the goal that Saudi Arabia gave it in the compensation minutes, it would have been left out due to the number of infractions that was higher than that of Poland.
Mexico needed to have beaten the Saudis 3-0 or Argentina had beaten the Poles 3-0, neither of these two conditions were met, so Mexico returns home in the first round, a fact that did not occur since Argentina 1978.
The Mexican National Team has aspired to reach the “fifth game”, which is equivalent to the quarterfinals in which it has never been able to sneak in, this time it will not even see the fourth. We will have to wait for better conditions in the World Cup in North America in 2026, in which Mexico will be one of the venues along with Canada and the United States.