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Mexico beat Saudi Arabia but miss out on last 16

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LUSAIL, Qatar: Mexico beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 in World Cup Group C on Wednesday (Nov 30) but fell agonisingly short of reaching the last 16 on goal difference.Quickfire second-half strikes from Henry Martin and Luis Chavez had put Mexico on course to reach the knockout stages and Uriel Antuna also put the ball in the net but the effort was disallowed for offside.Saudi Arabia pulled a goal back in stoppage time through Salem Al-Dawsari.Mexico finished with four points, level with Poland who lost 2-0 to group winners Argentina and had a superior goal difference of one to advance.That ended Mexico's run of seven straight last-16 qualifications stretching back to 1994.Saudi Arabia were eliminated after finishing bottom of the standings on three points.

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LUSAIL, Qatar: Mexico scored twice in five second-half minutes in a thrilling last-ditch effort to stay in the World Cup on Wednesday (Nov 30), beating Saudi Arabia 2-1 but agonisingly missing out on the last 16 on goal difference.
Lionel Messi had a penalty saved but Argentina still advanced to the last 16 of the World Cup as Group C winners after a 2-0 victory over Poland on Wednesday. Poland also went through as runners-up although a 2-1 win for Mexico over Saudi Arabia in the group's other game meant Czeslaw Michniewicz's side advanced only on goal difference. Alexis Mac Allister's 46th-minute goal settled Argentina's nerves after a tense first half, before Julian Alvarez doubled their lead just over 20 minutes later. Argentina had been unable to find a way past Wojciech Szczesny in an opening 45 minutes in which the Poland goalkeeper saved his second penalty of the tournament.

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