| Live Match Commentary |
Up-to-the-Second Score: Mexico 2, Ecuador 1 -- FINAL FULLTIME MATCH REPORT
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90'+4 - Final whistle blows and Mexico celebrates 2-1 win. CONCACAF stays perfect after four matches, and Mexico leads Group G after winning its first two World Cup games for the first time ever. |
90'+3 - Mexico sub: Mercado on for Blanco. |
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90'+2 - Cevallos dives right to save left-footed shot by Blanco. |
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90' - Mexico clears Ecuador chance as ball is dumped into penalty box in desperation. |
87' - Mexico sub: Caballero on for Rodriguez. |
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87' - Mendez shoots just wide of right post from top of penalty arc. |
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86' - Perez misjudges Ecuador cross from right side but catches with one hand. |
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83' - Mendez shot from long-distance saved with ease by Perez. |
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82' - Hernandez clears Ecuador corner kick. |
81' - Perez comes out to save with left foot on shot by Tenorio, who broke free into penalty area on give-and-go. |
77' - Mexico sub: Luis Hernandez on for Jared Borgetti. |
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71' - Morales' corner kick is popped into air and finally cleared from Ecuador's penalty area. |
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70' - Borgetti's shot from 17 yards goes across goal and skims off left post after touch by Cevallos. |
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68' - Borgetti can't put away a short header to his feet, under heavy challenge six yards out. |
65' - Mexico's Torrado cautioned for late tackle on De La Cruz. |
61' - C. Tenorio cautioned for tackling Rodriguez from behind. |
58' - Ecuador sub: Aguinaga on for Obregon. |
57' - GOAL MEXICO. Torrado blasts a left-footed shot from 22 yards into lower right corner, past diving Cevallos. Mexico leads 2-1. |
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56' - Tenorio clatters into Vidrio, putting an end to Mexican string of passes to "Ole" chants. |
53' - Ecuador sub: C. Tenorio on for ineffective Kaviedes. |
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50' - Blanco offside on through pass down right side. |
49' - Guerron cautioned for holding Arellano near top right corner of penalty box; Luna curls inswinging left-footed shot over the bar. |
46' - Second half under way. |
| Second Half |
45'+2' - Halftime whistle blows with score tied 1-1. |
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45'+1 - Mendez can't get in cross before ball goes over end line, after a throw-in won when Mexico clears ball out of bounds from top of penalty box. |
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41' - Cevallos dives right to catch Blanco's 18-yard shot, which he doesn't get all of after it is laid back by Torrado. |
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40' - Cevallos catches short, chipped cross from right side. |
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38' - Cevallos catches Blanco's inswinging freekick from distance on left side. |
35' - Ecuador sub: Ayovi comes on for E. Tenorio. |
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33' - Alfonso Obregon shot from long-distance goes far left of Mexico's goal. |
28' - GOAL MEXICO. Jared Borgetti volleys in with his left foot from 8 yards, taking Morales cross from left and knocking it across to goal to the far post. |
16' - Cevallos cautioned for time-wasting on restart. |
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18' - Cevallos catches inswinging freekick from top left corner of box, awarded after Tenorio bowls over Rodriguez. |
16' - Kaviedes cautioned for foul on Salvador Carmona, perhaps a harsh judgment. |
5' - GOAL ECUADOR. Delgado heads in toward the far post from 9 yards on De la Cruz cross from right; Perez gets a hand on it but knocks it off the underside of the bar. It is Ecuador's first-ever World Cup goal. |
1' - Match under way. |
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Kickoff at 2:30 a.m. EDT; 6:30 a.m. GMT |
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