Key highlights: Mexico 0-3 Sweden

Here are the key highlights from the group F match between Mexico and Sweden at Ekaterinburg Arena, Ekaterinburg

Published : Jun 27, 2018 19:08 IST

Juan Carlos Osorio

 

Line-ups

Mexico: Ochoa, Álvarez, Salcedo, Moreno, Gallardo, Herrera, Guardado, Layún, Vela, Lozano, Javier Hernández

Sweden: lsen, Lustig, Lindelöf, Granqvist, Augustinsson, Claesson, Larsson, Ekdal, Forsberg, Berg, Toivonen

Guillermo Ochoa feels it is only right that Mexico fans are finally backing Juan Carlos Osorio ahead of the match against Sweden in Ekaterinburg on Wednesday.

Supporters had often voiced their considerable displeasure with the head coach amid a series of inconsistent performances during his tenure, including a humiliating 7-0 Copa America defeat to Chile in 2016, followed by the shock 1-0 loss to Jamaica in the semi-finals of last year's Gold Cup.

That fraught relationship has been transformed into a love affair in Russia, where Mexico stunned World Cup holders Germany and then dispatched South Korea 2-1 to close in on a place in the round of 16.