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Portugal 2–1 Mexico

Wednesday 21 Jun 2006 · Gelsenkirchen, Germany (neutral)

Portugal2–1Mexico

Goals3

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Maniche Simão Fonseca

6′1–0Maniche Portugal
24′2–0Simão Portugal · penalty
29′2–1Francisco Fonseca Mexico

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Portugal

1RicardoGK
3Marco CaneiraDF
5Fernando MeiraDF
13MiguelDF ↓61′
16Ricardo CarvalhoDF
8PetitMF
18ManicheMF●
19TiagoMF
7Luis FigoFW ↓80′
11SimãoFW●
23Hélder PostigaFW ↓69′

Came on

2Paulo FerreiraDF↑61′
21Nuno GomesFW↑69′
15Luis Boa MorteFW↑80′

Mexico

Came on

7SinhaMF↑46′
15José Antonio CastroMF↑69′
10Guillermo FrancoFW↑80′

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Portugal: 1965 → 1990
Mexico: 1906 → 1881

Expected score for Portugal: 58.4% (a draw counts half).

Head to head

Meeting 2 of 6, 1969–2026.

Portugal wins: 3
Draws: 3
Mexico wins: 0

Form either side

Portugal

Before

3–0 v Saudi Arabia 1 Mar 2006 · Friendly
4–1 v Cape Verde 27 May 2006 · Friendly
3–0 v Luxembourg 3 Jun 2006 · Friendly
1–0 v Angola 11 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
2–0 v Iran 17 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006

After

1–0 v Netherlands 25 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
0–0 v England 1 Jul 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
0–1 v France 5 Jul 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
1–3 v Germany 8 Jul 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
2–4 v Denmark 1 Sep 2006 · Friendly

Mexico

Before

2–1 v DR Congo 12 May 2006 · Friendly
0–1 v France 27 May 2006 · Friendly
1–2 v Netherlands 1 Jun 2006 · Friendly
3–1 v Iran 11 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
0–0 v Angola 16 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006

After

1–2 v Argentina 24 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
0–2 v United States 7 Feb 2007 · Friendly
3–1 v Venezuela 28 Feb 2007 · Friendly
2–1 v Paraguay 25 Mar 2007 · Friendly
4–2 v Ecuador 28 Mar 2007 · Friendly

Group D

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Portugal	3	3	0	0	+4	9
2Mexico	3	1	1	1	+1	4
3Angola	3	0	2	1	-1	2
4Iran	3	0	1	2	-4	1

Road through the tournament

Portugal

1–0 v Angola Group stage
2–0 v Iran Group stage
2–1 v Mexico Group stage
1–0 v Netherlands Round of 16
0–0 v England Quarter-final
0–1 v France Semi-final
1–3 v Germany Third-place play-off

Mexico

3–1 v Iran Group stage
0–0 v Angola Group stage
1–2 v Portugal Group stage
1–2 v Argentina Round of 16

Every Portugal v Mexico match6

From Portugal's side.


28 Mar 2026	Mexico	0–0	Away	Friendly	—
2 Jul 2017	Mexico	2–1	Neutral	Confederations Cup 2017	Third-place play-off
18 Jun 2017	Mexico	2–2	Neutral	Confederations Cup 2017	Group stage
6 Jun 2014	Mexico	1–0	Neutral	Friendly	—
21 Jun 2006	Mexico	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 2006	Group stage
6 Apr 1969	Mexico	0–0	Home	Friendly	—

Score: openfootball · Scorers: openfootball · Line-ups: Fjelstul · Cards: Fjelstul