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Portugal 2-1 Mexico - June 21, 2006 / World Cup 2006

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World Cup 2006 - Round 3 - Group D

Veltins Arena - Gelsenkirchen - Germany

June 21, 2006

52 000

Portugal

2 - 1

Mexico

Maniche

(penalty) Simão

24'

29'

Francisco Fonseca

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6' - Goal Maniche6

24' - Goal Simão24

29' - Goal Francisco Fonseca

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46' - Substitution Francisco Rodríguezis substituted by Zinha

61' - Substitution Miguelis substituted by Paulo Ferreira61

61' - Red card Luis Pérez

69' - Substitution Hélder Postigais substituted by Nuno Gomes69

69' - Substitution Gonzalo Pinedais substituted by José Antonio Castro

80' - Substitution Luis Figois substituted by Luis Boa Morte80

80' - Substitution Mario Méndezis substituted by Guillermo Franco

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Portugal

2 - 1

Mexico

Portugal Mexico

Team line-ups

Portugal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Simão24

Simão

Portugal

B.date30/10/1979

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Postiga69

Hélder Postiga

Portugal

B.date02/08/1982

Age23 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Figo80

Luis Figo

Portugal

B.date04/11/1972

Age33 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Tiago

Portugal

B.date02/05/1981

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

Maniche6

Maniche

Portugal

B.date11/11/1977

Age28 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Petit

Armando Petit

Portugal

B.date25/09/1976

Age29 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

Caneira

Marco Caneira

Portugal

B.date09/02/1979

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Meira

Fernando Meira

Portugal

B.date05/06/1978

Age28 years

H1m92

positionLeft central defender

Carvalho

Ricardo Carvalho

Portugal

B.date18/05/1978

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Miguel61

Miguel

Portugal

B.date04/01/1980

Age26 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Ricardo

Portugal

B.date11/02/1976

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ricardo		30	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marco Caneira		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Meira		28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricardo Carvalho		28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Miguel	61	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maniche	6	28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tiago		25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Armando Petit		29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luis Figo	80	33	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Simão	24	26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hélder Postiga	69	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Mexico

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Fonseca29

Francisco Fonseca

Mexico

B.date02/10/1979

Age26 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Bravo

Omar Bravo

Mexico

B.date04/03/1980

Age26 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Pérez61

Luis Pérez

Mexico

B.date12/01/1981

Age25 years

H1m71

positionMidfield

Pardo

Pavel Pardo

Mexico

B.date26/07/1976

Age29 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Pineda69

Gonzalo Pineda

Mexico

B.date19/10/1982

Age23 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Salcido

Carlos Salcido

Mexico

B.date02/04/1980

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft central defender

Osorio

Ricardo Osorio

Mexico

B.date30/03/1980

Age26 years

H1m73

positionVersatile Defender

Rodríguez46

Francisco Rodríguez

Mexico

B.date20/10/1981

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Méndez80

Mario Méndez

Mexico

B.date01/06/1979

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Márquez

Rafa Márquez

Mexico

B.date13/02/1979

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Sánchez

Oswaldo Sánchez

Mexico

B.date21/09/1973

Age32 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Oswaldo Sánchez		32	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francisco Rodríguez	46	24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rafa Márquez		27	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos Salcido		26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricardo Osorio		26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Méndez	80	27	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pavel Pardo		29	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gonzalo Pineda	69	23	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Pérez	61	25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francisco Fonseca	29	26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Omar Bravo		26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Paulo Ferreira	61	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Boa Morte	80	28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nuno Gomes	69	29	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	José Antonio Castro	69	25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Zinha	46	30	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Guillermo Franco	80	29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Hélder Postiga

Pauleta

OUT

Marco Caneira

Nuno Valente

OUT

Armando Petit

Costinha

OUT

Simão

Cristiano Ronaldo

OUT

Tiago

Deco

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Francisco Fonseca

Guillermo Franco

OUT

Luis Pérez

Gerardo Torrado

OUT

Francisco Rodríguez

Zinha

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Luiz Felipe Scolari

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Scolari vs Mexico

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 21, 2006

Scolari vs La Volpe

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 21, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Ricardo La Volpe

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

La Volpe vs Portugal

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 21, 2006

La Volpe vs Scolari

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on June 21, 2006

Referee

Lubos Michel

1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Portugal2 matches	General total	Mexico1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Portugal1 match	Season total	Mexico1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 21, 2007					Latest figure on June 21, 2006

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Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Maniche scores 1 goal vs Mexico in his professional career

Portugal keeps its 4 consecutive wins surterrainneutre in World Cup running (since 10/06/2002). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Portugal after 6 matches without conceding any goal surterrainneutre (since 10/06/2002). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 24/06/2000 (3 matches)

Read the next 23 key stats

General ranking

1	Portugal	9 pts	3 rd
2	Mexico	4 pts	3 rd
3	Angola	2 pts	3 rd
4	Iran	1 pt	3 rd

General ranking

1	Portugal	9 pts	3 rd
2	Mexico	4 pts	3 rd
3	Angola	2 pts	3 rd
4	Iran	1 pt	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

LPortugal 2-3 United States05/06/2002

VPortugal 4-0 Poland10/06/2002

VPortugal 1-0 North Macedonia02/04/2003

VPortugal 3-0 Luxembourg03/06/2006

VAngola 0-1 Portugal11/06/2006

VPortugal 2-0 Iran17/06/2006

Overall

DNorthern Ireland 1-1 Portugal15/11/2005

VSaudi Arabia 0-3 Portugal01/03/2006

VPortugal 4-1 Cape Verde27/05/2006

VPortugal 3-0 Luxembourg03/06/2006

VAngola 0-1 Portugal11/06/2006

VPortugal 2-0 Iran17/06/2006

Current form

Neutral ground

LMexico 0-1 South Korea15/02/2006

VMexico 1-0 Ghana02/03/2006

VMexico 2-1 Paraguay29/03/2006

VMexico 1-0 Venezuela05/05/2006

VMexico 3-1 Iran11/06/2006

DMexico 0-0 Angola16/06/2006

Overall

VMexico 1-0 Venezuela05/05/2006

VMexico 2-1 DR Congo12/05/2006

LFrance 1-0 Mexico27/05/2006

LNetherlands 2-1 Mexico01/06/2006

VMexico 3-1 Iran11/06/2006

DMexico 0-0 Angola16/06/2006

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	5	5
Unbeaten streak	5	16
Drawless streak	13	5
Scoring streak	13	9
Invincibility streak	5	3

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	5	2
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Pauleta	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Omar Bravo
Pauleta	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Omar Bravo
Cristiano Ronaldo	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Cristiano Ronaldo	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Luis Figo	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Mario Méndez
Luis Figo	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Mario Méndez
Luis Figo	2 assists during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Omar Bravo

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Latest head to head

April 06, 1969 - Rencontres amicales 1969

Portugal

0 - 0

Mexico

Players with most games played vs Mexico

Rolando Goncalves	1 match	1969 - 1969
Ernesto Figueiredo	1 match	1969 - 1969
Fernando Peres	1 match	1969 - 1969
Eduardo Laurindo	1 match	1969 - 1969
Vitor Damas	1 match	1969 - 1969
Manuel Pinto	1 match	1969 - 1969