Qatar 2022: Day 3 Live – Mexico vs Poland, France vs Australia

60′ Alexis Vega (Mexico) finds himself beyond the last defender, but the game is stopped by the referee after the linesman signals for offside.

How does Ochoa always save crucial penalties at the World Cup. Just incredible that save.

55′ PENALTY: Poland Chris Beath has concluded his check and have awarded Poland a penalty and golden chance to open the scoring.

53′ Uh Oh…VAR checking for a foul on Lewandowski. Poland could be awarded a penalty here.

53′ Poland players calling for a penalty after Lewandowski went down in the box.

52’The goalkeeper denies the long-range shot from Hirving Lozano (Mexico). It wasn’t such a big threat for him.

46′ SUBSTITUTION (Poland): Czeslaw Michniewicz makes a half-time substitution. Krystian Bielik comes on in place of Nicola Zalewski.

SECOND HALF! Underway. It’s still Mexico 0-0 Poland if you’re just joining us.

Both teams are out on the pitch once more for the second half.

HALF TIME! At the break it’s Mexico 0-0 Poland. Neither side able to find the breakthrough.

Mexico have dominated possession in the first 45 minutes and have looked the better side on most occasions so far.

45′ We’ll have 2 minutes of added time in first half.

45′ Chance! MEXICO: Jorge Sanchez latches on to a precise defence-splitting pass and fires a nice strike from a promising distance towards the roof of the net. Wojciech Szczesny has a clear sight of it and makes a comfortable save. The ball is out of play and Mexico manage to earn a corner.

43′ It’s Mexico now really applying pressure on the attack. Poland defending really well here.

42′ Both sides have defended pretty well, but will we get the opener before half-time with three minutes to go?

37′ Mexico 0-0 Poland: Neither teams are yet to have an attempt on goal

35′ Cesar Montes (Mexico) attempts to slip the ball through the defence, but is unable to find any of his teammates. The ball goes out of play and Poland will have a goal kick. It’s still Mexico 0-0 Poland.

30′ Half an hour played here and it’s still deadlocked. Mexico have had the better chances in this match so far.

29′ Mexico get the first Yellow Card of the evening after Jorge Sanchez is booked for a foul.

27′ Chance! MEXICO: The Mexicans come close to opening the scoring here again but are unable to find the finish after some determined defending from Poland.

26′ Chance! MEXICO:  Hector Herrera swings the ball into the box, and Alexis Vega gets in front of his man and powers his header narrowly wide of the right post.

Both teams treading carefully not to concede the opener.

20′ The first quarter is gone and it’s still goalless at the Stadium 974.

14′ Mexico have been dominant in possession so far against Poland. It’s currently 60% – 40%.

13′ The score is still 0-0 between Mexico and Poland.

13′ Chance! Mexico: Hector Moreno misses a promising opportunity! He rises for a cross and unleashes a poor header from near the penalty spot. The ball floats high over the crossbar!

The first one is always special! 📋✨

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— Mexican National Team (@miseleccionmxEN) November 22, 2022

It’s the second match in Group C as Mexico face Poland at the Stadium 974.

Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to our evening coverage of Matchday 3 of the FIFA World Cup 2022.