Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa reached the enviable number of 5 World Cups played and celebrated it in the best way, being a figure for his team by stopping a Robert Lewandowski penalty that was decisive for Mexico to tie against Poland without goals in the first match of the World Cup. World Cup for the Mexican team.
It was an entertaining goalless tie where both teams sought to open the scoring in the first half with Mexico trying to come from the wings with good options that crashed into the Polish defense and ultimately the reaction of goalkeeper Szczesny with a good performance in the game.
In the second half, the VAR awarded a penalty in favor of Poland and their scorer Robert Lewandowski was in charge of collecting it, but the veteran Ochoa excelled by diving to his left, managing to stop the shot and maintaining the goalless tie that would remain until the end.
After the first day of group C against all odds, the leader is Saudi Arabia with 3 points, Poland and Mexico have one unit, while Argentina, the latter without points. For the next date, Argentina faces Mexico in a life or death duel and Saudi Arabia faces Poland, both games will be played on Saturday, November 26.
