{"id":75053,"date":"2026-06-18T18:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T23:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/mexico-v-south-korea-world-cup-2026-live\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T18:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T23:56:08","slug":"mexico-v-south-korea-world-cup-2026-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/mexico-v-south-korea-world-cup-2026-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico v South Korea: World Cup 2026 \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u26bd\ufe0f Kick-off time: 7pm local\/9pm EDT\/2am BST\/11am AEST<br \/>\u26bd\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/04\/world-cup-2026-complete-player-guide\">Player guide<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/04\/bracketology-predict-a-path-to-world-cup-victory\">Bracketology<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/04\/golden-boot-world-cup-2026-top-goalscorers-winner\">Golden Boot<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:jonathan.howcroft.freelance@theguardian.com\">Mail Jonathan<\/a><br \/>\u26bd\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jun\/18\/ceremony-to-celebration-mexico-south-korea-world-cup\">Jonathan Wilson: From frustration to party time: Mexico ready for lift-off<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>One round of matches, 24 games, mountains of data.<\/strong> Enjoy the choicest nuggets here, including:<\/p>\n<p>Mexico moved the ball upfield slower than any other team. They could afford to take their time as South Africa offered next to no threat.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea were worthy winners, with the 25-pass buildup to Hwang In-beom\u2019s equaliser the joint-fifth longest passing sequence leading to a goal in the World Cup since records begin in 1966.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2026\/jun\/19\/fifa-world-cup-2026-live-mexico-v-south-korea-updates-mex-vs-kor-group-a-match-score-latest\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26bd\ufe0f Kick-off time: 7pm local\/9pm EDT\/2am BST\/11am AEST\u26bd\ufe0f Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Jonathan\u26bd\ufe0f Jonathan Wilson: From frustration to party time: Mexico ready for lift-off One round of matches, 24 games, mountains of data. Enjoy the choicest nuggets here, including: Mexico moved the ball upfield slower than any other team. They &#8230; <a title=\"Mexico v South Korea: World Cup 2026 \u2013 live\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/mexico-v-south-korea-world-cup-2026-live\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mexico v South Korea: World Cup 2026 \u2013 live\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}