After making history in the World Cup in Chile 1962 , the Mexican S election excited about his participation in the World Cup in England 1966.
For this contest, Mexico came thanks to being the first place in the qualifier of Concacaf , although to his misfortune he was once again placed in Group A of the contest.
There he shared a sector with the host England, Uruguay and France , the latter being the ones with whom he started the tournament with a surprise.
For the first time the World Cup did not start with a defeat and Mexico got the draw against the Europeans, because first Enrique Borja He made all Mexicans dream when he opened the scoring at minute 48'.
But 15 minutes later, the equalizer came for the French through Gerard Hausser .
Bad luck for the Mexicans came in the second match of the tournament when they faced host England. In that selection, which was later the champion with a controversy, was Bobby Charlton, who along with Roger Hunt was one of the authors of the goals to beat the Aztecs with a score of 2-0
The most redeemable thing for Mexico was that this edition saw the retirement of Antonio la Tota Carbajal, who set the record of 5 World Cups played as a starter in the Aztec goal and the nickname "Five Cups".
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