Mexico 2-0 Ecuador player ratings: Alvarado and Quinones star as hosts produce near-perfect display

Mexico are the seventh squad to suffice for the past 16 of the World Cup. With a commanding and authoritative show astatine the Azteca Stadium, the hosts swept speech a subdued Ecuador 2-0 connected Tuesday evening to seal their spot successful the knockout rounds.

Mexico present await their adjacent opponents, who volition look from Wednesday's clash betwixt England and the Democratic Republic of the Congo astatine 18:00 UK time.

Here are the subordinate ratings from Mexico vs. Ecuador successful the World Cup last-32 stage.

Mexico subordinate ratings

GOALKEEPER

Raul Rangel – 8/10

Produced fantabulous saves from venomous Yeboah efforts and displayed outstanding composure successful everything helium did. A thoroughly assured show from the Mexican goalkeeper.

DEFENDERS

Jorge Sanchez – 7/10

An implicit unit down the close flank. Solid defensively, helium provided width and an attacking outlet that proved important successful establishing Mexican dominance down that side. Tireless enactment complaint and committedness throughout.

Cesar Montes – 7/10

The person of the Mexican defence, Montes delivered a composed display. Excellent successful his organisation from the back, ascendant successful aerial duels and crisp successful his ground-level interceptions. Came adjacent to scoring with a header successful the 2nd half.

Johan Vasquez – 7/10

Jesus Gallardo – 6/10

Far from a mediocre performance, but among the 5 members of Mexico's antiaircraft unit, helium was the 1 who conceded the astir abstraction to the opposition. Nothing, however, that caused immoderate genuine problems.

MIDFIELDERS

Erik Lira – 7/10

The motor of the Mexican midfield, Lira was liable for initiating his side's attacks by receiving from the centre-backs. Dynamic and versatile, helium distributed the shot good and was impeccable successful his antiaircraft work. Demonstrated superb speechmaking of the crippled and fantabulous spatial awareness.

Gilberto Mora – 8/10

The jewel of Mexican shot was 1 of the astir influential players connected the pitch. Elegant and courageous, the shot appeared glued to his feet. His property and composure connected the tract were singular for a subordinate of his age. Threaded fantabulous passes and done balls, and fired a venomous first-half changeable that grazed the post. He played similar a veteran.

Luis Romo – 7/10

Another highly progressive fig successful Mexico's attacking play. Operating centrally and down the left, Romo linked up good with his teammates and caused persistent problems for the Ecuadorian defence. Tireless some successful attacking astatine gait and successful pressing the ball-carrier.

FORWARDS

Roberto Alvarado – 8/10

Mexico's champion subordinate connected the night. Showed tremendous composure connected the shot and consciousness successful each action, whether successful onslaught oregon successful his combative antiaircraft pressing. It was his done shot that acceptable up the stunning Quinones opener which sparked the Mexican victory.

Julian Quinones – 8/10

It is nary coincidence that helium has been 1 of Mexico's standout performers astatine this World Cup. Explosive successful onslaught with eye-catching powerfulness successful his shooting, helium scored yet different good goal. A reliable outlet for his nationalist team.

Raul Jimenez – 7/10

Performed his relation good arsenic Mexico's attacking notation point. He held the shot up, utilized his assemblage efficaciously against the centre-backs and perpetually created abstraction for operation play. Showed his objective finishing quality with a beauteous extremity astatine the extremity of the archetypal half.

SUBSTITUTES

Brian Gutierrez – 6/10

Santiago Gimenez – 7/10

Obed Vargas – 6/10

Orbelin Pineda – 6/10

Israel Reyes – N/A

Ecuador subordinate ratings

GOALKEEPER

Hernan Galindez – 5/10

DEFENDERS

Alan Franco – 4/10

Joel Ordonez – 3/10

A dreadful show from the Ecuador fig 4. Nervous successful possession and rash successful his challenges and interceptions. Made a glaring mistake for the 2nd Mexican extremity by misplacing a walk successful his ain antiaircraft third.

Willian Pacho – 3/10

Like his centre-back partner, Pacho endured a torrid evening. Poor successful his passing, his positioning and his timing. Flustered throughout, helium was casual prey for the Mexican forwards.

Piero Hincapie – 4/10

Struggled with and without the ball. While helium did not marque the aforesaid catastrophic errors arsenic the centre-back pairing, Hincapie failed to amusement the antiaircraft solidity that usually characterises his game. He was peculiarly susceptible successful transitions. To headdress a hard night, helium was sent disconnected successful stoppage clip for covering his rima portion directing comments astatine Santiago Gimenez.

MIDFIELDERS

Pedro Vite – 4/10

Looked mislaid connected the transportation for agelong stretches. Failed to lend to Ecuador's build-up play and was mediocre defensively. Consistently precocious successful his duels and covering runs.

Moises Caicedo – 4/10

Like Vite, Caicedo was good beneath his best. He came obscurity adjacent to exerting the power helium typically has connected this Ecuador side. He was adjacent outmuscled successful carnal contests, which is usually 1 of his top strengths.

John Yeboah – 6/10

Responsible for the 2 astir unsafe moments, and possibly the lone threatening ones, that Ecuador produced each evening. He was denied by Rangel connected some occasions but was 1 of the fewer agleam spots for his broadside crossed the 90 minutes. At the precise least, helium caught the attraction of the Mexican defence and gave their goalkeeper thing to deliberation about.

Nilson Angulo – 5/10

FORWARDS

Gonzalo Plata – 6/10

One of the fewer Ecuador players who tried thing different. He did not fell from the crippled and attempted immoderate driving runs, but without capable support, helium hardly troubled the Mexican antiaircraft structure.

Enner Valencia – 4/10

Eleven touches of the ball, nary shots, nary aerial oregon crushed duels won. Well beneath the modular expected of him. He was virtually anonymous connected the transportation and made beingness casual for the Mexican defenders.

SUBSTITUTES

Angelo Preciado – 5/10

Yaimar Medina – 5/10

Kevin Rodriguez – 6/10

Kendry Paez – 5/10

Jordy Caicedo – 5/10