Mexico vs Sweden LIVE World Cup 2018: Germany crash out - latest reaction from Ekaterinburg
Sweden will need to beat top of the group Mexico in order to guarantee their place in the round of 16. Mexico already have their place confirmed in the knockout stage of the tournament.
The Swedes are coming into this game after having suffered a defeat against a 10-man Germany side. They conceded a late goal from a Toni Kroos free-kick five minutes into injury time.
Mexico have seen a string of success in the competition so far. They upset the defending champions in the group opener and went on to win over bottom of the group South Korea.
The IndependentReigning world champions Germany have crashed out of the World Cup 2018 after losing to South Korea while Sweden beat Mexico in the other game in Group F. Joachim Low's side, who triumphed four years ago in Brazil and came to Russia as one of the favourites to retain their title, lost 0-2 with Korea in Kazan, knowing they had to better Sweden's result in Ekaterinburg to qualify for the last 16. More follows…
What a game! Germany threw everything at South Korea but two late goals from the Asian team sank the World Cup holders and knocked them out of the tournament!
96 mins: SOUTH KOREA 2 - 0 GERMANY - Son Heung-Min
Son has sealed Germany's fate, Neuer has come out of the goal into mid-field but he's dispossessed by Ju Se-Jong who knocks it long to Son, and with an open goal he finishes off Germany and sends them home
92 mins: SOUTH KOREA 1 - 0 GERMANY - Kim Young-Sun
SOUTH KOREA have knocked Germany out of the World Cup, the ball came into the box, it hit Kroos and rebounded off Sule, Kim was there and he puts the ball into the net
Corner for South Korea, Germany are really open at the back now but Sule blocks and shot and gives away a corner, the corner is poor but the ball comes in Kim Young-sun scores but is he offside?!
Oh Germany! That was the chance Hummels should've scored, he was free in the box when the ball came in from Ozil but his header was mistimed and it hits his shoulder and goes wide
Mexico almost had one back, the ball comes in across goal to Hernandez on the far post, he fires it back across goal and it gets a deflection up to Vela who just needed to head it towards goal but he missed it
Korea are getting more chances now Germany are advancing more, Lee Jae-sung leads the charge out of Korea's area and finds Son will a long ball, but he pulls his shot a drags it wide
GOAL! That's game over for Mexico, the ball comes in to the area for Sweden Thelin flicks the ball on and Alvarez misses the ball as he tries to clear it, it ricochets off his standing leg and goes into the net
Again Germany create problems on the right, Kimmch fires a low cross into the 6-yard box but Gomez can't get in front of the defender and the ball sails past
Gomez gets a chance to put Germany in front, the ball comes in again from the right and Gomez gets in front of Lee Yong to head to ball towards goal. It's a comfortable save though for Cho
Yellow card for Son, he flicks the ball into Germany's area and tries too follow it in but Rues is there and he blocks him off but the referee gives him the card for diving
Kroos has a shot for Germany but it is poor from inside the box and Germany look in trouble here as the ball comes back down to their end with Son firing a shot it's wide though
Mexico vs Sweden kicks off at 15:00 at the Ekaterinburg Arena.
Where can I watch it?
Live coverage is available on BBC Two and online via the BBC Sport website.
Odds
Mexico: 7/5
Sweden: 11/5
Draw: 11/5
Prediction
Mexico are expected to continue their successful run into this game and take home the victory. This game is predicted to be quite close with the edge going to Mexico.
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