Brazil vs. Mexico final score: Guillermo Ochoa helps El Tri draw, 0-0 with Brazil

On Tuesday afternoon, the 2014 World Cup continued and first-place in Group A was up for grabs when host nation Brazil and Mexico squared off at Estádio Castelão in Fortaleza.

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In perhaps the most entertaining match of the World Cup to date, we ended in a scoreless tie thanks to an amazing effort from Mexico keeper Guillermo Ochoa.

It was a tense start to the game and the referees were allowing plenty of physicality and contact, as Miguel Herrera and Luiz Felipe Scolari were in their ears complaining about the way the game was called in the early going.

Midway through the first half, Neymar had a great opportunity to put the host nation up over El Tri, but Mexico keeper Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa came up with a world class save (GIF here) to keep the scoreboard at zero.

El tri was able to put together some quality chances, but their shots continued to go just wide of the goal.

Brazil had another great chance in the closing minutes, but Ochoa came up big yet again.

In the 44th minute, Brazil’s Ramires recorded the first yellow card of the game just wide of the box, but Mexico was unable to convert on the set piece.

After a back-and-forth first half, we entered the break even at nil.

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In the opening minutes of the second half, El Tri captain Rafa Marquez gave fans a scare after having his foot stepped on by Brazil’s captain, Thiago Silva. Marquez stayed down briefly, but was able to limp back into position.

Mexico got off to a great start to the second half and had a number of quality chances as they moved the ball around the field.

For Brazil, there were some issues with holding their formation and they continued to turn the ball over in the midfield which led to some quality counter attacks for El Tri.

With so much up-tempo action, the fouls continued to pile up and Paul Aguilar picked up the second yellow card of the game but the first for Mexico. That was quickly followed up with a second yellow card for El Tri. The second was given to Jose Juan Vazquez.

In the 67th minute, Brazil made a lineup change by bringing Fred out of the game and inserting Jo.

Jun 17, 2014; Fortaleza, Ceara, BRAZIL; Brazil forward Neymar (10) gets past Mexico forward Giovani Dos Santos (10) during the first half of the 2014 World Cup game at Estadio Castelao. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports

Brazil began to handle the tempo after the substitution and they had the Mexico defense on their heels. Ochoa came up with another huge save for El Tri, before Rafa Marquez drew a follow to give Mexico a free kick to slow down the game.

Following the kick, Brazil was able to put the pressure right back on Mexico and was again putting the El Tri defense in a dangerous position.

In the 73rd minute, Mexico made their first change by pulling Oribe Peralta in favor of Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez. A few minutes later, Marco Fabian came in for Hector Herrera.

Brazil continued to put together somme threatening attacks as the half continued, but the defense for El Tri was coming up big in crunch time.

Despite being a few minutes away from a draw, Mexico was staying aggressive and continued to march Marquez forward as they moved the ball up field. Mexico put together a solid run, but that was disrupted when Thiago Silva came in on a late challenge against Chicharito and drew a yellow card.

The foul created a golden opportunity for El Tri just outside of the box. The set piece bounced right off of the defensive wall and created a counter attack for Brazil, but the ball was played too far forward in the box and Ochoa came up with an easy save.

With less than ten minutes to go, Mexico used their final sub to bring in Raul Jimenez for Giovani dos Santos. It marked Jiminez’s World Cup debut.

Brazil had a late opportunity after a free runner broke loose on a set piece, but Ochoa came up with his biggest save of the game to keep the scoreless tie intact. It was just the latest of an incredible series of saves for the Mexican keeper.

Mexico had a corner in the final minutes that was deflected wide, but that was followed up by an incredible strike by Guardado. Unfortunately for El Tri, it came up just wide.

After three minutes of stoppage time, we ended with an incredible scoreless tie.

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