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Mexico Fans Gather Outside Ecuador Team Hotel Ahead of World Cup Match
Hundreds of Mexico supporters created noise outside Ecuador's team hotel in Mexico City the night before a Round of 32 World Cup match. Videos showed car horns, motorcycles, trumpets, drums and chants continuing for hours. Ecuador players were seen looking out from hotel windows during the disturbance.
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Hundreds of Mexico fans gathered outside Ecuador's team hotel in Mexico City the night before Tuesday's Round of 32 World Cup match. Videos shared on social media showed supporters using car horns, motorcycles, trumpets, drums and chants in an apparent attempt to disrupt the visiting team's sleep.
Several Ecuador players were reportedly seen looking out from hotel windows as the noise continued below. The scene added another layer to a matchup already carrying tension between the two sides.
Mexico enters the knockout stage with a perfect group-stage record of three wins and no goals conceded. Ecuador arrived after securing one of the best third-place finishes by defeating Germany 2-1. Recent meetings between the teams have ended level.
Mexico and Ecuador drew 1-1 in a 2025 friendly and finished 0-0 in the 2024 Copa América group stage. Their last three encounters have all ended without a winner. Mexico has never lost a World Cup match at Estadio Azteca. Its only knockout-stage World Cup win at the venue came in 1986 against Bulgaria.
Ecuador is accustomed to high altitude from home matches in Quito, though Tuesday's game will still be played in hostile territory.
