Mexico find way to end fifth-game curse - not making the fourth

Twice it was Argentina who knocked them out, but on Wednesday Mexico were pleading for help from them as they began the night with a mountain to climb from the bottom of Group C.

They call it “la maldicion del quinto Partido” – the curse of the fifth game - but for the first time in the last eight World Cups Mexico depart without even having a shot at ending it after a 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia left them in third place and out.