Brazil 0-0 Mexico: Five Talking Points

A heroic goalkeeping display from Mexican keeper Guilermo Ochoa meant that Brazil failed to score in the group stage of the World Cupfor the first time since 1978. Although neither side looked particularly like scoring, having had most of the ball, Brazil failed to do too much with it.Here are five major talking points from the game.

#1 Ochoa puts in a goalkeeping master class

Going into the World Cup, Miguel Herrera had a big decision to make. The decision to put Ochoa in goal was by no means a bad one, but the fact that he had just been relegated to Ligue 2 and was likely to be out of a club after the World Cup made some question Herrera’s thought process.

But after the game against Brazil, few would be questioning the manager’s faith in Ochoa, for the Mexican shot stopper singlehandedly helped his side claim a valuable point against Brazil. Whether it was his Gordon Banks-esque save from Neymar in the first half, or closing down Paulinho in a flash to stop a certain goal or a brilliant reflex save from a Thiago Silva header late on, Ochoa was unbeatable in goal.

Mexico came in with a plan of going away with a point and without Ochoa’s heroics in goal that would have been nigh on impossible.