Defending Champion Mexico Bounced from Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament After Loss The Los Angeles Times
go to original August 10, 2016

South Korea's Hwang Heechan (11) and Mexico's Salcedo Carlos battle for possession of the ball during a Group C game Wednesday. (Celso Junior/Getty Images)

Update: No Medals Yet for Mexico But Athletes Have Plenty of Condoms (Mexico News Daily)

Defending champion Mexico has been eliminated from the men's soccer tournament after 1-0 loss to South Korea.

Kwon Chang-hoon scored a 77th-minute winner in Brasilia to end Mexico's hopes of repeating as Olympic champion on Wednesday. The Mexicans upset Brazil in the final of the London Games four years ago.

South Korea finished Group C with seven points, two more than Germany and three more than Mexico.

Germany secured its spot in the quarterfinals by thrashing newcomer Fiji, 10-0. Nils Petersen scored five goals and Maximilian Meyer added three in Germany's win 10-0 win against Fiji at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, the same place where the senior team routed Brazil, 7-1, in the semifinals of the 2014 World Cup.

Fiji had already lost 5-1 to Mexico and 8-0 to South Korea.

See the latest updates at The Los Angeles Times

Related: Mexico's Olympic Gold Defense Comes Crashing Down with Group-Stage Exit (ESPN)

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