Mexico dream of quarter-final repeat from World Cup Group A

If history is any guide, co-hosts Mexico will kick off the World Cup with every reason to be confident of comfortably advancing into the knockout rounds from Group A. Mexico, the only country to host three World Cups, reached the quarter-finals on the two previous occasions the tournament was played on home soil, in 1970 and 1986.An ever-present at the World Cup since qualifying for the 1986 finals in Mexico, South Korea reached the last 16 in Qatar and will fancy their chances of charting a pat