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At the 2026 FIFA North American World Cup, the Mexican national team, which belongs to the same group as the South Korean national soccer team, will push for an exhibition match against Brazil as the last warm-up match just before the World Cup.
According to Mexican media reports such as Lecord and Estadio Deportes on the 23rd (Korea Standard Time), the Mexican Football Association is negotiating with the Brazilian Football Association to hold a warm-up match with Brazil in Los Angeles (LA), California on May 30. Initially, the Mexican Football Association pushed for a warm-up match with Argentina just before the World Cup, but when it failed, it turned to Brazil.
Mexico has already confirmed its opponents during the FIFA A match in March as well as January to February, and is planning a schedule for the warm-up match in May to June, just before the World Cup. Although it is not a FIFA A match period, Mexico formed a national team of its own league players and won 1-0 on the 23rd in Panama, and will go to Bolivia on the 25th. Next month, warm-up matches at home with Iceland, and home and neutral (US) warm-up matches with Portugal and Belgium were confirmed in March, respectively.
Furthermore, Mexico quickly began searching for an opponent from May to June, and planned to conduct a final real-life inspection against Brazil, which is ranked fifth in the FIFA rankings. If the match is held with Brazil, Mexico will have three warm-up matches against the top 10 teams in the FIFA rankings, including Portugal (6th) and Belgium (9th) in March, and Brazil (5th) just before the World Cup.
Mexico does not meet South American teams in Group A with South Korea, South Africa, and the UEFA playoff pass winner, but plans to gain experience and increase its competitiveness by dealing with as strong teams as possible. Estadio Deportes expected, "The warm-up match against Brazil will be an elite test for the Mexican national soccer team to evaluate its competitiveness against the world's top team."
On the other hand, South Korea, which belongs to the same group with Mexico, only confirmed the away match in Austria among the two consecutive warm-up matches in March, but the remaining opponent is undecided. It has not been announced which team will play in May-June, just before the World Cup, or how many games will be played just before the World Cup. In the case of rival Japan, two consecutive games with European teams, including England and Scotland, ranked fourth in the FIFA rankings in March, were confirmed early, and the schedule and location of the World Cup opening ceremony were confirmed at the end of May. After that, they will move to the battleground and play the final warm-up match.
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