Mexico lost in the round of 16 at the World Cup for the sixth straight time after falling 2-1 to The Netherlands Sunday. Mexico was up 1-0 after Giovani Dos Santos scored in the 48th minute, and they held that lead until Wesley Sneijder made the equalizer in the 88th minute. And that’s where things went off the rails.
Mexico was called for a foul committed against Arjen Robben in the box during injury time. The yellow card in the box gave The Netherlands a penalty kick, and Klaas Huntelaar converted the deciding goal.
There is little doubt that Robben embellished the contact, but that doesn’t mean a foul was not committed by Rafael Marquez.
It’s just a shame that the match was decided by a penalty kick so late in the contest.
