Mexico midfielder Lira declares 'the sky is the limit' after opening match win

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mexico/O6iHcNkd/"]Mexico[/a] prevailed ‌with goals from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/quinones-julian/dQkfXJPR/"]Julian Quinones[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jimenez-raul/ENwqg0Pd/"]Raul ‌Jimenez[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/mexico-O6iHcNkd/south-africa-W2ijYvlr/?mid=h4EoUB7T"]in a match they finished with 10 men[/a] after captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/montes-cesar/j9EcJFsj/"]Cesar Montes[/a] was ‌sent off, though they were ⁠rarely troubled.[/p][p]It was ‌their first victory in the tournament's opening match ​after seven previous failures.[/p][p]"[b]This was an emotionally difficult match because we ​don't experience something like this many times in life,[/b]" Lira, who provided an ⁠assist, told ​reporters.[/p][p]"[b]It was a complicated moment, but we all worked on the mental side so it wouldn't affect us and so we ‌could do our job as well as possible.[/b]"[/p][embed guid="9684dffc-43a1-4dba-ab0a-87791c74c4e6" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_z2niE9Kjk" social-type="youtube" /][p]The match, which featured three dismissals, set a record for the most red cards in an opening game at a World Cup.[/p][p]"[b]It was important to get the three points and luckily we managed to do that,[/b]" Lira said.[/p][p]"Now ‌we have to make sure everyone is ​at 100% to prepare for the ‌second match and get the three points again.[/p][p]"[b]The sky is the limit. We're not going to settle for anything.[/b]"[/p][p]Mexico next face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/south-korea/K6Gs7P6G/"]South Korea[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/mexico-O6iHcNkd/south-korea-K6Gs7P6G/?mid=On5HOkVj"]in Group ⁠A on ⁠Thursday[/a].[/p][image alt="Erik Lira Match Stats" id="8402a17e-138f-4f6f-a4b3-a16d3c549542" credit-line="Flashscore / AFP" guid="cf7937e9-0e45-4298-b4ff-dd3b5527f4ea" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /]