'Historic' say Mexican press

The word that stands out from having a gander through today's papers is 'historic.'

Mexico had never beaten France, always lose when it's cold and had never beaten one of the eight teams that have won the tournament during a World Cup.

"5th of May in South Africa," reads the headline in Guadalajara Spanish-language daily Mural. The same paper runs a poll indicating 98 percent of Mexicans believe their team played well. Chicharito (25%) led the way in votes for who was Mexico's Man-of-the-Match, followed by Carlos Salcido (18%), Rafael Marquez (17%) and Cuauhtemoc Blanco (?!?! on 13 %).

Wrote Rafael Ocampo, a TV pundit and columnist for Milenio: "The Mexican football team obtained a very much deserved victory yesterday. The boys were not only well organised and enthusiastic. They added concentration and the determination necessary to go for the front in spite of having a historically superior rival in front of them."

You can't really argue with that.