Red chaos at the 2026 World Cup, three sent off in Mexico-South Africa. What happened

It all happens in the second half. With the score 1-0, Gutierrez is thrown deep but is brought down by Sithole, surprisingly deployed from the first minute and already disastrous on Juinones’ first Mexican goal. The South African defender intervenes directly on the opponent, knocking him down on the edge of the area and the Brazilian referee Sampaio extracts the red card.

At the end of the match, when Mexico had already made it 2-0 with Jimenez, the second red card arrived for South Africa. After a VAR review, the match director punished a slap from Zwane, who had just entered the pitch, during a tackle with an opponent, judging the swing as a violent play and leaving Bafana Bafana to finish the match with nine men.

However, in the middle of injury time, in the 92nd minute, Montes received the red card. The Mexican defender brings down an opponent thrown towards the goal and the referee shows another red card.