Mexico's 2-1 win over South Korea gets them a bit closer to the next round, and one of the most-recognizable players led the way for their second win of the tournament.
Mexican striker Javier Hernández scored his 50th international goal with Mexico against the Asian side, and also matched a couple of goalscoring records with the Mexican National team.
Chicharito becomes the first player to score 50 goals for #ElTri pic.twitter.com/Fu8DAFO30B
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 23, 2018
"Chicharito" matched Cuauhtémoc Blanco and Rafael Márquez as the only Mexican players to score in three different World Cups, and also joined Luis Hernández as the only man in history to score four WC goals for El Tri.
Javier "Chicharito" Hernández scores his 50th career international goal to give Mexico a 2-0 lead over South Korea.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) June 23, 2018
It's his 4th career #WorldCup goal for #MEX, tied for the most by a Mexican player at the World Cup.
He becomes the 3rd Mexican to score in 3 different World Cups pic.twitter.com/SEnQqr1zmf
With this goal, Chicharito enters quite an elite goalscoring list world-wide.
Eight players active at the #WorldCup to score 50+ goals for their country: @Cristiano @TeamMessi @neymarjr @lewy_official @LuisSuarez9 @Tim_Cahill @okazakiofficial @CH14_ #KORMEX pic.twitter.com/y0qVBoFKKF
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 23, 2018