Brazil denied as brilliant Ochoa saves the day for Mexico

Star turn from Mexican goalkeeper draws comparisons with Gordon Banks in 1970

Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa of Mexico celebrates
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Brazil 0 Mexico 0. The World Cup has uncovered its first new star after a brilliant display of goalkeeping from Guillermo Ochoa gave Mexico a share of the spoils in their Group A clash with Brazil and left Luiz Felipe Scolari a frustrated man.

"They had a very good goalkeeper who had a very good day and that's why we didn't win," said the Brazilian coach when asked to explain the result. And the veteran coach was generous in his praise of Mexico's all-round performance, saying: "Here in Brazil we tend to believe that other players are not as good as we are and we thought that Mexico weren't any good - but today they played as well as we did... They know how to play football. I don't think we got the result we expected yet I'm very pleased."

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.