Mexico fail to conquer demons, no thanks to the ref

The word that kept coming from Meixcan commentators in the last 10 minutes of Argentina v Mexico was "dignity."

It counts for little though as Mexico crashed out of the World Cup.

Argentina's first goal was clearly offside. That much is more than obvious.

Coming into the game Mexico needed to play to the best of their ability AND get a little luck along the way. They didn't have it.

How the officials didn't see that Carlos Tevez was a long way offside when he nodded in Argentina's first goal will become part of World Cup bloopers in years to come.

Where on earth were the officials looking, if they weren't looking at the game?

If England could feel a hard done by, Mexico could only feel more injustice. The team won many plaudits for bringing the game to Argentina and if it wasn't for the first goal, the story might have been different.

As it is, Argentina go through. The Maradona bandwagon rolls on. But, a final word about Mexico.

With the right manager, it's no exaggeration to say Mexico can be genuine contenders in 2014. Why not? Ochoa, Moreno, Juarez, Guardado, Giovani, Chicharito, Vela, Barrera. The future of el Tri looks good. Gracias Rafa, Carlos (Salcido), Cuau, Conejo, there's another generation chomping at the bit.