Hernandez goal triggers another Mexican shockwave

JAVIER HERNANDEZ created another Mexican shockwave with his 50th international goal as El Tri ensured their famous win against Germany wasn’t a one-off.

It had been reported that celebrations i n Mexico were so intense after last week’s win over the world champions, they triggered seismic tremors.

And when Hernandez scored Mexico’s second goal midway through the second half of this Group F encounter yesterday, the Rostov Arena was transformed into a deafening version of the Azteca Stadium by thousands of his jubilant countrymen.

With his team already leading by a penalty from former Arsenal man Carlos Vela, Hernandez underlined he is still a world-class fox-in-the-box at the age of 30 by cutting inside Jang Hyun- soo from Hirving Lozano’s pass before tucking away the chance with his second touch.

West Ham’s Hernandez is his country’s record goalscorer and previously netted in the tournaments of 2010 and 2014, his milestone strike taking him into an elite group of world s t r i kers t hat i ncl udes former Manchester United team-mates Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie.

But this was arguably the most important strike as it killed off Korea, who had to wait until injury-time for a consolation from Tottenham’s Son Heung-min.

Mexico just have to avoid defeat in their final group game against Sweden on Wednesday to qualify for the knockout stages.