Cedric's goal looked to have been the breakthrough Portugal needed, but Mexico did not cave in.
Ronaldo was making the headlines on Friday because of a report that said he wants to leave Real Madrid and Spain following allegations that he defrauded the country's tax authorities.
A late header from Hector Moreno produced a 2-2 draw for Concacaf Gold Cup champions Mexico against Euro 2016 champions Portugal in a group stage match of the FIFA Confederations Cup on Sunday.
Portugal, meanwhile, kept up their unbeaten run against the Mexicans and took their record to two wins and two defeats in the four matches contested from their first meeting in 1969. Adding the leadership of Andres Guardado who is recovering from injury and Mexico has a trio of midfielders who can do a lot to help Mexico win the midfield as they all possess the ability to interchange and play multiple places in the midfield.
Cristiano Ronaldo was kept out of the media spotlight in the wake of Portugal's 2-2 Confederations Cup draw on Saturday.
"We have trained focusing on Portugal, not Cristiano Ronaldo, and the team is in good shape". It ended; Portugal 2-2 Mexico.
Cristiano Ronaldo headed in a pair of goals to power Portugal past Latvia in their World Cup qualifier.
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"If we apply it to perfection we have a very good chance of beating Portugal".
"In the end it was a well-deserved result after how we played today", Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio said.
Javier Hernandez is the only player at #ConfedCup 2017 to have scored in a previous edition (scoring three in 2013).
He skipped the post-match press conference which he was supposed to attend as the man of the match.
The former Manchester United forward capitalised on Carlos Salcedo misjudging a header just inside his own half to race into the penalty area and, given too much time to turn, the Portugal captain was able to easily pick out the unmarked Quaresma, who deceived Guillermo Ochoa with his first touch and slotted home with his second.
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Raphael Guerreiro failed to deal with a cross into the box and Carlos Vela teed up Hernandez, who met the cross with a diving header. "Of course it would be a dream to win it", Ronaldo said in January, since when he has powered Madrid to glory both in La Liga and in the Champions League.
Pepe had a goal disallowed for offside after a referral to the video assistant referees before Ricardo Quaresma sold the keeper a dummy and slotted in.
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