The match - played at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi, Russia - ended 2-1 leaving New Zealand at the bottom of the table with no points, meaning the All Whites are now out of the tournament.
Portugal weathered a second-half onslaught by Russian Federation as they held on to secure all three points and virtually assure themselves of a place in the knock-out stages of the FIFA Confederations Cup.
Herculez Gomez and the FC panel look at Mexico's lacklustre win over New Zealand, and the changes that affected their play.
"We were certainly not nervous", he said.
"I am proud of what my team did, it's normal to have to suffer at this level, but we deserved to win", said Osorio. We want to know.
"It's disappointing. We should have got a lot more from that game", Wood said.
Ronaldo proved the main threat throughout the first half as the hosts offered little going forward, and he tested Akinfeev with a 25th-minute free-kick before forcing the keeper to block with his legs seven minutes later. "Let's hope they're not as serious as we believe they are at the moment".
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Goals from Peralta and Raul Jimenez saw Mexico move top of Group A later in the day, above Portugal on goals scored, and knock New Zealand out of the competition.
There was also no place for promising winger Hirving Lozano, 21, who signed a six-year contract for PSV Eindhoven on Monday.
Mexico has scored twice in a busy second-half performance to overcome New Zealand 2-1 and destroy the All Whites' dreams of securing their first Confederations Cup victory at the 11th attempt. El Tri managed to dig itself out its first-half hole in the end, but better teams than 95th-ranked New Zealand won't leave Mexico standing.
It eliminated the Oceania champions with one game left.
Wood made amends three minutes before the break when he pounced on a mistake in the Mexican defence before sliding the ball past Talavera with aplomb.
El Tri did equalise in the 54th minute, Aquino charging down the left and linking up with Marco Fabian, who in turn found Jimenez, with the striker's shot on the turn taking a slight deflection and proving too hot for Marinovic to handle.
But they finally got their noses in front with 18 minutes remaining when Peralta swept home Aquino's astute pull-back, although substitute Rafael Marquez was fortunate to escape a red card for an ugly challenge seconds later.
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