SHOWS: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (JUNE 17, 2018) (REUTERS PICTURES - ACCESS ALL) GERMANY (WHITE) v MEXICO (GREEN) 1.

GERMANY NATIONAL TEAM POSING FOR PICTURES AHEAD OF CLASH AGAINST MEXICO IN THEIR WORLD CUP OPENER 2.

GERMAN FANS IN STADIUM WAVING NATIONAL FLAGS 3.

MEXICO NATIONAL TEAM POSING FOR PICTURES AHEAD OF KICK OFF 4.

VARIOUS OF MEXICO'S HIRVING LOZANO SCORING MEXICO WINNER LATE IN FIRST HALF 5.

VARIOUS OF LOZANO CELEBRATING 6.

MEXICO COACH JUAN CARLOS OSORIO SHOUTING TO PLAYERS 7.

MEXICO GOALKEEPER GUILLERMO OCHOA SAVING FREE KICK FROM TONI KROOS BY TIPPING IT ONTO THE BAR 8.

GERMANY'S JOSHUA KIMMICH ATTEMPTING OVERHEAD KICK 9.

GERMANY'S MARIO GOMEZ ATTEMPTING TO SCORE 10.

MEXICO'S MIGUEL LAYUN SHOOTING AT GOAL 11.

GERMAN GOALKEEPER MANUEL NEUER IN OPPONENT'S PENALTY AREA AS GERMANY MAKE DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO TRY AND SCORE EQUALISER 12.

MEXICO'S EDSON ALVAREZ CELEBRATING WIN AFTER FINAL WHISTLE 13.

GERMAN PLAYERS DISAPPOINTED AFTER MATCH ENDS WITH LOSS 14.

VARIOUS OF MEXICO PLAYERS CELEBRATING WIN 15.

MEXICO FAN WEARING SOMBRERO HAT CELEBRATING IN STADIUM STORY: Germany were stunned 1-0 by Mexico in the opening game of their World Cup defence on Sunday (June 17) as Hirving Lozano finished off a sharp counter-attack that exposed the ragged defending that the four-times winners had displayed in their warm-up games.

Germany's defence had looked stretched to breaking point on several occasions in the opening half-hour, and it was no surprise when Javier Hernandez again left Mats Hummels for dead to play in Lozano, who cut inside Mesut Ozil and smashed the ball low into the corner to release an explosion of noise in Luzhniki Stadium.

Germany came close to levelling late in the half when a Toni Kroos free kick was touched onto the bar by goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, and they gradually took command once Marco Reus joined the fray after an hour and introduced some pace to their attack.

But despite almost constant pressure they were largely kept at long range, and their poor finishing rarely threatened Ochoa as Mexico held out for only their second victory against the Germans in 12 attempts.