FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 : MEXICO VS ENGLAND – 06/07/2026

WHAT AN EXCITING EVENT THE MEXICO VS ENGLAND MATCH WAS AT THE AZTECA STADIUM THIS MORNING, (WHEN IT EVENTUALLY KICKED OFF), AS THERE HAD BEEN MUCH BACKWARDS-AND-FORWARDSING OVER THE TIMINGS OF THE MATCH TO TRY AND ACCOMODATE THE WEATHER, AND RIGHT UP UNTIL AN HOUR BEFORE, THE MATCH WAS DELAYED DUE TO LIGHTNING STORMS, WHICH LEFT 80,824 MEXICAN FANS, AND 15,000 ENGLISH FANS WAITING AS KICK-OFF WAS DELAYED. 

WHEN THE GAME STARTED THE NOISE WAS DEAFENING, AS IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST GAMES IN MEXICO’S HISTORY.  IN ADDITION TO THE ENGLAND FANS IN THE STADIUM, THERE WERE AROUND THE SAME NUMBER IN THE BARS OF MEXICO CITY, AS THIS MATCH WAS SEEN AS A PARTICULAR HIGHLIGHT! THE THREE LIONS SEEMED PREPARED WHEN THEY WALKED INTO THE GLADIATORIAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE AZTECA.  IT MUST HAVE BEEN A BIT OF A HEADS-UP FOR THEM ABOUT HOW PASSIONATE THE MEXICAN FANS WERE WHEN THE LITTLE  RASCALS TRIED TO DISRUPT THEIR SLEEP OUTSIDE THEIR HOTEL, USING EVERYTHING FROM FIREWORKS, SINGING, AND – PULLING OUT THE BIG GUNS – A MARIACHI BAND! 

BUT IT DID NOT PHASE ENGLAND!

THE MEXICAN TEAM WERE WELL-ORGANISED, STRONG, AND SKILFUL, AND THAT, ACCOMPANIED WITH THE NOISE BELLOWING OUT FROM AROUND THE STADIUM, COULD HAVE BEEN TRICKY FOR ENGLAND.  BUT THEY ADAPTED WELL, AND IT WAS, IN FACT, JUDE BELLINGHAM WHO SCORED THE FIRST GOAL AS PART OF A BRILLIANT BRACE AT 36 MINS.,  FOLLOWING UP WITH ANOTHER CRACKER JUST 98 SECS. LATER!

IT WAS MEXICO’S JULIAN QUINONES WHO SCORED NEXT AT 42 MINS, (OBVIOUSLY NOT LIKING THE WAY THAT THINGS WERE LOOKING), AND THEN AT 54 MINS., JARRELL QUANSAH WAS SENT OFF FOR A SLIDING TACKLE (DEEMED HIGH-KICK BY VAR) ON JESUS GALLARDO, LEAVING ENGLAND DOWN TO 10 MEN. BUT, AGAIN, THEY GALVANISED, AND ADAPTED. HARRY KANE THEN SCORED A PENALTY AT 60 MINS. (AFTER ANTHONY GORDON WAS TAKEN DOWN BY RAUL RANGEL) BUT SHORTLY AFTERWARDS (69 MINS.) VAR DECIDED HARRY HAD PERFORMED A CLUMSY TACKLE ON GUTIERREZ WHICH WAS WHEN MEXICO WAS AWARDED A PENALTY, WITH MEXICO’S RAUL JIMENEZ SCORING FROM THE SPOT.

SO, WITH NO FURTHER GOALS, AFTER 90 MINS., AND ALL THE BREATHLESS EXCITEMENT (ESPECIALLY AFTER THE MATCH WAS PLAYED 7,220 FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL), IN THE AZTECA STADIUM, THE MATCH ENDED IN A 3 – 2 WIN TO ENGLAND.  AND SUDDENLY, ALL THE HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE LOVELY MEXICAN FANS AND ENGLISH FANS SEEMED TO MELT AWAY, WITH MANY SEEN DANCING AND DRINKING TOGETHER, AND SOME SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOW ‘FAMILY.’ 

ENGLAND WILL NOW MEET NORWAY IN THE QUARTER FINALS FOR A 10.00 P.M. KICK-OFF IN MIAMI  ON SATURDAY 11TH JULY.

WELL DONE ENGLAND!

WORLD CUP 2026 – MEXICO VS ENGLAND – 06/07/2026

THE BOYS GIVE THEIR THOUGHTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MATCH

DECLAN RICE AND HARRY KANE SPEAK AFTER THE MATCH

FULL-TIME SCENES AFTER THE ENGLAND VS MEXICO MATCH