England v Mexico

That was close.

Stones try put in

That's it. Game over. 2-3 FT and Norway up next.

How much more time ffs

How much more time?

How many of you England fans have put the washing machine on with your underwear as sole item.

So much for altitude, England are on top of the world!!

wow.

Get in,cracking game,WELL PLAYED
ENGLAND.

this will be a game people remember.

woooo hoooo

That was a great game of football

as long as they don't lose to Norway, then not so much.

Dan burn warming up for haaland in miami

Was like the Alamo at the end.

Good win

HEROES   The lads will have to re order the oil for the Norway game

if 10 million couldn't do us WW2  11 were not beating  10 tonight


come ON ENGLAND

All heroes, but Gordon was immense

Funny, I have to admit being Irish I usually would be joking about anyone but.... however I did have my fingers crossed for you, and my son has gone to the rub a dub to watch it. SO WELL DONE ENGLAND. I wonder how many people waking up are rushing to the pub.

It was about time their defence was breached.

Tuchel sort your midfield out for next game. Time for changes

Anderson you’re a ****g lamppost

Saka not fit

Other than that was ok

Come on lads, to be fair that was was very German in football attitude. Again well done England and well done your fans.

That was a great game of football

The greatest world cup we will ever witness Winj , I doubt there will be another like it

In credible matches ,Stones was as steady as a rock , when he came on

Agreed,

Can we win this thing ?

Dan Burn has gone from being on loan at Yeovil to on loan at Wigan to bossing the defence at the Azteca in the World Cup against Mexico

Jude Bellingham is like a different player for England…..has really come forward and shows the winning attitude….this should be a shirt swap that the players keep

We've got the players.
Why not?

Jul 6, 2026 -- 4:10AM, the old nanny ;-) wrote:

Can we win this thing ?

Normally I would say against Norway yes, with History your biggest problem with history etc is Messi and co.

fair play to Mexico ,bit of effing about but compared to that Bol lix last night ,Nothing

TT deserves a lot of credit. He showed Judy who was the boss.... and he has knuckled down.

Norway look pretty average outside of Haaland

breathless after watching that

got to try sleep Now G luck all

Cheers nanny

As we all know, the better side doesn't always progress in KO football, and that was certainly the case here. Mexico showed over the 90+ they were clearly the superior outfit, as England were forced to rely solely on the odd counter attack. A real shame that the better side went out, but Norway certainly won't be complaining. What a glorious opp for them to make the semis.

the old nanny ;-) 06 Jul 26 04:10 
Can we win this thing ?

In the cold light of day I don't think so, we just haven't got the technical ability against the likes of Spain who we'd never get the ball off or a France who have so much firepower and who wouldn't face a low block against us or an Argentina who are all round savvy and have you know who.

Fair play so far, the games have been good so far. Because of Trump a lot of people were hoping it would flop, have enjoyed despite losing money overall on cards....ironic tonight. What has helped, not always as tight as normal, and all the top girls have scored.

G luck with them tryin to clear the Boozers PMSFL they will be in there till midday

So England can beat France or Spain can they?

later lads

Jul 6, 2026 -- 4:14AM, the old nanny ;-) wrote:

got to try sleep Now  G luck all

Night Night or Day Day.

Jul 6, 2026 -- 4:09AM, the old nanny ;-) wrote:

That was a great game of football The greatest world cup we will ever witness Winj , I doubt there will be another like it In credible matches ,Stones was as steady as a rock , when he came on

Yes, best WC I've witnessed so far (I wasn't around for World Cups in the seventies or 80s or earlier though).

All the sweaty Jocks, Irish and Welsh out in full force this morning foaming at the mouth at this result.

Absolutely Delightful.

No they can't unfortunately. They play stress football where the others play a different game entirely.

Jul 6, 2026 -- 4:17AM, mesmerised wrote:

All the sweaty Jocks, Irish and Welsh out in full force this morning foaming at the mouth at this result.Absolutely Delightful.

I am not for a change

Get some medicinge for Harry.

Can't beat France or Spain IMO, not playing the way that Tuchel says he wants to play in a straight up tear up, Spain and France would love that.
But who knows

We're still in it,so we've every chance.

Spain are still in and out and France can look good when on top, however think they are to cocky and could come unstuck.

Harry can't talk.

Harry on helium

Good match

Hope they win it but really can't see it.

wtf happened to Henderson

Turn into Davros

Harry Kane         Speechless

Going to bed now, well done all, enjoy these wins as they are hard to come by in the WC. Live for now and get ready for the next from Tomorrow, wish Norn Iron were in your shoes, good night and as a certain Irish man said, may your god go with you.

On a stretcher with oxygen

Only watched the last 30 minutes (of torture) but great result. I always hoped that the extra height of the English players would be important and it certainly was. Very surprised that Mexico didn't play it on the ground more as they were never going to win a heading contest.

Sports direct Edinburgh exchanging Mexico tops
for Norway tops, if weshed...

I thought the ref had a fair game ,meself.

Ref gave us more than var.

Didn't give red, nor their pelanty

He took no sh1te so a solid ish game

Henderson, booked and stretched off without getting on the pitch....takes some doing

Very odd

Saka for me not fit
Pains me say say it
Mad **** going have to play

Saka is just not very good. Let's stop making excuses for him. Highly, highly overrated player.

Somthink amiss
Over rated maybe
Bowen would been ok on right
But than again
He didn’t do enough get in

Nice to see Pickford have a good game but he is still England's best keeper in the same way that Eddie the Eagle was our best ski jumper

Altitude can do strange things to people. I have been to La Paz which is far higher that Mexico and the first 24 hours was rough. A friend of mine was taken to Peru by his family as a big treat and he had to be flown down to sea level within 4 hours. It affects everyone differently. Hope England had plenty of coca tea!

Not helping us going forward, Tuchel sl&gging the officials

Yep  awful from Tuchel

what price was o5.5 just after Jimenez scored the penalty to make it 2-3. thanks in advance for your help with the info

Putting up their Norway flags in Shetland ....and maybe in Glasgow.

tuchel still wayed by his favs,surely that should have been watkin or toney coming on to chase/close down up top to replace kane instead of rogers

Thankfully, a game worth staying up for.

After the Mexico penalty did they even create a chance? I didn't think they were ever going to score. Just doing the same thing on repeat which clearly wasn't working.

The huge negative was listening to Shearer. Did he get anything right? Yet he wanted to drum home criticism of the referee who actually did well. He did particularly well to ignore the play acting of Kane. Not a good look, but of course nobody with any bias calls it out.

I thought sakha done well, brilliant for the goal, it’s all about opinions, very good player IMO

Once again all of the England goals have been scored by players who have moved out of UK and the Premier League. Kane now 6, Bellingham 4 and Rashford. Gordon had a good game as well. Until the Prem League Clubs get English strikers, it will get worse.

Tommy got the heavy mob in when needed , Stones and Burns massive help at the end , a very brave performance from our boys

They went to the Few thousand , god bless em , who had managed to turn up , Singing my Wonderwall , Seems we had Mexico fans do the throat slashing signs , What is that about ?

Next Up Miami , beware the Terminator

We saved the World and Every one hates us

One question , what other team Would have gone to that Stadium Today and beat Mexico ?

name them , you win monies imvho

corner count 12  v  2, felt like they had 12 in injury time

Other than the five minutes before half time, Mexico looked a very limited side with a lack of ideas which was highlighted once England parked the bus.

A gutsy display from England. They play as a team for over 40 mins with just 10 men after Quansah was rightly sent off. I cannot understand how a footballer could tackle in that manner. It was selfish and unprofessional. The pressure he put on the rest of the team was immense. Thank-goodness Engalnd managed to overcome the player deficit.

I'd like to think Norway is not Mexico, and with home advantage. As such, I think England can dispatch Norway more comfortably. I do hope James is fit, and Rice will start; Rashford can remain a sub.

3-1 to England is my prediction.

As usual we have the massive over reaction from most of the media (it happens win or lose).

We are suddenly all conquering heroes, winning against all the odds against the titanic Mexico side in their own back yard. It seems to have escaped these numpties that England were actually favourites to win the ruddy game and these very same reporters/pundits etc had been reminding us all week that England actually had the better players. Most of the Mexican side play in their domestic league, not exactly renowned on the world stage. The only recognisable name to EPL followers was Jiminez and he plays for the mighty Fulham (no disrespect to Cottagers fans ). Meanwhile England were choc full of multi millionaires who mainly ply their trade with the top clubs in Europe. Not exactly David felling Goliath as the media would have us believe.

Much was made of Mexico's record at the Azteca, but they usually play the likes of Honduras, Guatemala etc, Brazil haven't played there for 23 years and the Argies have never played there ! 

https://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/is-mexicos-home-record-at-azteca-exaggerated-and-can-england-win-world-cup-tie/233001

The altitude was indeed something of a leveller, but let's not get too carried away, Pickford had to pull off a couple of cracking saves and the defence looked shaky at times again, with more composure Mexico could have at least drawn the game. The likes of Haaland , Mbappe and Messi would surely have taken advantage.

Norway will be a different type of test but take Haaland out of the side and they are pretty ordinary, well organised but thats about it. England are a shade of odds on to win in 90 minutes, but no doubt the OTT media will try to convince us Norway are favourites

spot on dixie

This England side is not the best in the last 10 years. Last night the major difference was the manager Tuchel. Given the injury list he played the correct players, excellent subs and team tactics.

I think Norway is less formidable and England would win comfortably. But, France is in a different league; Argentina is Messi.

pundits/msm,idiots like shearer confuse scorelines/results with performances
shearer called englands 1t half performance as PERFECTION
only
2 pickford worldie saves
judes last ditch tackle
hernandez SHANK
orevented eng going in at HT
5   v  2 down,
2 at HT and 3 at FT is the very,very  best eng could have scored

One question , what other team Would have gone to that Stadium Today and beat Mexico ?

name them , you win monies imvho

Cape Verde ?

Bit harsh, folk spend all season whinging about
how boring football is, then you get a game
like Eng v mexx and they still ain't happy

Makes you wonder why they bother

you're not wrong 1tp. if england had lost by one instead of winning by one, there'd have been a pile-on about all the things that weren't good and went wrong.

I didn't stay up, would have if it went off in time.
The game went pretty much as I expected: England won, it was a pretty hard shift for them in the conditions and with their injuries, Mexico were a limited, albeit spirited side and the right-back position was even more of a problem than anticipated. The right side went through.  Norway will pose a different challenge and with Haaland playing with confidence, they can't be taken lightly.

People were rightly moaning about the EPL having plenty of boring games donny, not the World Cup. Although plenty of matches in the last few weeks have hardly set the world alight.

In this match all the action was pretty much condensed in to a mad 25 minute spell either side of half time. Not a huge amount of incident before or after that period.
The tension was there of course in the last half hour as England were down to 10 men but Mexico created very little as they are not high on quality.

I was about to go to bed at 2-0 but then Mexico got one back so I stayed up. Glad I did, it was a good game.
England did well and deserved it but Mexico were woeful 2nd have esp their deliveries into the box which were nearly all either overhit or too lofted to cause England problems. They put two good crosses in which Jiminez went close from first half but nothing of that quality 2nd half.

The ref did well but I thought the pen against England could/should have gone the other way. The Mexican player can move his right foot left to where the ball is but decides to move it right to where Kane's leg is. This could/should have been denied for initiating contact imo but the ref/VAR prob bottled it. It is different where you nick the ball away and get kicked (like Madueke v Croatia). Anthony Gordon is always trying this, he got a pen against Kalvin Phillips/West Ham a couple of years back and did it again against Sunderland this season but it was rightly overturned. Should never be a pen.

The Norway game will be more tight/cagey imo esp with the heat/humidity. That might suit England as Haaland can be kept quiet in a low block.

I thought the Mexico pen was a bit harsh at first, but
he wins ball, or at least plays it, then kane catches him, so it's a foul, but maybe
not clear and obvious error, (never sure when it becomes re-reffing the game) but made it a good game, so...

I don't think he won the ball, Kane kicked his foot into the ball, ie the contact came first. He could easily have won it if he wanted to but he moved his foot away from the ball when it was there to be taken.

I think the result was correct and justified. England deserved to win more. They played well as a team and the tactical nous of Tuchel was superior and effective.

The England goals were well constructed and executed. The England penalty was rightfully awarded. Pickford made some very good saves.

Mexico had had their chances. Mexico played against 10 men for over 40 mins; the booking of Rice so early in the game; the sending off of Quansah; the awarded penalty was correct but soft; home advantage.

At the end of the night England showed a gutsy determination. Every player was excellent and played as a team. A quality so lacking prior to Tuchel.