{"id":2343,"date":"2026-07-08T19:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:06:34","slug":"england-v-mexico-azteca-stadium-mexico-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/2026\/07\/england-v-mexico-azteca-stadium-mexico-city\/","title":{"rendered":"England v Mexico, Azteca Stadium, Mexico City"},"content":{"rendered":"
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40 years on from Maradona and the Hand of God cheated goal, England are back in the Azteca (where only 2 teams have ever beaten Mexico). It doesn’t get any better than this – except one day maybe it will….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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England 3\u20132 Mexico \u2014 World Cup last 16, Estadio Azteca, Saturday 5 July 2026<\/strong>. Attendance 80,824<\/p>\n\n\n\n

England booked their place in the World Cup quarter-finals after a dramatic 3\u20132 win over Mexico at the Azteca. Jude Bellingham scored twice in the first half to put England in control, before Mexico hit back through Juli\u00e1n Qui\u00f1ones just before the break. Harry Kane restored England\u2019s two-goal cushion from the penalty spot on the hour, but Mexico made it a tense finish when Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez converted a penalty after England had been reduced to 10 men. England then dug in to see it out and set up a quarter-final with Norway.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Jude Bellingham 36\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jude Bellingham 38\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Harry Kane 60\u2019 pen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Mexico<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Juli\u00e1n Qui\u00f1ones 42\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez 69\u2019 pen \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      England XI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Jordan Pickford; Kyle Walker, Marc Gu\u00e9hi, Jarell Quansah, Lewis Hall; Jordan Henderson, Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham; Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane, Anthony Gordon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      England subs used:<\/strong> Morgan Rogers, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Eberechi Eze, Levi Colwill, Curtis Jones.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Mexico XI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Luis Malag\u00f3n; Jorge S\u00e1nchez, C\u00e9sar Montes, Johan V\u00e1squez, Jes\u00fas Gallardo; Edson \u00c1lvarez, Luis Ch\u00e1vez, Marcel Ruiz; Roberto Alvarado, Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez, Juli\u00e1n Qui\u00f1ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Mexico subs used:<\/strong> Orbel\u00edn Pineda, Santiago Gim\u00e9nez, Alexis Vega, C\u00e9sar Huerta, Erik Lira.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      40 years on from Maradona and the Hand of God cheated goal, England are back in the Azteca (where only 2 teams have ever beaten Mexico). It doesn’t get any better than this – except one day maybe it will…. England 3\u20132 Mexico \u2014 World Cup last 16, Estadio Azteca, Saturday 5 July 2026. Attendance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2574,"url":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/2026\/07\/miami-nights\/","url_meta":{"origin":2343,"position":0},"title":"Miami Nights...","date":"12 July 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"South Beach Miami and Ocean Drive not as special as we thought it was going to be, plenty of bars and restaurants but nothing outstanding except for the Azteca Mexican bar\/resto with live music and a great atmosphere. 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