{"id":418979,"date":"2026-07-06T04:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T04:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=418979"},"modified":"2026-07-06T04:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T04:31:12","slug":"ten-man-england-survive-mexico-comeback-to-reach-quarter-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/ten-man-england-survive-mexico-comeback-to-reach-quarter-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten-man England survive Mexico comeback to reach quarter-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MEXICO CITY, July 5 : England survived a spirited Mexico fightback to secure a 3-2 win on Sunday and book their place in the World Cup quarter-finals, ending the co-hosts&#8217; deepest run at the tournament in 40 years despite playing most of the second half with 10 men at the Azteca Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Jude Bellingham put England ahead, striking twice in the space of a minute, finishing a Bukayo Saka cross before tapping in Harry Kane&#8217;s pass to stun the home crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Mexico&#8217;s Julian Quinones pulled one back before halftime, reacting quickest to a loose ball in the box to fire into the roof of the net and revive the co-hosts&#8217; hopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 England were reduced to 10 men in the second half after Jarrell Quansah was sent off following a VAR review, but Harry Kane restored England&#8217;s two-goal lead with a penalty after goalkeeper Raul Rangel fouled Anthony Gordon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Mexico&#8217;s Raul Jimenez reduced the deficit with another penalty after a VAR review confirmed a foul from Kane on Brian Gutierrez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 The match was delayed by one hour due to adverse weather conditions around the Azteca Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 England will face Norway in the last eight in Miami on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEXICO CITY, July 5 : England survived a spirited Mexico fightback to secure a 3-2 win on Sunday and book their place in the World Cup quarter-finals, ending the co-hosts&#8217; deepest run at the tournament in 40 years despite playing most of the second half with 10 men at the Azteca Stadium. \u2022 Jude Bellingham [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418980,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418979\/revisions\/418980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}