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Who are you backing in the World Cup?
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¿No les parece sospechoso lo de los jugadores marroquíes?
Habían hecho una gran copa y hoy parece que ni quieren jugar.
Claramente recibieron amenazas de la mafia francesa.
What’s happened since Sunday night has been mad.
I made a post about the England-Mexico game and thousands of Mexicans wrote to me. So I turned it into a slideshow.
Their fans and ours became mates over one night, and now there’s even talk of a Wembley friendly to celebrate it. 🇲🇽🤝🏴
https://t.co/3DA3D65p9I
THANK YOU for making ‘Dear God’ our HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM since our debut in 2011 🤯 We are BLOWN AWAY! This is only the beginning but we couldn’t have hit this milestone in our career without all of YOU! We love you all and can’t wait to see you on the road!
😎 🇲🇽 ¡IMPRESIONANTE CIERRE DE ISAAC DEL TORO!
¡EL MEXICANO SE SUBE AL PODIO!
¡QUÉ EMBESTIDA FINAL DEL TORITO! 🔥
Disfruta todo el Tour de Francia x ESPN y #DisneyPlus Premium.
I’ve never been a Soccer fan but WOW I’ve watched most of the tournament and this World Cup has amazed me. Here are some things I’ve realized about the sport:
1.) Soccer is wildly physical. These players push, shove, and beat the shit out of each other & a lot of it goes unnoticed by the refs. You gotta be extremely durable to thrive on the pitch
2.) So much theater. These guys sell being “hurt” better than some of my peers in the WWE
3.) Penalty kicks are fkn insane. PK’s gotta be the most exciting/fucked thing in all of sports. Imagine being a goal keeper?? Soccer goes from team sport to individual sport QUICKLY, probably a mental nightmare for the athletes who lose on behalf of an entire country from a tiny mistake
4.) The referees can completely screw the game, the players, and entire nations with one call. That sucks
5.) This event may be the closest thing to world unity. All eyes on these athletes on the biggest stage in the world. Superstars are made. Careers forever changed
New fan 🙋🏼♂️
Goodbye Mexico 😢 sad to leave. thanks for being such brilliant hosts in the Azteca and across your vibrant city. Thanks for being so sporting in defeat and embracing England fans with warmth and drinks. You lost a football match but won many, many friends 🇲🇽🏴🦁💚
Me es difícil encontrar las palabras para expresar todo el agradecimiento que siento.
A la vida, primero, por la gran suerte de haber nacido en este gran país y la oportunidad de realizar el sueño de traer una tercera Copa del Mundo
A mi familia por perseguir este sueño juntos y a mi padre por construir La Catedral del Futbol
A mis amigos y socios por el apoyo incondicional
A la selección nacional por habernos hecho vibrar con cada triunfo, por contagiarnos con la alegría y el sentido de familia que ustedes construyeron y que les permitió ir creciendo la esperanza en torno a su desempeño. Convirtieron la presión en energía positiva que hizo reacción en cadena con todo una nación. Hicieron de sus monólogos interiores una conversación que se amplió más allá del vestidor e inspiró a que todo un país se sintiera unido. Cada paso que dieron lo dieron llevándonos a todos en sus hombros y hoy podemos decir que no hay quien vista la camiseta de México que no sienta un orgullo profundo por lo que ustedes lograron.
Afuera de la cancha se jugó otro partido no menos importante y al que tengo que reconocer con toda humildad.
A la Federación Mexicana de Futbol por no solo lograr la candidatura para ser sede del Mundial sino demostrar porqué México es tierra de gigantes cuando se celebra este deporte. Los resultados conseguidos reflejan que existen los cimientos de donde se podrá seguir construyendo. Sigamos adelante.
A los operadores y trabajadores del estadio por una labor titánica, no solo con la obra de remodelación sino en cada partido donde rugió el coloso y nos hizo vibrar de emoción en el retumbar del himno nacional.
A TUDN por la mejor y más grande cobertura jamás vista en un mundial
A la FIFA, a su presidente y a todo su equipo, y en especial a la oficina de FIFA México por su estrecha colaboración en llevar a cabo esta histórica Copa del Mundo.
A las autoridades de las tres ciudades por su coordinación y compromiso.
Finalmente, lo más importante, a la afición mexicana por lograr que a México se le reconozca como el bastión de este evento. el himno, el júbilo, el entonar el cielito lindo, el abrazo entre extraños, los memes, el pato Merlin, la espuma, el grito desenfrenado, la bandera en todos lados,
El quiere volar!!
Que aunque dura solo unos segundos …
Yo me lo llevo para toda la vida!
Football is everywhere in Mexico City. It’s embedded in this vibrant city, in these people, in the fabric of life here. Its stars’ images adorn billboards on buildings. Its stories dominate conversations about the selection, opposition, ambition and now this epic collision with England at Azteca for a place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup co-hosted by Mexico.
Football is on everyone’s lips, and on every street. Racks of Mexico shirts are pushed along the side of the road, blending in with traffic-slowed cars, some of which already have green flags flying from the windows. People go about their work in Mexico shirts as if it’s the office uniform. Two dogs are led through town wearing miniature replica shirts. That’s normal. That’s life here.
A group of triumphant schoolboy footballers, still in full kit, stand on a street corner posing for pictures with their trophy and passing fans in Brazil, Colombia or USA shirts. Yards away, workers erect huge security barriers to prevent fans climbing on bus shelters and monuments for better views of the many public screens showing footage from Azteca.
Football is everywhere from the moment you enter Mexico. In the immigration official who wanted to talk Raul Jimenez’s exit from Fulham. In the bakery with celebratory team cakes adorned with green icing. In the art exhibition with a centre-piece of 10 footballs painted by children. In the waitress in a side-street café promising access to match tickets for a couple of England fans. Not cheap.
Football seeps from the cracks in the pavements, from every pore of this city of chaos and charm. Visitors from US venues are immediately struck by the feeling of moving up a level. “I felt the passion straight away,” Thomas Tuchel said. “As soon as we landed in Mexico City, you feel the energy of the place, you see the people on the side of the street, getting a glimpse of the bus, people in front of the hotel. It makes you feel alive. It makes you sharper. I see the excitement in the players’ eyes.”
And so they should be excited. They get to perform on one of world football's great stages, the Azteca, where Pele and Diego Maradona lifted the World Cup, playing in front of 72,000 fans, all but 8,000 of them imploring Jimenez and the dangerous left-sided Julian Quinones to wreak havoc on England’s uncertain defence. Forget the feared meteorological storm; England face an early whirlwind blowing towards them as Mexico love to start strong, drawing on their bodies' greater connection with the altitude.
England are out of their comfort zone, at altitude, and so far out of their usual time zone that they play a game on a Sunday their fans back home watch on a Monday. They face hosts who have lost only two of 89 competitive internationals at Azteca. It’s all about whether England get tied up emotionally in all the talk of altitude and the Azteca’s reputation as a serial ambush site. Or just focus on the job in hand, beating a decent but not great team ranked below them in the Fifa standings.
“The stadium can create momentum and belief in the home team,” Tuchel added with a strong caveat. “We have very experienced players, who play up against the toughest teams for their clubs. It takes a lot of courage to get a top performance in Azteca stadium, against Mexico, but we have a brave team. You're in such an iconic place. It makes me feel very alive. It brings out the best of myself.”
Tuchel is aware of England’s last visit, 40 years ago, and the Hand of God of Argentina’s Maradona. Different opposition, same venue. “That was just painful, still hurts, but we're not here for revenge. We’re here to write our own chapter and we are ready. We have the spirit, we have the commitment to be together, to compete, to give everything for the nation back home to be proud.” If they raise their defensive game, England have a chance. #ENG #MEXENG #FIFAWorldCup