Since Sunday I’ve seen nothing but respect from Mexico fans - in the stadium, online, everywhere I’ve looked. Knocked out at home, at the Azteca, and the response has been pure dignity. What a football nation.
All the pre-match talk was about the altitude advantage. But that atmosphere is exactly why World Cups should go to real football countries more often - and it won’t be matched now they’re out.
Honestly: if England had lost that game, I’d have spent this week moaning about the officials and suspected home bias. Because we held on, I got to see exactly who Mexico are in defeat instead.
And it turns out we share a rival. If it all goes to plan on Saturday, we’ll try to beat them for you in the semis.
Gracias
Today in London, Bad Bunny plays in Tottenham, Harry Styles in Wembley, Kneecap are running a full festival in Crystal Palace; and England play in the WC. The weather machine is at full blast as well. Huge ‘best city in the world’ vibes in the capital.
We live on a planet where trees communicate, octopuses dream, elephants honor their dead, bees dance to find their way, crows remember, ants build, cats heal with their purring, and the forest, after the fire, blooms again.
I once read somewhere that after an especially exhausting life,some souls choose to reincarnate as a tree spending a century just resting. I haven't looked at trees the same since then