Spain 🇪🇸 were better team. Great work up to the goal. Will be tough to beat for anyone as they have NOT given up a goal in tournament.
Glad to see CR7 leave. Good riddance.
🚨Javier Aguirre on Jude Bellingham:
🗣️ Reporter:
“What made Jude Bellingham so difficult for your team to deal with tonight?”
🗣️ Javier Aguirre:
“It’s not just his quality. We prepared for his quality.
What makes him so difficult is that he never stays in one place.
One minute he’s helping in midfield, the next he’s arriving in the box like a centre-forward.
You think you’ve picked him up, then he disappears from your line of sight for one second… and that’s enough.
For his first goal, we had defenders in the right positions. But Jude attacked the space with perfect timing.
For the second goal, exactly the same story. He reads the game half a second quicker than everybody else.
Players like that punish the smallest mistake.
You can spend the whole week analysing them, showing videos, working on defensive shape… but if you lose concentration for one moment, he’s there.
Tonight, that’s exactly what happened.
We didn’t lose because we didn’t respect Jude Bellingham.
We lost because, for two moments, we couldn’t stop him from doing what world-class players do.
🚨Zlatan Ibrahimović on England eliminating co-hosts Mexico after a thrilling 3–2 FIFA World Cup clash:
“First of all… what a football match. This is why the FIFA World Cup is the greatest tournament in football. From the first whistle it had everything—two penalties, one red card, controversial refereeing decisions, brilliant goals and unbelievable intensity. It was the kind of match people will talk about for years.
Mexico cannot leave this tournament with tears. They leave with their heads held high. Before the match I heard a Mexican fan say, ‘Whether we win or lose doesn’t matter. What matters is that we give the world a great game.’ They did exactly that. Raúl Jiménez, Julián Quiñones, Edson Álvarez, Santiago Giménez and the rest of the squad gave everything, while the supporters never stopped believing. The football world will respect this Mexican team.
England also deserve enormous credit. Jude Bellingham was outstanding, Harry Kane delivered again, and Anthony Gordon showed why he’s such a special player. I also have to praise Thomas Tuchel. It takes courage to trust these players, and they’re fighting for him with everything they have. You can see a team that believes in its manager.
If England had lost tonight, Quansah wouldn’t have been able to sleep after that red card. His teammates saved him. That’s football. England celebrate qualification, Mexico leave with pride, and everyone watching was treated to one of the best matches of this FIFA World Cup.”
Gabriel missed a penalty in the biggest game of his life and has now been dunked on by his biggest rival in the second biggest game of his life loooooool