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England survived a major scare to see off one of the three host nations, Mexico, in an all-time World Cup classic. Battling through the altitude and atmosphere of the fearsome Azteca Stadium, the Three Lions booked themselves a place in the quarter-finals.<\/strong><\/p>\n Facing a massive uphill battle after Jarell Quansah received a red card for a wild challenge in the second half, England had their backs firmly against the wall, but put forth some heroic last-ditch defending to hang on and advance. <\/p>\n They\u2019ll take on Norway in the quarter-finals on July 11, where they\u2019ll face up against Premier League all-stars such as Manchester City\u2019s Erling Haaland and Arsenal\u2019s Martin Odegaard \u2013 but, for now, let\u2019s all take a quick breather.<\/p>\n Jude Bellingham scored twice in two minutes to put England 2-0 up in the first half. For his first goal, he expertly met Bukayo Saka\u2019s cross with a diving header, timing his run to perfection in doing so.<\/p>\n Then, just a few moments later, he turned in a cross from Harry Kane at close range to double the Three Lions\u2019 advantage over Mexico.<\/p>\n Not too long after Quansah\u2019s red card, England were awarded a penalty after Anthony Gordon made a lung-bursting run to get on the end of a smart flick-on by Kane. The Bayern Munich man stepped up and fired the ball into the back of the net to restore England\u2019s two-goal advantage.<\/p>\n Despite falling behind by two goals in the first half, Mexico showed some real warrior spirit at the Azteca to battle their way back into the game. <\/p>\n Julian Quinones was the first player to strike back \u2013 after a ball was lofted into England\u2019s box, he pounced upon a weak clearance from Ezri Konsa to slam the ball into the back of the net. Jordan Pickford had a decent game, but he had no chance of saving that particular effort.<\/p>\n Mexico then were handed a penalty after Kane was deemed to have fouled Brian Gutierrez in the area. Once again, Pickford was given little chance as Raul Jimenez dispatched his spot-kick as perfectly as one possibly could.<\/p>\n This one isn\u2019t really up for debate. Jude Bellingham was utterly outstanding against Mexico \u2013 we have given him a very rare 10\/10 rating for his magnificent display. Thriving within a hostile atmosphere, not only did he score twice, he also put it some colossal defensive actions to keep England alive.<\/p>\n Bellingham showed both class and heart in the early hours of Monday morning. He is everything that England fans could ever hope for \u2013 the Real Madrid superstar is a player to be cherished by Three Lions supporters.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" England survived a major scare to see off one of the three host nations, Mexico,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Who scored for England?<\/h2>\n
Who scored for Mexico?<\/h2>\n
Who was the man of the match?<\/h2>\n
England players ratings vs Mexico<\/h2>\n
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