2 hours ago, Suedehead2 said:

England's normal approach to a match like this would be to fly to Mexico City late, play the match, and leave. That is because the effects of the high altitude really start to kick in around day three. However, FIFA insist that the teams have to train in the stadium the day before the match, meaning that England have had to travel to Mexico City earlier than they would have liked. It also means that they will be getting close to the time when the effects really become a problem.

It was less of a problem when Mexico were the only host country as all the teams had plenty of time to acclimatise. It is a much bigger problem this time. Host countries always have an advantage. That can't be helped, but this added advantage for Mexico is arguably blatantly unfair.

If this is true then why didn't they do it in America or Canada to make it fairer? Or is the altitude the same there too? (It all goes over my head a bit tbh)

39 minutes ago, Spiceboy said:

If this is true then why didn't they do it in America or Canada to make it fairer? Or is the altitude the same there too? (It all goes over my head a bit tbh)

Altitude is only in Mexico.

Game delayed by an hour at least. Reckon the way to do this now unless you're in the pub is for a sleep before hand!

Well… this is fun, haha.

People staying up to watch the game be like:

1 minute ago, DanielCarey said:

People staying up to watch the game be like:

I'm a dedicated World Cup viewer so I'm staying up tomorrow night too to cheer on Belgium in their match. I think that's the last early morning match for a while.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by TheSnake

Anyone have any faith this is actually going to start at 2

England (4-2-3-1): Pickford; O’Reilly, Guéhi, Konsa, Quansah; Rice, Anderson; Gordon, Bellingham, Saka; Kane

Subs: D. Henderson, Trafford, Stones, Spence, James, Burn, Chabolah, Madueke, Rashford, Rogers, J. Henderson, Mainoo, Eze, Watkins, Toney

Mexico (4-3-3): Rangel; Gallardo, Montes, Vásquez, Sánchez; Romo, Lira, Mora; Quiñones, Jiménez, Alvarado

Subs: Acevedo, Ochoa, Alvarez, Reyes, M. Chávez, Fidalgo, Pineda, Vargas, L. Chávez, Gutiérrez, Vega, Giménez, González, Huerta, Martínez

Finally the match is about to get started.

A yellow card 1 min in!

Declan Rice booked in the first minute for England.

England will need the strongest of mentalities to withstand this environment and atmosphere.

The stop-start nature of the match so far helping England.

Edited 29 minutes ago29 min by TheSnake

Rather have Alan Shearer as an pundit than an co-commentator.

Don't like it when they waste corners

That was an chance for Jiménez but saved by Pickford.

I feel better about the defence England are putting on this match already

Bellingham!!!