{"id":38860,"date":"2026-07-06T09:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38860"},"modified":"2026-07-06T09:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:50:16","slug":"ten-man-england-survive-mexico-comeback-to-reach-quarter-finals","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/ten-man-england-survive-mexico-comeback-to-reach-quarter-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten-man England survive Mexico comeback to reach quarter finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uSg02\">\n<div class=\"DgV2h lAKmW\">\n<div class=\"x9jfA\">\n<div class=\"body-100\">\n<div class=\"ze1hM d9vCk\">\n<div id=\"avatar-r5nf__badge\" class=\"fui-PresenceBadge r832ydo fui-Avatar__badge ___11zxnko fqa5hgp f1euv43f f1yab3r1 f1e31b4d\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"available\">England survived a spirited Mexico fightback to secure a 3-2 win on Sunday and book their place in the World Cup quarter finals, ending the co-hosts\u2019 deepest run at the tournament in 40 years despite playing most of the second half with 10 men at the Azteca Stadium.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"mailMessageBodyContainer\">\n<div class=\"XbIp4 jmmB7 customScrollBar GNqVo allowTextSelection\">\n<div id=\"UniqueMessageBody_44\" class=\"OuGoX BIZfh\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"document\" aria-label=\"Message body\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"false\" data-fui-focus-visible=\"\">\n<div class=\"rps_9613\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Jude Bellingham put England ahead, striking twice in the space of a minute, finishing a Bukayo Saka cross before tapping in Harry Kane\u2019s pass to stun the home crowd.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mexico\u2019s Julian Quinones pulled one back before halftime, reacting quickest to a loose ball in the box to fire into the roof of the net and revive the co-hosts\u2019 hopes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>England were reduced to 10 men in the second half after Jarrell Quansah was sent off following a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) review, but Harry Kane restored England\u2019s two-goal lead with a penalty after goalkeeper Raul Rangel fouled Anthony Gordon.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mexico\u2019s Raul Jimenez reduced the deficit with another penalty after a VAR review confirmed a foul from Kane on Brian Gutierrez.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The match was delayed by one hour due to adverse weather conditions around the Azteca Stadium.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>England will face Norway in the last eight in Miami on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38861,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-38860","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"England survived a spirited Mexico fightback to secure a 3-2 win","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38862,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38860\/revisions\/38862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}