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  "textContent": "Thomas Tuchel’s players have had to deal with the mischief of Mexico fans (Picture: Getty Images)\n\nAs expected, Mexico fans have done their best to disrupt England players’ sleep ahead of the huge World Cup clash on Sunday.\n\nThe iconic Azteca Stadium will host the last 16 meeting between Mexico and England at 6pm local time on Sunday, the arduous 1am kick-off time on Monday in England.\n\nIn front of their own fans, Mexico have been impressive so far, winning all four of their games so far without conceding a goal.\n\nAfter beating South Africa, South Korea, Czech Republic and Ecuador, they arrive in the last 16 full of confidence.\n\n##  Don't miss a World Cup moment\n\nEngland's hero (Picture:Getty)\n\nWhat a rollercoaster this has been. Make sense of the drama with **Metro's** free daily newsletter, featuring England updates, match previews and exclusive analysis. Sign up now.\n\nEngland have not got such a perfect record in the World Cup, conceding against Croatia and DR Congo and drawing with Ghana, but they have made it to this stage and are the bookmakers’ favourites to progress to the quarter-finals.\n\nThe Three Lions will have to deal with the altitude of the Azteca, with the stadium at 7,220 feet above sea level.\n\nThe English players may well also be tired before they kick a ball in Mexico City, thanks to the efforts of the local fans.\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nAfter doing the same before the last 32 meeting with Ecuador, Mexico fans were outside the England hotel making as much noise as possible overnight before the game.\n\nThe Ecuadorian football federation made an official complaint to FIFA after their players were badly disturbed before their 2-0 loss in Mexico City.\n\nThat did not stop the rowdy fans, though, who brought musical instruments to wind up the English.\n\nESPN’s Lizzy Becherano posted: ’12:50 am in Mexico City: small but mighty group of about 45 Mexico fans making noise outside England’s hotel with trumpets and drums while surrounded by a tight security presence attempting to contain the situation.’\n\n> 12:50 am in Mexico City: small but mighty group of about 45 Mexico fans making noise outside England’s hotel with trumpets and drums while surrounded by a tight security presence attempting to contain the situation. pic.twitter.com/M3QFztp90X\n>\n> — Lizzy Becherano (@lizzy_becherano) July 5, 2026\n\nPolice are outside the England hotel and have moved fans away from the building, where fireworks have been set off.\n\n> Police have moved fans 200m down the street outside the england team hotel pic.twitter.com/A9qL42GoLp\n>\n> — Daily Mail Sport (@MailSport) July 5, 2026\n\n> Despite police roadblocks around England's hotel, Mexico fans are still giving it their best shot to try and stop the players sleeping 😭pic.twitter.com/TOQxcuq2s8\n>\n> — Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) July 5, 2026\n\nThere has been better news for Thomas Tuchel and his England squad as Jarrell Quansah has recovered from an ankle injury and is available to play.\n\nDjed Spence started at right-back in the 2-1 win over DR Congo, but Quansah could be brought in to replace him against Mexico, with Reece James still not fit enough to start due to a hamstring problem.\n\n‘You saw Jarell train. He trained today and is fully available,’ said Tuchel in his pre-match press conference.\n\n‘Reece can maybe make it onto the bench, but we need the last assessment from the doctors and the medical opinion [as to] whether this makes sense.’\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "How Mexico fans have targeted England players at their World Cup hotel"
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