England’s manager Thomas Tuchel called the officiating ‘just not good enough’ in the fiery last-16 tie. Now Alireza Faghani gives his version of events

Even though Mexico suffered a crushing defeat in the Round of 16, Pavel Pardo loved what he saw from the team in the 2026 World Cup. The post Exclusive: Pavel Pardo Gushes Over Mexico’s 2026 World Cup Run appeared first on HEAVY.

It makes the world’s top soccer players look very cool — or very silly. The stutter-step penalty has been a feature of this World Cup, with the leading adopters of the technique being superstars Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane and Neymar. It has sent France through to the quarterfinals and contributed to Brazil’s exit.

England’s much-maligned defence found crucial reserves of stubborn resolve to shut out Mexico in the last 25 minutes of a famous World Cup victory.

We came to see England attempt to secure what would be the greatest win in their World Cup history outside their own island. This was it: the finest World Cup performance since 1966, and yet by the end it felt even bigger than that. An epic of which we shall talk about for years, a brilliant, resolute, flawed, 108 minutes in total of all the best of this thing we call English football.

Three Lions captain conceded a penalty immediately after converting from 12-yards himself

Without a doubt, losing is never comforting. It is never a desired situation. But if you have to go down, it is always better to do so the way Mexico did today. Mexico set the tone of the match from t...

In a tournament that has been brilliant already, it'll be tough to top this.

Jimenez is a top-level striker.