Can England Conquer the Azteca?
7/5/202631 min
Join Adrian Durham, Stuart Pearce and Jim Proudfoot in Mexico City to look ahead to the iconic clash between England and Mexico at the Azteca Stadium!
The team discusses Tuchel's selection headache, the hotly contested right-back situation, altitude pressures, and Jim explains exactly why England shouldn't be intimidated by the ferocious Azteca atmosphere.
Plus, French favourites are through but frustrations remain around the questionable refereeing, and co-hosts Canada are out after falling victim to a masterclass from Morocco!
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 1· Soundbite0:00
The World Cup bandwagon rolls on. Oh, what a goal! Unbelievable. Champions of the world. Let the history unfold.
Adrian Durham· Host0:09
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to TalkSports World Cup Daily. I'm Adrian Durham, coming to you from Mexico City. We are in the lobby of our hotel in the middle of Mexico City. It's pretty busy around here. Alongside me is former England captain, Stuart Pearce. You okay?
Stuart Pearce· Panelist0:26
I am super. Pretty busy doesn't cover it. [laughs] It really doesn't.
Adrian Durham· Host0:30
Uh, more of that in a moment. Our England commentator, Jim Pratt, is here as well. How you doing?
Jim Proudfoot· Panelist0:35
Yeah. Very good, thank you. Apart from the mosquito bite, which is annoying.
Adrian Durham· Host0:39
Oh, hard luck.
Jim Proudfoot· Panelist0:39
Oh, I know.
Adrian Durham· Host0:41
[laughs] And don't call me a mosquito bite. [laughs] [laughs] Thank you very much. Uh, Mexico City, it is wild, bordering on feral at times, I would say. I drove through it earlier. Uh, look one way, there's a mural of Salvador Dali. Look another way, there's some sort of plastic sheeting with a family living under it. Uh, then an ornate building, spectacular architecture. Then the other side of the road is dereliction. Traffic is as bad as I've seen it anywhere in the world. Poverty is real, in your face, can't avoid it. And these are just my first impressions from one afternoon in Mexico City, having been here only a few hours. Stuart, Jim, what do you make of this place? Your first impressions of it.
Stuart Pearce· Panelist1:21
Well, I, I think your synopsis there summed it up rather nicely. Very chaotic. Uh, I, I must say, I've been to Mumbai and Delhi though, so