MEXICO CITY (AP) — Jude Bellingham scored twice in the space of 98 seconds and Harry Kane converted a penalty with England down to 10 men to give the Three Lions their first win over Mexico. world cup Although they lost at the Estadio Azteca, they won 3-2 on Sunday night and advanced to the quarter-finals.
England will play Norway in Miami Gardens, Florida on Saturday for a place in the semi-finals.
Bellingham scored a header in the 36th minute and another goal in the 38th minute off a pass from Kane, surprising a crowd of more than 80,000 at the venue where Mexico remain unbeaten in 10 World Cup games, including three this year.
Julián Quiñones scored for El Tri in the 42nd minute, and the game seemed to be tilting in Mexico’s favor when England’s Jarel Quansar was sent off for a dangerous foul on Jesus Gallardo in the 54th minute.
However, England were awarded a penalty following a challenge from Mexican goalkeeper Raul Rangel, and Kane scored his sixth goal of the tournament and 14th of his World Cup career, moving him joint fifth on the scoring list with West Germany’s Gerd Muller. Kane has scored six goals in this competition, one ahead of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland in the Golden Boot race.
Kane then committed a foul, becoming the first player since at least 1966 to score and concede a penalty in a World Cup match. Raul Jimenez took the kick with a stutter-step approach to move El Tri within 3-2.
Mexico attacked relentlessly for the final 21 minutes and 11 minutes of stoppage time, but goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and England’s defenders held out tenaciously.
Mexico has not advanced to the quarterfinals since 1986. Since then, they have been eliminated in the round of 16 eight times, failed to make it past the group stage in 2022, and were disqualified from the 1990 tournament.
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