{"id":75751,"date":"2026-07-05T03:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T08:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/world-cup-2026-mexico-v-england-buildup-france-battle-past-paraguay-morocco-march-on-live\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T03:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T08:04:17","slug":"world-cup-2026-mexico-v-england-buildup-france-battle-past-paraguay-morocco-march-on-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/world-cup-2026-mexico-v-england-buildup-france-battle-past-paraguay-morocco-march-on-live\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026: Mexico v England buildup, France battle past Paraguay, Morocco march on \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u26bd All the latest news and reaction from the World Cup<br \/>\u26bd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/04\/world-cup-2026-complete-player-guide\">Player guide<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/04\/bracketology-predict-a-path-to-world-cup-victory\">Bracketology<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/world-cup-2026\/overview\">Knockout draw<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:matchday.live@theguardian.com\">Email us<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s just gone 1.30am in Mexico City.<\/strong> Is there a cacophony of noise outside the hotel? Are England\u2019s players managing any sleep? The game kicks off at 6pm local time or, as those in the UK know, 1am BST. Here\u2019s David Hytner\u2019s latest report from Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEngland stepped off their seventh flight in 12 days on Friday and are about to play their fourth game in 13 days. The period was always going to be a grind; one simply to plot a course through.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2026\/jul\/05\/world-cup-2026-live-last-16-concludes-morocco-france-paraguay\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26bd All the latest news and reaction from the World Cup\u26bd Player guide | Bracketology | Knockout draw | Email us It\u2019s just gone 1.30am in Mexico City. Is there a cacophony of noise outside the hotel? Are England\u2019s players managing any sleep? The game kicks off at 6pm local time or, as those in &#8230; <a title=\"World Cup 2026: Mexico v England buildup, France battle past Paraguay, Morocco march on \u2013 live\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/world-cup-2026-mexico-v-england-buildup-france-battle-past-paraguay-morocco-march-on-live\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about World Cup 2026: Mexico v England buildup, France battle past Paraguay, Morocco march on \u2013 live\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}