{"id":507,"date":"2026-07-06T01:08:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T01:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=507"},"modified":"2026-07-06T01:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T01:08:55","slug":"mexico-england-world-cup-match-delayed-one-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Mexico-England World Cup match delayed one hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.arynews.tv\/zip-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-40.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mexico-England World Cup match delayed one hour\" title=\"Mexico-England World Cup match delayed one hour\" \/><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p><strong>England\u2019s World Cup last-16 clash against Mexico has been delayed by one hour due to adverse weather conditions in Mexico City, FIFA confirmed on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The match at the Estadio Azteca will now kick-off at 7:00 pm local time (0100 GMT) after thunder storms and heavy rain lashed the Mexican capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to adverse weather conditions in Mexico City, including risk caused by lightning in the vicinity of the stadium, the kick-off of the FIFA World Cup 2026 round of 16 match between Mexico and England has been delayed,\u201d FIFA said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe safety and security of all individuals is FIFA\u2019s priority. We thank all fans for their understanding and cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mexico\u2019s win over Ecuador in the round of 32 at the Azteca on Tuesday was also delayed by stormy weather.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday FIFA confirmed that it had held discussions about moving the match forward by six hours to avoid potential storms.<\/p>\n<p>However, after consultation with both teams, FIFA said it had ultimately decided to stick with the planned kick-off time.<\/p>\n<p>England will be hoping the sodden conditions damp down the frenzied home support.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico have won all four games at the tournament so far on home soil without even conceding a goal.<\/p>\n<p>El Tri also boast an impressive record at the Azteca, where they have lost just twice in 89 matches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England\u2019s World Cup last-16 clash against Mexico has been delayed by one hour due to adverse weather conditions in Mexico City, FIFA confirmed on Sunday. The match at the Estadio Azteca will now kick-off at 7:00 pm local time (0100 GMT) after thunder storms and heavy rain lashed the Mexican capital. \u201cDue to adverse weather&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.arynews.tv\/zip-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-40.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[41,1085,1086,191,1084,40],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news","tag-cup","tag-delayed","tag-hour","tag-match","tag-mexicoengland","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}