{"id":79240,"date":"2026-07-04T04:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/world-cup-2026-england-mexico-kick-off-unchanged-after-fifa-u-turn\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T04:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:44:32","slug":"world-cup-2026-england-mexico-kick-off-unchanged-after-fifa-u-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/world-cup-2026-england-mexico-kick-off-unchanged-after-fifa-u-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026: England-Mexico kick-off unchanged after Fifa U-turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The threat of extreme weather has been a constant throughout the World Cup, which is being co-hosted by Mexico, Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fifa introduced mandatory three-minute hydration breaks midway through each half for all World Cup fixtures because of the threat of high temperatures, though they have continued even in more comfortable conditions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mexico have already experienced interruptions to their preparations so far this tournament, with their last-32 tie against Ecuador delayed by an hour because of thunder and lightning in Mexico City. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/live\/cq810n4exgvt\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">France&#8217;s group-stage fixture against Iraq<\/a> was delayed for over two hours because of safety concerns amid adverse weather conditions in Philadelphia. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Last summer&#8217;s Club World Cup, which was also hosted by the United States, had six major weather delays across the 63 matches played.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The build-up to Sunday&#8217;s fixture has been dominated by talk about Mexico&#8217;s record at the Estadio Azteca and how England&#8217;s players will deal with the altitude. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The arena sits 7,220ft (2,240m) above sea level, and Mexico have lost just twice in 89 matches at the iconic stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At that altitude, the Earth&#8217;s barometric pressure is lower, making the air thinner and meaning less oxygen is taken into the bloodstream with each breath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Even for professional footballers, that has a potentially significant impact &#8211; increased heart rate, shortness of breath, dehydration, quicker and more intense fatigue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The fixture will kick off in the early evening, when temperatures are forecast to be about 20C. Had it moved to midday, temperatures would have been about 23C.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/cvgmz3jyq9qo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The threat of extreme weather has been a constant throughout the World Cup, which is being co-hosted by Mexico, Canada and the United States. Fifa introduced mandatory three-minute hydration breaks midway through each half for all World Cup fixtures because of the threat of high temperatures, though they have continued even in more comfortable conditions. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47],"tags":[1800,21105,4645,7840,21106,1046,510],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79242,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79240\/revisions\/79242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}