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Newspaper Player Ratings England vs Mexico 3-2 WC 2026- Ole, Marca, Mundo Deportivo, CdS

July 7, 2026

Here is a look at the newspaper player ratings for England vs Mexico from some of the world sports press. We’ve got player ratings from Argentine sports paper Ole (Argentina could be England’s potential SF opponents) as well as other Spanish and Italian newspapers.

Ole newspaper player ratings England 3-2 Mexico 2026

Ole had Jude Bellingham and Jordan Pickford as the pick of the England players against Mexico, but Tuchel’s starters only managed an average rating of 5.7/10, marginally better than Mexico’s 5.5/10 in their books. The likes of Konsa, Quansah and Anderson got the lowers

mexico player ratings vs england world cup 2026

xG Mexico England World Cup 2026 | Expected Goals Stats Mexico 2-3 ENG Round of 16

July 6, 2026

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats for Mexico vs England in their Round of 16 clash at the 2026 World Cup. England edged the game 3:2 to progress to a quarter-final against Norway, who upset Brazil in their Round of 32 game.

xG Mexico 1.85-1.59 England shots map (actual score MEX 2-3 ENG)

0-1 Bellingham header goal xG 0.40
0-2 Bellingham second goal xG 0.29
1-2 Quinones goal xG 0.18
1-3 Kane penalty goal xG 0.80
2-3 Jimenez penalty goal xG 0.80

England had just 33% possession and 6 total shots in the entire game, but 5/6 were on target. Mexico had 20 odd total shots by comparison, but had the same number of shots on target.

Mexico El Tri vs South Africa Bafana 2026 Newspaper Player Ratings CDS AS L’Equipe- World Cup opening game

June 13, 2026June 13, 2026

Here is a look at the Mexico vs South Africa World Cup 2026 player ratings from the big European sports newspapers. El Tri comfortably beat South Africa 2-0.

Diario AS player ratings Mexico vs South Africa 2-0 World Cup 2026

Diario AS thought some of the South African players- Bafana jersey number 13 Sithole in particular, didn’t deserve a rating here.

Mexico didn’t really have to exert themselves too much for the win- as evinced by loads of El Tri players getting two stars (but no 3 star performance)

L’Equipe player ratings MEX 2-0 RSA FWC 2026

Not surprisingly, poor Sithole got a brutal 2/10 rating here from French paper L’Equipe, with the rest of the Bafana players also not really impressing. Sithole was partly responsible for Mexico’s 9th minute opener, which saw Julian Quinones join 22 other players in history as one of the opening World Cup goal scorers. Cesar Montes’ red card spoilt the party a bit for Mexico at the end.