We decided against flying to Mexico City just to gasp our way round a 5K.

Fortunately, every Tom, Dick and Miguel Delaney with a Strava account seems to have done it for us.

Amazingly, all the keyboard warriors said it was quite hard to run in. Who knew.

Marcus Rashford, on the other hand, says it's all just hot air. 😉🥁

We’ll find out at 1am.

P.S. Look at what big Don’s been up to, getting Balogun’s red card suspended 😂

5th July 2026

Real goals (rG) are overrated. Expected goals (xG) are where it’s at!

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🇳🇴 Norway are the only side in the world that Brazil have faced but never beaten. Two losses, two draws.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England have conceded first in their last six major tournament knockout games.

🇵🇾 Paraguay didn’t pick up a single yellow card against France, their first World Cup game without a caution since 1998.

💥 Haaland has scored in his last 13 consecutive games for Norway and averages a goal every 73 minutes for his home country.

🇲🇽 Mexico have only lost twice at the Azteca since it opened in 1966 — to Honduras and Costa Rica.

📈 England have created the most xG (9.9) in the World Cup from all the remaining sides.

2 points | England to qualify ☞ 8/11
💭 Every excuse in the book is being wheeled out by the media, from altitude to midnight fireworks outside their hotel (see above). But at the end of the day it will boil down to this: who is comfortably the better football team? England.

2 points | Norway to win (Draw No Bet) ☞ 5/2
💭 Norway are making the most of a rare World Cup appearance, with impressive displays against Senegal and Iraq getting them into shape. Any team with Ødegaard feeding Haaland is going to be a threat. They could mimic their ancestral roots with a bit of Viking plundering this evening against a distinctly average Brazil side. At the prices, this is a decent bet, although the Seleccão are deserved favourites. Money back if it’s a draw within 90 seems fair.

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📺 TONIGHT
21:00—Brazil vs Norway | BBC One

📺 TOMORROW
01:00—Mexico vs England | BBC One