Jack Pitt-Brooke

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1,033 appearances 20 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 15 Sep

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The Athletic FC Podcast · England’s Azteca heroics + inside Trump’s Balogun call · 6 Jul 2026 podcast

It had so many different phases.

But what it really came down to was, can England defend with 10 men for the entirety of the second half against a Mexican team who had the whole crowd behind them?

And the answer is that they could.

Mexico only scored once in the second half.

That was in the penalty spot.

But at the end, England had a back five with Spence at left back, Konsa at right back, Byrne, Gahee and Stones in the middle, and they were all absolutely heroic.

People thought that Dan Byrne was just brought to the World Cup for the banter.

He was incredible today.

He put his head in the way of Raul Jimenez's overhead kick.

And I think at one point he headed the ball based in 60 yards on the other end of the pitch.

And what really matters about this is not even just England progress.

It's that they showed a togetherness, a flexibility, an ability to work well as a team and defend well as a team.

They did the dirty side of the game that a lot of people said that they weren't very good at.

And they did that so well today that I think that that bodes really well for them going into Norway in Miami in their quarterfinal.

There's still a lot of issues in the Zingman team.

I thought the way that they dropped the ball after going 2-0 up was really poor.

That should have been game over.

But in fact, they massively let Mexico into it.

Big issues, I think, with their discipline.

Big issues at times with their defending or with their structure.

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