WORLD CUP DAILY: England survive Congolese scare | Amazing Azteca awaits | Tonali to Spurs
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World Cup Daily on Off The Ball with Lynx a proud sponsor of the FIFA World Cup 2026
Hello and welcome along to today's World Cup Daily. I'm Phil Egan.
How did England manage to survive against DR Congo?
Coming up, England scrape by a valiant Dior Congo side with Harry Kane the man to rescue Thomas Tuchel's side. Belgium stage a remarkable comeback to beat Senegal and book a place in the last 16. And just how good are this French side and are they inspiring the football watching world? But first, English boss Thomas Tuchel says his team doesn't know how to accept defeat after they came from a goal down to beat Dior Congo 2-1 at the World Cup. The win takes them into the last 16 of the tournament where they'll face co-host Mexico. Brian Sapenga put Dior Congo ahead early in the first half before two late goals in the second half from Harry Kane saw England avoid a major upset. Tuchel says he didn't need to produce an inspiring speech to his players.
The message was always the same. Keep pounding that rock. It's a... have to keep on knocking, knocking, knocking, keep believing, keep on doing what we do. We don't give in. We don't give in.
Harry Kane has now scored five goals at this tournament and 12 World Cup goals in total, which is more than any other English player. He says that his record means a lot to him.
I think it's hard fully to take it all in, especially when you're in a tournament environment. You just kind of focus on the games. But when you come away and you read some of the names that I'm among now, especially in England history, it's something that I'm extremely grateful for, for sure.
England were denied by several good saves from Dior, Congo, goalkeeper Alina Mpassi. But England boss Tuchel says his belief in his team never faltered.
I did not see any of that today. It would be so easy to see it. It would be so easy. And it would be so easy to give in. And it would be so easy to accept that narrative. I didn't see any of that. And that is a very, very good sign.
Kane's goals obviously proved to be the difference and midfielder Ebre Eze said that nobody is like the England captain.
Special talent. You obviously know what he's capable of doing whenever he gets the ball anywhere near the goal. So, yeah, he's helped us massively today. You obviously know what we're capable of. We know that we want to win games. We've got what it takes to win games and to do it in that fashion was special.
England will now take on co-host Mexico at the Azteca Stadium on Sunday night into Monday morning. It's a 1am kick-off and Tuchel says that school children should be allowed to stay up to watch the game.
Write an excuse for school and let them watch football. Come on, there's so much school to go to but Vltka is every four years. Let them watch. There will be a big, big match in four days and we need the support of everyone and especially of the children.
On the football show, Antonio Rosique joined Aon Cheyhan and explained why the Azteca is such an amazing setting for what should be a great game between Mexico and England.
The Azteca Stadium, you know what? Right now, it has hosted 23 World Cup matches in all the history. There's not a stadium right now in the history of football that has hosted so many matches. 23.
What did Thomas Tuchel say about England's performance?
And on Sunday, it's going to be the 24th. So right now, you have a story over there. And if you have Pelé, Brazil in Mexico 70, and Argentina with Maradona, and the hand of God, and the goal against the English, and everything around, you have Mexico 86, that it was a great World Cup. So right now Azteca Stadium is a cathedral. Azteca Stadium is like the Paris Opera, is La Escala de Milan, is Wembley, is like Chiaki Stadium or Fenway Park. And we can continue looking for some metaphors, right? Azteca Stadium is really roaring. And I think right now, it's going to be very interesting, the narrative and the storytelling. The English squad coming back 40 years later after the hand of God and after Maradona's superb goal, coming back to that stadium.
It's going to be great. I mean, that stadium is full of spirits for the English, full of the ghosts, full of stories.
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