It will go down in history as an instant World Cup classic.
England’s 3-2 victory over Mexico was an epic for the ages. To get there, they overcame not only Estadio Azteca’s famous altitude, a delayed kick-off and the roar of 80,000 Mexicans – but they had to do it for 40 plus minutes with 10 men after Jarell Quansah’s red card.
With Mexico striking back through a Raul Jimenez penalty, Thomas Tuchel insisted afterwards referee Alireza Faghani was “just not good enough” and even questioned the nationality of the VAR officials in Mexico City.
“Just not good enough, the referees are just not good enough, the fourth officials are just not good enough, that’s the bottom line,” Tuchel said in his post-match BBC interview.
“Did I see that right that three people at the VAR from South America, in a match like this?
