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England volition adjacent look Mexico astatine 01:00 BST connected Monday, 6 July with the crippled unrecorded connected BBC TV, vigor and online
ByDaniel Austin
BBC Sport Senior Journalist
England are done to the past 16 of the World Cup aft overcoming a scare to bushed DR Congo successful their archetypal knockout fixture.
The Three Lions were rescued by their skipper Harry Kane, who scored doubly successful the past 15 minutes to unafraid a 2-1 triumph aft Thomas Tuchel's broadside had gone a extremity down.
It means England are 1 measurement person to reaching their 3rd large tourney last of the decade.
Who volition England play successful the past 16?
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Mexico bash not boast excessively galore standout individuals, but they demonstrated a resolute enactment ethic and beardown self-belief successful the group, scoring 8 goals and conceding none
Sunday, 6 July - 01:00 BST (live connected BBC TV, vigor and online)
England look a pugnacious trial successful the past 16 arsenic they person the daunting task of going to Mexico to play the tourney co-hosts astatine the Azteca Stadium.
Mexico's competitory grounds astatine the iconic venue is 70 wins from 89 games, with 17 draws and lone 2 defeats. They are besides unbeaten successful 10 World Cup games there.
They person been successful fantabulous signifier astatine this World Cup, too, with the tourney co-hosts having won each 4 games, scored 8 goals and conceded none.
Mexico are ranked ninth successful the satellite and person not mislaid a competitory fixture since a 2-0 decision by Honduras successful the archetypal limb of the Concacaf Nations League quarter-final successful November 2024 - a tally of 13 unbeaten matches.
They produced a high-energy and aggravated archetypal fractional against Ecuador successful their last-32 match, establishing a two-goal pb aft conscionable fractional an hr against a broadside that had not conceded much than 1 extremity successful immoderate lucifer successful much than 2 years.
The Azteca sits much than 7,000 feet supra oversea level, with that benignant of altitude perchance causing shortness of breath, accrued bosom complaint and fatigue for players who are not utilized to it.
What astir imaginable quarter-final opponents?
Saturday, 11 July - 22:00 BST
Five-time winners Brazil are successful England's conception of the gully and are imaginable quarter-final opponents.
Vinicius Jr and Co topped Group C - knocking retired Scotland successful the process - but were unconvincing connected the 1 juncture they were genuinely tested, drafting 1-1 with Morocco successful their opening fixture.
They needed an injury-time winner from Gabriel Martinelli to bushed Japan 2-1 successful the past 32, having earlier fallen behind.
And Norway, who finished 2nd down France successful Group I, person impressed successful their archetypal World Cup quality since 1998.
With Manchester City's Erling Haaland up front, they would airs a important threat.
He scored the precocious victor arsenic Norway overcame Ivory Coast 2-1 connected Tuesday successful Dallas, taking him to 5 goals successful 3 games successful his archetypal World Cup and 60 from 53 appearances for his state overall.
If England scope this stage, they volition beryllium playing successful Miami.
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Vinicius Jr scored 4 goals and assisted different successful the radical stage
Wednesday, 15 July - 20:00 BST
We're getting a just spot up now, but if England were to marque it this far, they could look the defending champions.
Perhaps the favourites to scope this signifier would beryllium Argentina, who won each 3 of their radical games arsenic Lionel Messi continued to present connected the biggest signifier of each successful the period helium turned 39, scoring 5 goals truthful far.
Their archetypal knockout necktie is against astonishment bundle Cape Verde, earlier a last-16 lucifer against the victor of Australia and Egypt.
Also successful this conception of the gully are Colombia, who would look Argentina successful the quarter-final if some nations triumph their archetypal 2 knockout fixtures. They topped their group, up of Portugal, having won 2 of their 3 matches.
Other possibly little apt imaginable opponents successful the last 4 see Switzerland, Algeria and Ghana, who are each successful the aforesaid broadside of the gully arsenic England.
Reaching the semi-final would mean a instrumentality for England to Atlanta, wherever they bushed DR Congo successful their last-32 match.
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Lionel Messi is present the apical scorer successful World Cup history, having surpassed the erstwhile grounds acceptable by erstwhile Germany guardant Miroslav Klose by scoring successful Argentina's triumph implicit Austria
Let america dream... what astir the final?
Sunday, 19 July - 20:00 BST
All 16 teams successful the different fractional of the gully are imaginable World Cup last opponents for England.
The strongest sides who England could not perchance look earlier the last see 2018 winners and 2022 runners-up France, 2010 victors Spain and 2022 semi-finalists Morocco.
France and Morocco could conscionable each different successful the quarter-finals, with the winners past astir apt to look Spain successful the past four.
Spain volition play Portugal successful the past 16 if some triumph their archetypal knockout ties - Spain instrumentality connected Austria, portion Portugal are up against Croatia.
Also successful the other fractional of the gully are Paraguay, Canada, USA, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium and Senegal.
The last volition beryllium held successful New Jersey successful beforehand of 82,500 fans.
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