Mixed emotions as England face Mexico

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Mexican shot fans successful England person spoken astir their mixed emotions up of the 2 countries facing each different successful the World Cup.

Carlos Riestra-Castro, from Lewes successful East Sussex, was supporting his location nation, but said the crippled had "split the household a bit" arsenic his 2 English-born sons were rooting for the Three Lions.

Rafael Onate, from Guildford successful Surrey, said helium had a "mix of emotions" arsenic "my bosom is wholly 50/50, but I'm going to enactment Mexico."

Mexico are playing England successful Mexico City astatine 19:00 BST connected Sunday successful the circular of 16, aft the crippled was moved guardant owed to thunderstorm forecasts.

Riestra-Castro, who is from Guadalajara, says "anything tin hap successful the [Estadio] Azteca", but predicts a Mexico triumph connected penalties.

"I consciousness truthful honoured and arrogant erstwhile some teams play and win, and I instrumentality the defeats arsenic well, some of them are heavy," helium added.

"So I spot the affirmative broadside that whoever wins it's a win-win situation."

He said Mexico were "inspired" and had "nothing to lose".

But added that some sides needed "a infinitesimal of magic that tin alteration the beingness of a nation".

A pistillate with tied-up achromatic hairsbreadth smiling astatine the camera. She is wearing a greenish Mexico shot shirt.

Onate, who is primitively from Mexico City, says helium is "a small spot nervous, a small spot confused, but the feeling is inactive determination for some countries".

"It's a small spot of a weird feeling, but we request to enactment Mexico. Sorry!"

Onate, who predicted a 3-2 triumph for the co-host nation, was readying to ticker the crippled astatine his edifice alongside different Mexico fans.

"It's much breathtaking due to the fact that you cognize everyone is against you," helium said.

The restaurateur, who has lived successful the UK for 27 years, said his half-Mexican half-Ecuadorian English-born girl was besides readying to enactment Mexico.

"It's a substance of feelings but the humor is from South America and America, truthful we indispensable enactment our guys," helium said.

Despite this, helium said helium would enactment England "300%" if they were to progress.

A antheral with abbreviated acheronian hairsbreadth and stubble. He is taking a selfie successful beforehand of a road.

Rodrigo De La Barrera, who lived successful England for 7 years and was coincidentally backmost successful the state for the game, said helium was readying to ticker the lucifer with family.

He explained that helium supported England "in immoderate different game".

The Guadalajara nonmigratory said: "At the extremity of the time it's conscionable a crippled and we're going to person amusive nary substance who wins, it's going to beryllium fine.

"I'm conscionable going to enjoy. It's a peculiar juncture to conscionable travel unneurotic again."

Catalina Gomez, who lives successful Eastbourne, is hoping for a 2-0 triumph for her location nation.

"I volition beryllium blessed if my state wins but astatine the aforesaid clip it's good if not, I volition besides beryllium blessed if it's England due to the fact that I unrecorded present and present this is my home," she said.

The victor of the lucifer connected Monday volition look either Brazil oregon Norway successful the quarter-finals connected Saturday.

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