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This is the exact kind of England game that makes everyone nervous before it even starts.

Mexico at the Azteca, home crowd going insane, altitude, weird weather talk, and a team that still hasn’t conceded. That is not a normal last-16 away day.

England have the players to win it, obviously. Kane dragged them out of trouble against DR Congo, Bellingham gives them chaos in a good way, and Tuchel will probably want a much calmer start.

But if England begin this like they did last game, Mexico are not going to wait around politely. The first 20 minutes could get horrible fast.

Mexico finally broke their knockout curse. Now they get England in their own house. That is a ridiculous script.

Although Paraguay beat Germany and the team always gives European teams a hard time, France's attackers are just too luxurious, including Mbappé, Dembélé, and Olise. I guess France can score in the first half

2014 - out in the group stage

2018 - lost in the Round of 16 to Russia

2022 - lost in the Round of 16 to Morocco

This is probably the least loud game of the day, which is exactly why it could get messy. Switzerland are doing the usual Switzerland thing: solid, experienced, kind of hard to kill without ever being the team everyone talks about. Algeria are the opposite. They lost badly to Argentina, beat Jordan, then played that insane 3-3 with Austria and somehow came out still alive. The fun bit is Petkovic. He used to coach Switzerland, half these players know him, he knows them, and everyone is pretending that doesn’t matter. Maybe it doesn’t. Still funny. Algeria concede too much, but they also don’t look scared to attack. Switzerland probably should edge it. But if this goes 1-1 after an hour, the whole mood changes fast.

Everyone has hot takes after a match. The hard part is saying it before the chaos starts.

That’s why I kind of like this Romano challenge in r/HisenseFootballZone. It makes people put their World Cup predictions down before the tournament narrative changes every 90 minutes.

Who lifts the trophy? Who becomes the breakout star? Which big team crashes early? Which player turns one good tournament into a transfer story?

I want to see the comments now and then come back later when everyone starts pretending they knew it all along.

Drop your call under the official challenge post:

I personally believe keepers can win you knockout games norway’s keeper has done a brilliant job today saved a free kick in last moment. Bonu was brilliant for morroco and the paraguay keeper asw. What do u think?

I'm not convinced they'll be able to contain Germany for 90 minutes. Germany have enough quality in midfield to control possession, and if they score first, I can see the game opening up quickly

What also stands out to me is Germany's depth in attack. Even if Paraguay stay compact early on, Germany have enough options to keep changing the point of attack rather than relying on one player to create something out of nothing. That's the kind of pressure that usually wears teams down over the course of a match.

Unless Paraguay produce a near-perfect defensive performance, I wouldn't be surprised if this ends up being one of Germany's more comfortable wins of the tournament

on my oponion, spain is the team who can beat anyone in th world cup, i think spain is the favourates, aftert spain there is france and argentia, what is your prediction?