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England’s World Cup crippled against Mexico connected Sunday could beryllium moved to noon section clip (7pm BST), according to section media reports.
The information of 16 crippled astatine nan Estadio Azteca was scheduled to commencement astatine 6pm section clip (1am BST) but that could now alteration because of a consequence of thunderstorms.
The Football Association is scrambling for clarity connected nan situation, nan news of which collapsed conscionable arsenic Thomas Tuchel and his players vanished their training convention successful Kansas City astatine astir 1pm [Central US time].
The FA is stunned that nan move is nether information truthful adjacent to crippled day, partially for nan imaginable effect connected travelling England fans, immoderate of whom person made plans to onshore successful Mexico City connected Sunday morning.
England are scheduled to alert from Kansas City to Mexico City connected Friday day truthful they tin fulfill a Fifa petition to train astatine a “venue-specific site” connected nan time earlier nan crippled – successful different words connected Saturday.
Mexico’s round of 32 lucifer against Ecuador earlier this week was delayed owed to rainfall while France’s group crippled against Iraq successful Philadelphia was interrupted for 2 hours because of thunderstorms.
Soccer’s world governing assemblage Fifa, when reached by Reuters, did not corroborate nor deny that nan kick-off time had been changed.
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