This is the kind of stuff that only happens at a World Cup. England's camp allegedly went full decoy mode ahead of their match with Mexico, booking over a dozen hotels across the city just to keep supporters guessing about where the actual squad was sleeping. Classic misdirection play. Except Mexico fans apparently don't care about your decoys, your smoke screens, or your 15 fake bookings — they found the real spot anyway.
Fireworks going off on the sidewalk outside the hotel as fans gather and film late into the night.
Once the location leaked, it turned into a full-on siege. Fans reportedly blasted noise outside the building all night, giving England's players zero chance at a quiet pregame sleep. Whether that's gamesmanship, tradition, or just pure chaos for chaos's sake, it's the kind of psychological warfare that doesn't show up on a stat sheet but absolutely lives in a locker room's head.
An aerial look at the crowd swarming a nearby pedestrian bridge as flares light up the night sky.
The bridge scene only adds to it — flares streaking through the air, smoke drifting over a crowd that clearly wasn't there for a peaceful stroll. It's the kind of visual that makes a regular hotel stay look like a movie set. Hiding from Mexico fans at a World Cup was never going to be easy, and England just found that out the hard way.