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England Team Receives Good Luck Video from Downing Street Staff
Downing Street staff and the prime minister posted a video on Sunday showing a football bouncing through Number 10 before being kicked in the garden. The clip was sent ahead of England’s World Cup last-16 match against Mexico at the Azteca Stadium.
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A video posted Sunday by the prime minister shows a football traveling through Number 10 before landing in the garden, where it is trapped and kicked toward the camera. The footage was released as a good-luck message to the England team ahead of its World Cup last-16 match against Mexico.
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The clip begins with the ball striking the building’s front door, rolls past Larry the cat in a corridor, and ends outdoors. Staff members are shown kicking the ball along the route inside the residence.
England faces Mexico at the Azteca Stadium, where the Mexican side has not lost in 13 years. The encounter is part of the 2026 World Cup last-16 stage.
“Sir Keir Starmer and the Downing Street staff kicked a ball around Number 10 in a good luck video message to England ahead of their World Cup last-16 tie against Mexico.”
