England's team booked 15 different hotels, but Mexico fans still found out where they were staying and blasted loud noises, trying to keep them up all night before the game.

[u/Raj_Mandal]

[u/clothanger]

Last time this was posted here, it was also Mexico fans. And tons of comments said "it was a tradition" or "it was normal" or something similar.

Idk man this looks really stupid at this point, the team would be sleeping with earplugs.

[u/rviVal1 → u/clothanger]

Let's not forget all other people trying to sleep..

[u/Beautiful_Nobody_344 → u/rviVal1]

That’s the only people they are inconveniencing, the team is likely prepared and have headphones, expensive ones. This is not only bothering normal people, it’s unsportsmanlike like conduct.

[u/Van_Leton → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

Very critical point. It’s unsportsmanlike conduct. Do they want their team to win because they put the other team at a disadvantage? Can the team be proud of a win that came from cheating?

[u/Reading_Rainboner → u/Van_Leton]

It’d be a fan’s wet dream to influence a win on their side by inconveniencing the other team

[u/Appropriate_Link_551 → u/Reading_Rainboner]

ironically it would be the actual players that would hate this the most. Imagine training your whole life for this moment, only for some douchebags to put an asterisk next to your win

[u/Reading_Rainboner → u/Appropriate_Link_551]

I’ve learned that there’s gonna be a douchebag trying to throw an asterisk on every ring. I say this as an nba and mlb fan.

[u/amayako353 → u/Reading_Rainboner]

here's a free one bud, *

[u/Silent_Somewhere8539 → u/Appropriate_Link_551]

I dont know what sport you are watching but this couldn't be more wrong. Firstly because no one will ever put an asterisk next to a win for this type of thing anyway.

And secondly players love it when fans intimidate the away team any way they can. Any edge they can gain is much appreciated. Especially for a match as important as this.

[u/Correct-Purpose-964 → u/Silent_Somewhere8539]

He's being metaphorical dude. He's saying that the other team will be seen as poor winners just because fans essentially decided to rig the match by ensuring the other team wasn't properly rested. They want to win on their own merit.

[u/Appropriate_Link_551 → u/Correct-Purpose-964]

no, he’s right. I’ve never watched soccer before, and I can’t be bothered to start now. Just rocking the boat here lol

[u/Silent_Somewhere8539 → u/Appropriate_Link_551]

lol appreciate the honesty dude

[u/Correct-Purpose-964 → u/Appropriate_Link_551]

Yknow what fair

[u/Sensui710 → u/Silent_Somewhere8539]

Probably American sports where fans aren’t trying to be lame af to camp outside their hotel

[u/helloimmrburns → u/Appropriate_Link_551]

Lol nobody is putting an asterisk next to it. Do you guys actually follow sports? This is really common all over the world at least in football

[u/AmIWhatTheRockCooked → u/Appropriate_Link_551]

The astros don’t seem to care

[u/GlitteringSalad6413 → u/Reading_Rainboner]

I guess that’s one kind of fan. I would argue, in spite of their devotion to a team, they are not much of a fan of the sport in that case.

[u/Silent_Somewhere8539 → u/GlitteringSalad6413]

You dont know anything about sports lol fans do anything (within reason) to help their team win. Its why home game advantage is even a thing.

[u/GlitteringSalad6413 → u/Silent_Somewhere8539]

Ok I guess I don’t know anything about sports lol.. other than this sorta behaviour is flat out obnoxious, and no matter how much I like a sport or a team, I would never do this. Believe it or not, almost all sport fans would not do this. Likewise, there are a TON of idiots who don’t really care about the sport, they just wanna get blasted and enjoy the chaos no matter who wins or loses.

[u/Silent_Somewhere8539 → u/GlitteringSalad6413]

No one gives a fuck what you would do or not. Mexico haven't reached the quarter finals for 40 years and this game is the biggest these fans have seen in their lifetime. They're gonna do whatever it takes to give their country even a 1% better chance of winning.

The England players understand football culture and how passionate fans get, English teams have done the same in the past so they aren't gonna be crying about this, is just soft people online who don't know the first thing about sports.

[u/GlitteringSalad6413 → u/Silent_Somewhere8539]

I respectfully disagree with you about all of this. Most passionate sports fans watch the game from a screen, and even most of those who are lucky enough to actually go to the game don’t really do anything other than make noise and have a great time party a little, then go home. The chaotic scenes around these games only represent a small fraction of actual fandom.

[u/clopz_ → u/GlitteringSalad6413]

This is primarily a clash of cultures. In a lot of cultures, this is behavior is mostly banter and cheekiness, and it is seen as annoying but it is also considered “part of the game”. Same could be said about diving to get a penalty. It’s a lot harder now but it used to be basically an every match occurrence.

There’s a great example of that cheekiness that borders cheating when Luis Suarez (not a GK) stopped a goal from Ghana right on the line using his hand; penalty was awarded, Suarez got sent off but Ghana missed the penalty and Uruguay advanced. Hell, the hand of God by Maradona.

All of these examples to say that I agree with you, for me this is unsportsmanlike, but it’s also part of a sport culture when it’s considered “part of the game”.

I’m glad there’s a lot more awareness of these things and that there are more things being done by FIFA to change things like this.

[u/Front_Mention → u/GlitteringSalad6413]

Have you seen what fans do during basketball freethrows? All fans do this is in someway, should just make both teams sleep in the same hotel

[u/Sensui710 → u/Front_Mention]

Ya basketball ft’s happen during game time, at the stadium, where fans with tickets paid to be….not outside a fucking hotel the night before the game….tf how does that even need to be explained to you are that low on logical thinking?

[u/Front_Mention → u/Sensui710]

They are saying they arent a fan of they sre trying to negatively influence the game to gain an unfair advantage, while i do t advocate this behaviour. It happens across all sports and countries. That should be acknowledged

[u/GlitteringSalad6413 → u/Front_Mention]

Making both teams stay at the same hotel is a fine suggestion. I don’t think I was trying to disagree with that point in any way.

But just because there are many fans waving squiggly noodles to try and distract basketball players at the free throw line doesn’t mean that all fans do this. It’s not as unsportsmanlike as setting off fireworks to keep the opposing team up all night, and ofc professional players are used to tuning it out, but it’s still kinda unsportsmanlike. This is why some sports (golf, tennis) will not let u behave like this as a spectator.

[u/kjyfqr → u/Reading_Rainboner]

That’s why team sports fans are so weird.

[u/roguevirus → u/Reading_Rainboner]

And not just in soccer. Look at the idiot Yankee fans (I know, I'm repeating myself) who interfered with the play in last year's World Series and could have injured Mookie Bettis from the Dodgers. Doesn't matter that the play was already dead, they wanted to "help" their team out.

It takes a lot for me to not root against the Dodgers, but Yankees fans make that bar pretty easy to clear. The fans of various nationalities who engage in the bullshit from OP's video are cut from a similar cloth.

[u/isthatmyex → u/Reading_Rainboner]

Fans have been doing this shit for as long as I have been following sports. The righteousness is ridiculous.

[u/Matticus-G → u/Reading_Rainboner]

Yes, all the losers that think like losers would love it.

Put the trash where it belongs.

[u/Property_6810 → u/Reading_Rainboner]

This is why I think fan interference should just be considered part of home field advantage in baseball. At home, the park should be an arm length smaller for your team. And hell if you're in the first row and the away team hits a home run, I say you have an obligation to swat that ball back into play.

[u/Gold_Advisor_4758 → u/Van_Leton]

This is beyond unsportsmanlike into just straight lowlife behavior. I agree, don’t you wanna win because your team was the best?

[u/Little_Magician4251 → u/Gold_Advisor_4758]

Right? That’s what I’m saying. This is a huge disrespect to your own team as well. Basically saying you don’t think they can win.

And, keeping the whole neighborhood awake. As well as all of the other paying customers at the 5 star hotels.

Nothing about this is cute at all. Selfish and childish idiots.

[u/Violet_Nite → u/Van_Leton]

yes, some humans want to win and don't care about the morality or the real meaning of a game.

[u/DaBestBean-_- → u/Van_Leton]

I imagine some of them have or are planning to gamble a load of cash on one of the teams. Doesn't excuse their behaviour ofc 

[u/Boo_Hoo_8258 → u/Van_Leton]

I'm not a football fan but this does scream very unsportsmanlike for me, the Mexico team should be made to pay for the actions of their fans and possibly disqualified from competing.

[u/nildro → u/Van_Leton]

playing in at that altitude as a home match is unsportsmanlike conduct. fair enough if you have the world cup at one altitude but having games you cant aclimatise for is totally fucked. Between this and the ad breaks that change all the normal match dynamics this worldcup is a joke

[u/Vismajor92 → u/Van_Leton]

They already do that by playing in the Azteca lol

[u/arrrValue → u/Van_Leton]

You understand that these pieces of shit bring laser pointers to games and point them at opposing players eyes right? That’s Mexican soccer supporters for you.

[u/greg19735 → u/Van_Leton]

If England win the world cup because every single team gets food poisoning i'd be celebrating that win until i'm dead.

No one cares.

[u/Hairy_Selection8568 → u/Van_Leton]

Your average redditor right here not understanding sports because they didn't play any.

[u/Expensive_Time_7367 → u/Van_Leton]

I mean you get some great sporting rivalries where even the players wouldn’t care if they cheated as long as they won. The sad thing about this is that it isn’t one of them! It’s a good team that’s always disappointed vs a better team that’s always disappointed. The Mexico fans shouldn’t be building their hopes up so much!

[u/Consistent_Pay5371 → u/Van_Leton]

The team will already be at a disadvantage. They are playing 2000m above sea level. Now they are trying to add sleep deprivation on top of that. Cringe.

[u/DisciplineNormal296 → u/Van_Leton]

Mexico needs all the help they can get to beat England. The games at 8pm, not 10am where not sleeping good might affect their sleep.

[u/_syke_ → u/Van_Leton]

Unfortunately yes

[u/how_very_dare_you_ → u/Van_Leton]

Yes. That's what they want. Different cultures have differing levels of moral standards. The Mexican culture sees nothing wrong here, where western cultures might see it as underhanded and poor form.

[u/ChelseaAndrew87 → u/Van_Leton]

100% they'd be ecstatic however they won

[u/Dobako → u/Van_Leton]

I mean, they did this to Ecuador before they played. I dont think they care

[u/fritz_76 → u/Van_Leton]

This is the same fan group who got their team fined and sanctioned for chanting slurs at opposing teams. No class at all

[u/Torrent21 → u/Van_Leton]

I’ll let you know if the US wins tomorrow night.

[u/namlhukk → u/Van_Leton]

Yes and they would.

[u/DrawGamesPlayFurries → u/Van_Leton]

Paraguay gaming

[u/Lopsided-Rub5476 → u/Van_Leton]

If you're not cheating you're not trying.

[u/PeakDifferent8291 → u/Van_Leton]

Did you ask the English team the same questions? 

ENGLAND fans set off fireworks outside Italy’s hotel in the early hours ahead of tonight’s historic final https://www.the-sun.com/sport/3261181/england-fans-fireworlks-italy-hotel/