r/PublicFreakout • u/Mix_Easy • Jul 05 '26
⚽️🏀🏈Sports Freakout⚾️🎾🥊 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.
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u/licecrispies snap crackle & pop Jul 05 '26
If it's a decent hotel, they probably didn't hear a thing. I stayed in a hotel while there were thousands of people partying right out front with fireworks and mobile DJs. I slept right through it and didn't find out until I saw the mess they left in the morning.
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u/SanibelMan Jul 05 '26
I wonder if they should have booked the NH Collection T2 Airport hotel instead? Most airport hotels are built with soundproof windows, since the guests expect to be able to sleep through planes landing and taking off.
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u/Nandor1262 Jul 05 '26
The BBC reported they all had loop ear plugs and white noise machines in their rooms.
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u/zebra1923 Jul 05 '26
Very hotel specific. I stayed in a ‘luxury’ hotel this weekend and there was lots of noise from local bars and passing trains.
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u/Arkaines-Valor Jul 05 '26
I've stayed in plenty of 5-star hotels and no matter how nice it is, I've always heard noise from outside and from dickheads who feel the need to shout to each other when walking down the corridor.
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u/jayman213 Jul 05 '26
How do we know its the right hotel
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u/Informal_Process2238 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
Bland food was delivered
Lol sorry guys didn’t mean to hit a nerve
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u/SternSternButFair Jul 05 '26
Getting downvoted by people eating tuna on a baked potato
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u/matthewdonut Jul 05 '26
the fact this got downvoted to oblivion shows how sensitive people are these days lmao
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u/IAmSpartacustard Jul 05 '26
I downvoted it because it's such a lame overused and unfunny stereotype. Get a new joke
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u/ChanceSociety311 Jul 05 '26
Literally been around since the 1800's I swear. Joke is almost as old as the country making it
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u/RugbyValkyrie Jul 05 '26
On the contrary, English food was great in the 1800's. It was Victorian times when English food became a bit shit generally. But the classics, when done well, are still fantastic.
Edit and no baked beans anywhere.
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u/ChanceSociety311 Jul 06 '26
On the contrary it was not. Before canning and refrigeration food standards were worse. Don't be a moron about it I beg.
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u/SpearBadger Jul 05 '26
Wouldn't winning because the other team is sleep deprived be sort of hollow?
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u/nzerinto Jul 05 '26
You would think so. Unfortunately there are a lot of people with a “win at all costs” mentality.
A couple of days before the 1995 rugby World Cup final between South Africa and New Zealand (played in South Africa), out of the 35 person touring party, 27 of the New Zealanders got food poisoning.
Obviously it could’ve simply been a case of poor food prep, but it could’ve equally been sabotage.
South Africa went on to win.
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u/Dependent_One6034 Jul 05 '26
And people wonder why teams bring their own food abroad with them.
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u/nzerinto Jul 05 '26
These days, absolutely. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of teams (regardless of sport) adopted a lot of changes as a result of hearing about that case. In those days it was a bit trickier - it was barely a professional sport (at least in NZ). The bank teller at my local bank was one of the players, for example.....lol
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u/AndoMacster Jul 06 '26
Wow I didn't know this, it wasn't part of the "Invictus" movie
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u/nzerinto Jul 06 '26
I think it was mentioned in the movie, but it was very much a "in passing" comment between characters. I get it - it would've ruined the storyline of the movie, but yeah.....
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u/Lenrivk Jul 05 '26
For that one, it was also deemed a necessary victory by the political leaders of South Africa to avoid a civil war so it wasn't just fanatism
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u/freudian_nipple_slip Jul 05 '26
Argentina supposedly spiked a Brazilian player's water bottle with a tranquilizer at the 1990 World Cup.
Teams and fans can go to extreme lengths https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jan/21/newsstory.sport5
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u/Tyranicross Jul 05 '26
Not really, the unabashed nationalism is the main appeal of the world cup not the football. If anything the fans would enjoy it more because it would've felt like they helped.
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u/EviLSpartan369 Jul 05 '26
Why isn't this illegal already? This is low key cheating for your team.
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u/crazycroat16 Jul 05 '26
I'm sure what they're doing is illegal already, but what are laws if they aren't enforced? Mexican police probably told people where the team was actually staying
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u/ljfrench Jul 05 '26
Yeah I feel like people may not understand Mexico. I used to work for a company that regularly sent technicians to Mexico. Someone would break into their hotel room and steal all of the equipment, we would report it to the police, and the police would magically recover all of the lost equipment, but require a $300 payment to get it back.
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u/crazycroat16 Jul 05 '26
Lmao, love anybody who downvotes this as if this isn't a common occurrence
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u/Fluid-Significance-1 Jul 05 '26
it was enforced, there were only 30 people there and they were sent away from the hotel after a short amount of time
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u/EviLSpartan369 Jul 05 '26
If they can't implement laws, then at least FIFA should step in and take action against the team or take away points if the fans behave such way.
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u/doomladen Jul 05 '26
BRB, just going to buy a Mexico shirt and shoot fireworks at my own England team so that my opponents get points deducted.
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u/Tyranicross Jul 05 '26
A team isn't responsible for their fans
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u/DataM1ner Jul 05 '26
Yeah they are FIFA, UEFA etc have rules for fan behavoiur. They have the power to order the game behind closed doors, ban fans of a certain team from attending, issue fines, deselect/ban a stadium from hosting, or forfiet the game if fans misbehave.
Hell they can even ban all teams from a country for multiple years because of the actions of fans from 1 team.
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u/UnRayoDeSol Jul 05 '26
Penalise the team fans will stop.
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u/WerdaVisla Jul 06 '26
Penalize the team, the other team's fans will start pretending to be their fans doing it to get them penalized. Football fans have neither shame nor a sense of honor.
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u/No_Dentist3999 Jul 05 '26
They are in the NCAA. Also, look up Sam Wyche saying, "You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati!"
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u/Wilfy50 Jul 05 '26
So the Mexican team should be punished. This behaviour is ridiculous. If the country can’t ensure a fair match then they get disqualified.
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u/crazycroat16 Jul 05 '26
So what if I dress in Mexican uniform and pull the hotel fire alarm... Should Mexico be punished?
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u/Wilfy50 Jul 05 '26
Hardly the same is it. If you’ve got a band playing and fireworks going off, in full public view, that let’s face it everybody knew was going to happen, yeah they should be punished. Organised cheating.
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u/animalant Jul 05 '26
As an English football fan I can honestly say this incredibly normal. It happens all over Europe including the premier league.
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u/iNfAMOUS70702 Jul 06 '26
I’m sure the England players will take this over the alleged cartel’s threatening the families of the teams instead
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u/Bookups Jul 05 '26
It’s hilarious to think that Mexico is a country of laws. It is a borderline failed state.
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u/cyamin Jul 05 '26
They can easily make room sound proof, and noise cancellation headphones to get a good sleep. Those Mexicans just need a reason to party all night.
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u/Godlylemonpie Jul 05 '26
Not really, it's been done for a long time and teams prepare for this with noise canceling items.
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u/Worker_AndParasite Jul 05 '26
I mean it's not really cheating but even if it were, why would that be illegal? The government should make cheating in a game illegal? Lmao it's not their job to police something like that.
Like, you could argue that it's creating a public disturbance or something and yeah sure that's a fair thing to argue the legality of.
But it's not illegal to cheat in a game lol. Enforcing that would be up to the governing body of the sport, not to the actual government.
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u/clashrendar Jul 05 '26
If you cheat to win, you are automatically a loser, regardless of the outcome.
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u/clashrendar Jul 05 '26
It's a game. I appreciate when a person, team, or fan is a good sport, plays with honor, and either wins gracefully or loses gracefully.
Winning at all costs is a mental illness.
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u/Natural-Minute3941 Jul 05 '26
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I want Mexico to win like but….
https://giphy.com/gifs/fdS0J5U160E2wZLwku
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u/PlayWhatYouWant Jul 05 '26
I simply cannot say the phrase 'not like this' without quoting the Matrix. It's physically impossible.
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u/LordDeckem Jul 05 '26
My AirPods are noise canceling, I’m sure millionaire soccer players can afford even better ones.
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u/Fluid-Bet6223 Jul 05 '26
I knew nothing about the Mexican team before this World Cup but I find myself rooting against them during to these poor sport behaviours by their fans
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u/Canadian_mk11 💡 have they tried a sharpie? 🌀 Jul 05 '26
First time? You haven't seen enough CONCACAF, clearly. They aren't even playing on a rain-soaked dog park or a pitch surrounded by snowbanks.
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u/No_Dentist3999 Jul 05 '26
Throwing batteries and bags of piss at the US Men's Team, as well as reporters
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u/JoshCanJump Jul 05 '26
Pretty shitty behaviour to be honest. If that’s what you have to resort to so your team will win then they don’t deserve to win.
Also if that’s acceptable behaviour for you, then you might be a shitty person.
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u/R_Hunt Jul 05 '26
It's definitely not a last resort, it's a bonus lol
At least in American sports, the type of people who do similar things, will also tell you their team is invincible
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u/WrightAnythingHere Jul 05 '26
I expected this kind of petty shit from high schoolers, not grown ass adults.
Also, I'm fairly certain most hotels have adequate soundproofing and blackout shades on their windows these days, so who knows if this affected anybody?
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u/Usagi-Trix Jul 05 '26
I thought they were MexiCANS, not MexiCUNTS.
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u/Hunky-Hyuga Jul 05 '26
All soccer fans are cunts. Throwing bananas at soccer players. Throwing drinks and trash at other fans or players taking a corner kick. Their "supporters" fighting other fans in the streets. Love the game but the people are insufferable.
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u/St_Muerte Jul 05 '26
I wouldn't had any problem, growing up I slept through loud ass DJ music and bandas at fiestas xD
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u/Deliriousious Jul 05 '26
Noise cancelling headphones exist… plus those windows probably insulate a lot of, if not all, the sound.
Chances are, they’re all sleeping peacefully, if they really are there to begin with.
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u/Human-Translator5666 Jul 05 '26
That’s really poor sportsmanship. Do other countries do this also? I have never heard of this.
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u/Steven2597 Jul 05 '26
This stuff should be punishable by FIFA. I can only hope we knock them out and we can laugh at them for their poor behaviour.
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u/CooperAXE Jul 05 '26
England fans did the same to the Italian team in the Euros.
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u/doihavetousethis Jul 05 '26
Part of the game!
I don't mind this at all. Alls fair in love and war!
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u/Salvydooor Jul 05 '26
Soccer fans have been doing this for ages not just the world cup, Euro teams too during the premier league, champions League etc..
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u/Curious_Strike_5379 Jul 06 '26
South American Countries have ways and means but you'll never beat the hand of God from Diego bless him.
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u/dialguy86 Jul 06 '26
Noise cancelling headphones exist. I doubt this bothered the intended audience.
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u/ExtraReward0 Jul 05 '26
I mean I’m sure they can afford noise canceling headphones and are sleeping soundly
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u/Departure2808 Jul 05 '26
Easy way to prevent this from ever happening again. You ban that those fans team from competing the next year. The "fans" will soon learn to not be such cunts.
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u/dirtyshits Jul 05 '26
But what’s to stop people like pretending to be fans of a different team to get them suspended?
There’s no solution to this except people being civilized.
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u/GeezusLizard Jul 05 '26
Guys Mexican fans are clearly giving them nightly lullabies to help them rest
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u/TazzyUK Jul 05 '26
Let the team with the most skill, goals, best play etc win, not because of childish stupid antics like this.
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u/iNfAMOUS70702 Jul 06 '26
A solid pair of noise cancelling headphones would block all this racket no problem lmao
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u/OhTeeSee Jul 06 '26
Most quality hotels have good sound proofing. Think about all the airport hotels. If you could actually hear the noise, no one would ever get any sleep when staying at those locations (I travel often, I’ve never had a noise issue with any of these).
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u/esmithedm Jul 08 '26
wow, out of three host nations only Canada got out without embarrassing themselves.
Really Classy Mexico.... /s
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u/Puzzleheaded_Heat502 Jul 05 '26
The Brazilians did this to the English team in the 1970 World Cup. It’s nothing new. South American cheating.
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u/Canadian_mk11 💡 have they tried a sharpie? 🌀 Jul 05 '26
TIL Mexico is in "South America"
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u/Mashi95 Jul 05 '26
It's a thing around the globe, but it's a constant in America. The thing is, it's despicable either way and there's no point in saying who did it first or before. Because with that reasoning, another group will do the same shit, and justify themselves because someone's else did it.
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u/PepePutas69 Jul 05 '26
mexico is absolutely pathetic, not even a single good new from them in the whole tournameny
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u/seamasam 😬Let me tell you of the Twarens🙍♀️ Jul 06 '26
When you know your team can't win fair, so you send your fans to pull stunts like these.
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u/Future_Sundae7843 Jul 05 '26
when they did this to ecuador, it was only to them cause of the embassy. whats the excuse here? damn the mexican fanbase are awful.
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u/Dippity_Dont Jul 05 '26
That's pretty shitty behavior. I guess they don't think their team can win if they don't cheat. Actually sounds like republicans.
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u/-KoDDeX- Jul 05 '26
Mexican police doing their thing; doing nothing, being corrupt and showing their country to be the embarrassment it has always been.
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u/MarcusZXR Jul 05 '26
It's not enough that they're playing at the top of a mountain but now they're shooting pyrotechnics at the players!1!!!
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u/Mackinnon29E Jul 05 '26
Are Mexicans so stupid they don't realize blinds and ear plugs exist? Lmfao
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u/martinbru Jul 05 '26
Welcome to Latin America. This happens always in every country.
Home advantage we call it.
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u/Substain44 Jul 06 '26
Now Mexico is out and the supporters can go home and do other stuff. LOL!! Behaving like idiots backfired and their team lost the match. I like Mexico and mexicans, but trying to sabotage for the other team is such a BS move.
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u/Alarming-Geologist23 Jul 05 '26
You can book as many hotels as you want but as soon as a Mexican porter sees Harry Kane and the gang walking in he’s going to text his mates