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William, who serves has served as the President of The Football Association<\/a> (FA) since 2006 and officially became the FA’s Patron in 2024 said on Instagram<\/a>: \u201cWell done England!\u201d He added: \u201cBring on the quarter final!\u201d with an England flag emoji. He signed the post \u201cW\u201d meaning that he posted the message himself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Just days ago, the Prince of Wales has hailed the World Cup as \u201cbrilliant\u201d and said a successful tournament for England would be \u201cwinning it\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n William spoke about his love of football on a podcast, co-hosted by Taylor Swift\u2019s new husband Travis Kelce, and during the good-natured chat joked about the King\u2019s interest in soccer with the quip \u201cmy father hates football\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In the pre-recorded chat, held a few days after England\u2019s first World Cup match against Croatia, William was asked by Travis\u2019 brother Jason Kelce, who co-hosts their New Heights podcast: \u201cWhat in your mind is a successful World Cup for England?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The future king replied \u201cI think winning it\u201d, and when quizzed if he would \u201ccross the pond\u201d if England made it all the way, he said: \u201cDefinitely. If we\u2019re in the final.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n England took a huge leap towards making it to the competition’s finale with a win for the ages, which was seen by many as one of the biggest tests the three lions were likely to face.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Co-hosts Mexico had only lost only two of their previous 89 competitive games at the Estadio Azteca, which lies more than 2,200 metres above sea level, prior to their defeat to England.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The drama began early when forecasted thunderstorms struck around the Azteca stadium on Sunday evening UK time, eventually causing the kick-off to be delayed by an hour to 2am over risk of lightning strikes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Outside the ground after the match, England fan Stuart Pearce, 62, described the matches as \u201cone of the best games ever\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He said: \u201cWhen the Mexicans came out the whole thing vibrated \u2013 it was a great atmosphere, all the Mexicans were really friendly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve not had one bit of trouble \u2013 the Mexicans are so friendly that one even bought us a train ticket today.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" William, who serves has served as the President of The Football Association (FA) since 2006 and officially became the FA’s Patron in 2024 said on Instagram: \u201cWell done England!\u201d He added: \u201cBring on the quarter final!\u201d with an England flag emoji. 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