Published Jul 6, 2026, 2:00 PM ET · Updated 4 months ago · 1 source
‘Everyone’s pumped up’: John Stones on the mentality helping England chase World Cup dream
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J ohn Stones had to know the question was coming. With Mexico vanquished after one of the great England nights, the focus had turned in part to the quarter-final against Norway in Miami on Saturday and some bloke up front with a ponytail. Stones knows Erling Haaland, having spent the past four seasons with him at Manchester City, but this was not a time for him to engage on the nitty-gritty of how to stop him. At one point, as Stones spoke at the Azteca Stadium after England’s epic 3-2 win on Su