Mexican Fans Storm Ecuador Hotel With Drums, Chants Ahead Of FIFA World Cup Clash

Published 30 June 2026 · sports

Mexican Fans Storm Ecuador Hotel With Drums, Chants Ahead Of FIFA World Cup Clash Published By, Last Updated: June 30, 2026, 15:29 IST Mexico fans

Mexican Fans Storm Ecuador Hotel With Drums, Chants Ahead Of FIFA World Cup Clash Published By, Last Updated: June 30, 2026, 15:29 IST Mexico fans disrupt Ecuador team hotel before Round of 32 clash, raising tension ahead of a key FIFA World Cup game in the capital. Rapid Read Mexico fans gather beneath Ecuador's team hotel (Picture credit: Screengrab from X) A huge group of Mexican fans swarmed the Ecuador team hotel with drums and chants around 20 hours before the two teams’ Round of 32 clash at the FIFA World Cup, ensuring that the visitors didn’t get enough rest. The crowd gathered after midnight, creating a relentless din with drums, air horns, loudspeakers and chants in an apparent attempt to keep the Ecuador footballers awake on the eve of one of their biggest games of the tournament.

Videos shared on X showed a large crowd gathered outside the Ecuador team’s hotel, with supporters singing, beating drums and blaring car horns throughout the night. Watch the video here ¡No los quieren dejar dormir! Sonando las bocinas de sus autos y hasta el motor de una motocicleta, aficionados mexicanos hacen escándalo afuera del hotel de concentración de Ecuador.📹 Abimael Chimal pic.twitter.com/tbSBRv9k2O — REFORMA (@Reforma) June 30, 2026 Mexico have the added advantage of knowing that a win against Ecuador would keep them in the capital, where they would face the winner of the Round of 32 clash between England and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Javier Aguirre’s team won all three of their group-stage games without conceding a goal and head into the contest on a si match winning streak.

Their last loss came in their final game of 2025. Since then, Mexico have won nine games and drawn two, conceding just twice during that run. El Tri will now be hoping to equal or go past their best-ever FIFA World Cup performances, having reached the quarterfinals as hosts in 1970 and 1986. Mexico are the first country to host the FIFA World Cup thrice. Aguirre could also be tempted to hand 17-year-old Gilberto Mora another start after he became the youngest Mexican to start a FIFA World Cup game against Czechia. News18 Newsletter Handpicked stories, in your inbox A newsletter with the best of our journalism submit First Published: June 30, 2026, 15:17 IST News sports football Mexican Fans Storm Ecuador Hotel With Drums, Chants Ahead Of FIFA World Cup Clash Disclaimer: Comments reflect users’ views, not News18’s.