England fans book Mexico flights despite needing to beat DR Congo to get there

England fans have gambled on booking flights and hotels for a potential World Cup tie in Mexico City despite England still needing to beat the Democratic Republic of Congo to get there.

England are due to play the African nation in their round of 32 clash in Atlanta on Wednesday, with many supporters confident of England’s chances.

A win at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium would send England into a last-16 tie on Sunday against co-hosts Mexico at the Estadio Azteca, one of world football’s most famous venues.

Mexico beat Ecuador 2-0 on Tuesday to book their place in the last 32.

One fan said the team “don’t really deserve to be here” if they do not win the match against the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ryan Woods, 33, from Portsmouth, said: “We should go through.

“It’s a tough game, but if we can’t win tomorrow we don’t really deserve to be here, do we.

“But it will be a hard game – we’ve struggled when we’ve had to break teams down but we should be all right hopefully. On to Mexico.”

Woods said securing top spot in the group against Panama had caused him more anxiety because it determined whether England would play in Atlanta or Toronto.

“We’ve got our flights booked to Mexico, but they’re refundable anyway which is good,” he said.

“It was more the flights here – we were a bit nervy at half time in New York.

“I was frantically looking at prices to Toronto and whatnot, but it worked out so it’s all good.”

He continued: “The plan is, assuming we get there, is to go up to the quarters and then we’ll just get priced out of carrying on.

“I’ll be paying it off over a couple of years I think.

“I’m just about to go to my house and spend loads of money on that as well.

“It’s not been too bad but the semi and the final was just too