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England forward Gary Lineker later recalled that playing in those temperatures was "absolute murder". He noted that during his famous hat-trick match against Poland in Monterrey, he genuinely believed he was going to keel over and die from the extreme heat stress.

Posted By: SCC 28 on June 6th 2026 at 21:34:02

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In the Mexico World Cup in 1986, no player died or got heatstroke (NCFC) - Razor, Jun 6, 21:30:59
- Well (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jun 6, 21:34:02
  - Not sure anyone takes Gary seriously (n/m) (NCFC) - shoddy, Jun 6, 21:50:27
    - He’s worse than George Floyd (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jun 6, 21:56:58
      - Do you think? (NCFC) - shoddy, Jun 6, 22:15:47
        
        Of course he is (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jun 6, 22:31:18
    - Why’s that? (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Jun 6, 21:53:06
      - Too woke. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Jun 6, 21:55:36
        
        Thought so (NCFC) - jamesward, Jun 6, 22:05:10
  - And he shit himself (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Jun 6, 21:43:23
  - Yeah but he didn’t, and I’m sure it was hotter than 32c (n/m) (NCFC) - Razor, Jun 6, 21:35:28

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