Mexican fans keep Ecuador’s team awake before World Cup showdown

Mexican fans gathered outside Ecuador's team hotel with loudspeakers, horns, and motorcycles to keep players awake before their World Cup match. According to Al Jazeera, the unconventional pre-game strategy deployed noise as psychological warfare—a tactic as old as sports rivalry itself, though whether it will actually work remains far from certain.

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