Tough Go: England’s Jordan Henderson got hospitalized celebrating a game he didn’t play in

Jordan Henderson is in a Mexico City hospital right now, and not because of anything that happened during England’s 3-2 win over Mexico on Sunday night. He didn’t play a single minute of it.

No, Jordan Henderson got hurt during the celebration.

England beat Mexico at the Azteca in a legitimately insane game. Jude Bellingham scored twice in 98 seconds. Harry Kane buried a penalty. They played most of the second half with 10 men after Jarell Quansah got sent off, then held on for dear life for a half hour. Historic win. First time Mexico ever lost a World Cup game at the Azteca.

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Then the whole squad ran over to the England fans to do their little “Wonderwall” singalong, because of course they did, and Jordan Henderson tried to hop the advertising board to get closer to the party.

He slipped. He landed on his wrist. He left the stadium on a stretcher.

Today is gonna be the day, indeed.

Jordan Henderson stayed behind while the team flew home

🚨The moment Jordan Henderson broke his arm during Englands Celebrations pic.twitter.com/64wSNZVipe

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Thomas Tuchel called it a “quite serious” injury after the match, and the details somehow keep getting sadder. Jordan Henderson isn’t flying back with the team. He’s staying in Mexico City overnight with one England staffer while everyone else heads back to their training base in Kansas City, presumably still singing.

This is a 36-year-old man. This is the first England men’s player to ever appear in four World Cups. A genuinely decorated career. And his entire tournament so far is a six-minute cameo against Panama, a yellow card from the bench against Mexico, and now a hospital bed because he lost a fight with a piece of sponsored plywood.

He got a yellow card in a game he didn’t play in. Then he got hospitalized celebrating it.

That’s a full World Cup, somehow.

The advertising board remains undefeated

I need everyone to appreciate the physics of this. Grown professional athletes hop those boards after every match on the planet. It is the single most routine celebration movement in soccer. Henderson put his hand down, the hand said no, and now England’s quarterfinal against Norway on Saturday will happen without him.

Reece James is already out with a hamstring. Quansah is suspended for the red card. And now Henderson is likely done because of a post-match obstacle course.

England is finding new and creative ways to lose players at a tournament where they’re actually playing well. That’s the most English thing imaginable.

Get well soon, Jordan. Next time, walk around the board. It’s right there. There’s a gap and everything.