Wore a heart monitor to watch England. Bellingham's second goal nearly broke it

Wore a heart monitor to watch England highlights how an England-Mexico match triggered unusually high readings during a tense run of knockout pressure. The story, written as a personal test, describes the author being wired to medical equipment in the name of “science” by colleagues after a previous match caused visible stress when Harry Kane scored the winner. Before kick-off, the monitor showed 75 bpm at 12:45am and 83 bpm when the match was delayed at 1:00am. As events unfolded, the reading reached 89 bpm at the national anthem, climbed to 95 bpm after Declan Rice’s early booking at 2 minutes, and hit 125 bpm when Jude Bellingham scored for England at 36 minutes. At 38 minutes, after a second goal, the heart rate rose to 148 bpm, underscoring the intensity of the contest.