A thunderous triumph at the Azteca offers respite from strife on Mexico City’s streets | World Cup 2026
By: Pablo Iglesias Maurer at Mexico City Stadium | Published: 2026-06-12 01:23:37 | Source: www.theguardian.com
The walk to Estadio Ciudad de México – most fans know it as the Azteca – on Thursday did a pretty good job of laying out the two sides of Mexico as the World Cup kicked off.
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Flanked by volunteers and channeled towards the stadium by steel barriers, the lucky few to have scored a ticket to the tournament’s opener between Mexico and South Africa chanted, waved the country’s tricolor flag…
