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00:13opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, making Estadio Azteca the first stadium to ever host
00:20three World Cup openers. Temporarily rebranded as Mexico City Stadium for the World Cup,
00:26the venue will host five matches during the tournament, including the opening game between
00:30Mexico and South Africa. This stadium has witnessed some of football's greatest moments.
00:36Pele lifted the World Cup here in 1970. Mauricio Rocha Echebide was in the stands at Estadio
00:42Azteca in 1986, when Diego Maradona produced one of the most memorable performances in World Cup
00:48history against England. When Maradona made these two beautiful goals, the goal was going on all the
00:56fields, dribbling the people to have the goal, and then the other one that is more important,
01:01that is the goal of the hand of God. I can tell you that we were in the city, we
01:06never see the hand.
01:07I mean, he was very smart. For Mexican football fan Pablo Anguiano, the memories are more
01:12recent. He traveled to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup and witnessed Argentina's victory firsthand.
01:20It was amazing because I really enjoyed the city and you can say that you have the most exciting
01:28final in the World Cup against Argentina and France. And now after Qatar 2022, the World Cup is heading back
01:37to Mexico City. Last Saturday, thousands of football fans gathered in the capital to perform a massive
01:44human wave, hoping to set a new Guinness World Record. Outside the stadium, the countdown to 2026
01:51is already taking shape.
01:53Well, it's incredible because, as they say, the ball came back to home. The environment,
01:57as you can see, is already impressive. So I feel that at the inauguration, like the good
02:02Mexicans, it's going to be more euphoric, all of this.
02:05Yes, I'm very, very excited. Again, three World Cup and being ancillors, right now. It's a lot of
02:12fun. As the 39-day tournament kicks off across the United States, Canada and Mexico, millions of fans
02:19are expected to travel between the three host nations. Adel Helene, Euronews, Mexico City.
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