00:00Mexico! Mexico! La, la, la!
00:05Behind me is one of football's most iconic stadiums and very soon it will once again be at the center
00:10of sporting history.
00:12Mexico City is set to host the opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, making Estadio Esteca the first
00:19stadium to ever host three World Cup openers.
00:23Temporarily rebranded as Mexico City Stadium for the World Cup, the venue will host five matches during the tournament,
00:29including the opening game between Mexico and South Africa.
00:32This stadium has witnessed some of football's greatest moments.
00:36Pele lifted the World Cup here in 1970.
00:39Mauricio Rocha Eterbide was in the stands at Estadio Esteca in 1986,
00:44when Diego Maradona produced one of the most memorable performances in World Cup history against England.
00:50When Maradona made these two beautiful goals, the goal was going on all the fields,
00:56dribbling the people to have the goal.
00:59And then the other one that is more important, that is the goal of the hand of God.
01:03I can tell you that we were in the city, we never see the hand.
01:07I mean, he was very smart.
01:08For Mexican football fan Pablo Anguiano, the memories are more recent.
01:13He traveled to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup and witnessed Argentina's victory firsthand.
01:19It was amazing because I really enjoyed the city.
01:24And you can say that you have the most exciting final in the World Cup against Argentina and France.
01:33And now, after Qatar 2022, the World Cup is heading back to Mexico City.
01:39Last Saturday, thousands of football fans gathered in the capital to perform a massive human wave,
01:45hoping to set a new Guinness World Record.
01:47Outside the stadium, the countdown to 2026 is already taking shape.
01:53Well, it's incredible because, as they say, the ball came back to home.
01:57The environment, as you can see, is already impressive.
01:59So I feel like at the inauguration, like the good Mexicans, it's going to be more euphoric.
02:05Yes, I'm very, very excited.
02:06Again, three World Cup again.
02:09And being ancillors right now, it's a lot of emotion, a lot of emotion.
02:14As the 39-day tournament kicks off across the United States, Canada, and Mexico,
02:18millions of fans are expected to travel between the three host nations.
02:22Adel Halim, Euronews, Mexico City.
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