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Long-form storytelling from inside Mexican football culture.

Feathers, Gold and 83,000 Witnesses: An Opening Ceremony Only Mexico Could Stage

Concheros dancers in quetzal plumage, golden spheres floating above the pitch and green-and-red smoke crowning the rim of the rebuilt Azteca — the World Cup's first act belonged to the hosts.

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Road to the Azteca: Inside El Tri's Final 72 Hours Before the World Cup Opener

A home World Cup arrives once in a generation. We go inside the camp at the CAR as Mexico fine-tunes the press, the set pieces, and the nerves before the opener at a rebuilt Estadio Banorte.