BBC sport explores the history and cultural power of the Azteca, one of the great cathedrals of world football, as England prepare to face Mexico there in the last 16 of the World Cup.

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In one of the most attractive matchups in recent years, England go to the Azteca to face Mexico, who have not lost there in 10 World Cup games all-time

Exercising at altitude is literally not for the faint-hearted. England come into Sunday’s last-16 clash against Mexico with the same amount of acclimatisation as I did when I decided to attempt to run around the iconic Azteca Stadium – none.

The Three Lions return to the site of their most haunting defeat, this time to face an opponent, Mexico, that rarely loses at its home stadium

EXCLUSIVE: England fan Peter Robinson who inside the Azteca when we last played forty years ago and got lift back to his hotel in the back of a police pick-up has shared his incredible memories

On Sunday afternoon, as England and Mexico meet in a World Cup showdown at the Azteca Stadium, the fault line between two football cultures will