Mexico 1986: One more match

Some invitations you accept before checking the date.

You know the host.

You know how good their last party was.

Mexico had that going for it.

Sixteen years after Pelé and Brazil, football was coming back for another World Cup.

Same country, same Azteca.

Quite a reputation to live up to.

And look who was coming.

Platini. Zico and Sócrates. Hugo Sánchez playing at home.

Diego Maradona, with something (some would say a lot) still to prove.

Go on, join the party.

Whatever else you were going to do can wait a little,

this is a big one you dont want to sit out.

You arrive with your crew, feel confident,