Excitement and chaos: Mexico set, but not quite ready, for first World Cup in 40 years

Plus ça change; this is a World Cup light years removed from the edition staged in Mexico 40 years ago but Javier Aguirre and Hugo Broos are again set to slug it out in the hosts’ opening fixture.
Back in the 1986 tournament, which featured 24 teams and was staged exclusively in Mexico, midfielder Aguirre’s home team beat Broos’ Belgium 2-1 in front of 110,000 fans inside the cavernous Azteca Stadium.
Now in charge of South Africa and plotting overdue revenge Friday 3am Hong Kong time against...