The game against Mexico started at 2 a.m. in Britain. Pubs were allowed to stay open unusually late for fans to share the drama together.
“This is their stronghold,” a television announcer intoned as the camera swept around the teeming stands of the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, some 7,350 feet above sea level.
It was just after 2 a.m. in England, and in the Clissold Park Tavern in No... [872 chars]