England survive Azteca thriller to set up last eight showdown with Norway
France, July 6 -- England head coach Thomas Tuchel said in the prelude to the match that the England players had to forget about an England team's last visit to the venue.
Then, Diego Maradona used wiliness and wizardry to undo England during Argentina's 2-1 win in the last eight of the 1986 World Cup.
One goal - using his hand to push the ball past the England goalkeeper into the net - fooled the officials.
The second goal was genius. Maradona waltzed through half a dozen of England's finest footballers to score what was later anointed the Goal of the Century.
Forty years on and against the run of play, Jude Bellingham opened the scoring for England in the 36th minute with a header past the Mexico goalkeeper Raul Rangel.
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