Alistair (Ali) Bruce-Ball
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first heard Jul 2026
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Looking back on it now and not necessarily the specifics of the match, what stayed with you most of all about that experience?
well i've been very fortunate here and i know this because i've had two visits to mexico city one for the opening match and one for mexico england and they are right up there in my experiences of doing this job both matches and the whole mexico thing and i think also having gone then after the opening match into america and experienced some of the
the stadiums and the cities there and the matches as well, which I've really enjoyed.
But going back to Mexico, as I said, first time round,
it just felt like you know here we are we've got net went back now where this world cup actually lives where the real life is and where the spirit and the heart of this tournament is and uh it was everything that i hoped it would be that match in the aztec stadium and actually the hour that we had the delay for an hour i think heightened the anticipation and made it even better and i think as well just being conscious because i can't remember doing too many
commentary, certainly not an England match, where you are aware that it's the middle of the night back home.
And I was constantly aware of where are people listening to this?
The chances are many of them, because it's the radio, are actually listening in bed.
And whether people had intended maybe thinking, well, I'll go and I'll drop off.
And I kept saying, I cannot believe that anyone's dropping off to this because the noise and the drama was just so great.
What was the biggest difference going back to the Azteca for the second time?
Because the first opportunity we saw, you were quite giddy when you first saw it and you could see that, that...
that childhood sort of like excitement, but obviously now with England a second time and there was a lot of talk about how the altitude, but going back to the actual stadium itself as a commentator, what was the biggest difference the second time around?
You know, the biggest difference was when we were there for the first match, the opening match,
We were only in the upper part of the stadium.
So we were near our commentary box and the upper concourse.
We were on the ground level outside the stadium.
But because it was England, we were in a position where we were able to go in at ground level.
So we were able to walk inside the ground next to the England dugouts.
I was in the tunnel there.
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