KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI ¨C England will travel to Mexico for Sunday¡¯s World Cup last-16 match knowing it faces a huge altitude problem but is powerless to do much about it as it prepares to enter the lion¡¯s den.
Thomas Tuchel¡¯s men fly south from their Kansas City base on Friday, bracing for the challenge of playing at the iconic Estadio Azteca, the fortress-like home of the co-host.
The pitch in Mexico City sits 2,240 meters?above sea level. At that altitude, air is thinner, meaning each breath delivers less oxygen to the body and the ball travels faster and farther.
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