For several hours on Friday, no-one seemed to know when England’s World Cup last-16 match against co-hosts Mexico would kick off. BBC Sport tells how a story of confusion and anger – culminating in a Fifa U-turn – unfolded.
Five and a half hours that left England’s World Cup tie in chaos
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