There are away wins and then there are away wins. England beating Mexico at the Azteca sits very comfortably in the second category, the kind of result that makes you stop scrolling and actually pay attention to international football for five minutes.
The Azteca is one of those grounds that carries genuine weight. It has hosted World Cup finals, witnessed Diego Maradona at his most brilliantly infuriating, and swallowed up plenty of visiting teams without much ceremony. So when England go there and actually get the job done, it is worth sitting back and appreciating what just happened.
The question BBC Sport have been poking at is a fair one though. Where exactly does this rank? England have had some genuinely impressive away results over the years. The 5-1 in Munich back in 2001 is still the one most people reach for first, and rightly so. Beating Germany on their own patch by that scoreline, with Michael Owen running riot, felt almost illegal at the time. That one is very hard to knock off the top spot.
There have been other good ones tucked away in the history books too. Wins in Brazil, decent results in big European ties, moments where England have turned up abroad and genuinely looked like a team worth fearing. They do not come around all that often, which is precisely why this Mexico result feels so good.
The honest take is that the Azteca win belongs in the conversation but probably sits just behind Munich in the pecking order, at least for now. Context matters with these things. A friendly or a mid-tier tournament warm-up carries less juice than a competitive fixture where everything is on the line. Once the full picture of this result is clear, it might climb higher in the rankings.
What England fans can say with confidence is that their team showed genuine quality on a famous stage, in front of a hostile crowd, and delivered. That does not happen by accident and it should not be taken for granted.
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