London to Lisbon and back every game: England rack up the World Cup miles

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M uch was made of the challenge England faced by playing Mexico at altitude in the Estadio Azteca. The greater concern might be the enormous cumulative distance the team have travelled at the World Cup. It is far greater than that of any of their rivals. The FA chose to base England in Kansas City, even though the team were not scheduled to play any of their matches there. They reasoned that a central location would limit the length of flights that the players had to take for any of their fixtur