# 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament

The Ciudad de México Cup Tournament was a minor international football competition, which took place in the summer of 1985 in Mexico City.
Host nation Mexico, England and Italy participated in the tournament, with Italy winning. All matches took place at the Estadio Azteca, home of Mexico City-based clubs América, Cruz Azul and Necaxa. The three-nation mini-tournament was arranged as a preparatory exercise for Mexico, who would host the World Cup tournament the following year.
The final game of this tournament also served as the first game of the 1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament.

## Results
### Mexico vs Italy

| Mexico | Italy |
Pablo Larios :
| DF | 18 | Rafael Amador | 46' |
| DF | 5 | Francisco Chávez |
| DF | 14 | Félix Cruz |
| DF | 4 | Armando Manzo |
| MF | 13 | Javier Aguirre | 86' |
| MF | 10 | Tomás Boy (c) | 75' |
| MF | 7 | Miguel España |
| MF | 16 | Carlos Muñoz |
| MF | 22 | Manuel Negrete |
| FW | 15 | Luis Flores | 46' |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF/FW | 11 | Javier Hernández | 46' |
| DF | 17 | Raúl Servín | 46' |
| MF | 8 | Alejandro Domínguez | 75' |
| MF | 6 | Carlos de los Cobos | 86' |
| Manager: |||
| Bora Milutinović |||
| GK | 1 | Ivano Bordon | 46' |
| DF | 4 | Giuseppe Baresi |
| DF | 2 | Giuseppe Bergomi |
| DF | 3 | Fulvio Collovati (c) |
| DF | 5 | Ubaldo Righetti | 68' |
| DF | 6 | Roberto Tricella |
| MF | 8 | Salvatore Bagni |
| MF | 10 | Antonio di Gennaro | 79' |
| FW | 11 | Alessandro Altobelli | 78' |
| FW | 7 | Bruno Conti | 64' |
| FW | 9 | Bruno Giordano | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 12 | Giovanni Galli | 46' |
| FW | 16 | Giuseppe Galderisi | 46' |
| MF | 14 | Pietro Fanna | 64' |
| DF | 18 | Antonio Cabrini | 68' |
| MF | 13 | Giuseppe Dossena | 78' |
| MF | 19 | Marco Tardelli | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Enzo Bearzot ||

### Italy vs England

| Italy | England |
46' :
| DF | 4 | Giuseppe Baresi |
| DF | 2 | Giuseppe Bergomi |
| DF | 5 | Fulvio Collovati (c) | 46' |
| DF | 6 | Roberto Tricella |
| DF | 3 | Pietro Vierchowod |
| MF | 8 | Salvatore Bagni |
| MF | 10 | Antonio di Gennaro |
| FW | 11 | Alessandro Altobelli |
| FW | 7 | Bruno Conti | 46' |
| FW | 9 | Giuseppe Galderisi | 84' |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 17 | Pietro Fanna | 46' |
| DF | 13 | Antonio Cabrini | 46' |
| GK | 12 | Franco Tancredi | 46' |
| MF | 15 | Marco Tardelli | 84' |
| Manager: |||
| Enzo Bearzot |||
| GK | 1 | Peter Shilton |
| DF | 6 | Terry Butcher |
| DF | 3 | Kenny Sansom |
| DF | 2 | Gary Stevens | 63' |
| DF | 5 | Mark Wright |
| MF | 7 | Bryan Robson (c) |
| MF | 4 | Trevor Steven |
| MF | 11 | Chris Waddle | 69' |
| MF | 8 | Ray Wilkins |
| FW | 10 | Trevor Francis | 78' |
| FW | 9 | Mark Hateley |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 14 | Glenn Hoddle | 63' |
| FW | 15 | John Barnes | 69' |
| FW | 16 | Gary Lineker | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Bobby Robson ||

### Mexico vs England

Note: This match also counted as the first match of the 1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament.
| Mexico | England |
Pablo Larios :
| DF | 2 | Mario Trejo |
| DF | 14 | Félix Cruz |
| DF | 3 | Fernando Quirarte |
| DF | 18 | Rafael Amador |
| MF | 16 | Carlos Muñoz |
| MF | 7 | Miguel España | 85' |
| MF | 22 | Manuel Negrete |
| MF | 10 | Tomás Boy (c) | 60' |
| MF | 13 | Javier Aguirre |
| FW | 15 | Luis Flores | 58' |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 19 | Carlos Hermosillo | 58' |
| FW | 8 | Alejandro Domínguez | 60' |
| FW | 6 | Carlos de los Cobos | 85' |
| Manager: |||
| Bora Milutinović |||
| GK | 1 | Gary Bailey |
| DF | 2 | Viv Anderson |
| DF | 3 | Kenny Sansom |
| DF | 5 | Terry Fenwick |
| DF | 6 | David Watson |
| MF | 4 | Glenn Hoddle | 80' |
| MF | 7 | Bryan Robson (c) |
| MF | 8 | Ray Wilkins | 70' |
| FW | 15 | John Barnes | 70' |
| FW | 10 | Trevor Francis |
| FW | 9 | Mark Hateley |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 18 | Chris Waddle | 70' |
| MF | 16 | Peter Reid | 70' |
| FW | 19 | Kerry Dixon | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Bobby Robson ||

## Table

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 2 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 3 | England | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
Despite having the same number of points and the same goal difference as Mexico, Italy won the tournament as they had scored one more goal.

## Winners

* 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament winners
* Italy First title

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 6 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.
1 goal
* Alessandro Altobelli
* Antonio Di Gennaro
* Salvatore Bagni
* Mark Hateley
* Javier Aguirre
* Luis Flores