There is, of course, something else, something deeper. It touches the soul of every England supporter; a scar that will never heal.
Tuchel and his players will not only be taking on the full force of a nation. They will feel the chills of a ghost.
If the Azteca is all things to all Mexicans and many things to plenty of others, it means just one to England fans.
The Hand of God.
England versus Argentina in the quarter-final of the 1986 World Cup. The images are grainy and there are the little details, too, which somehow endure.
Such as the spider-shaped shadow from a structure high up in the Azteca that was fixed around the centre circle throughout the game.
Diego Maradona's goal to put Argentina 2-0 up and set them fair for victory was arguably the greatest of all time.
But it was when he leapt shortly before that with his hand above his head that he assured himself of infamy.
Tuchel was 12 years old at the time, watching from home in Germany. He did not feel it like an England fan and yet he felt it.
"It was not only English people," says Thomas Tuchel, Manager. "Even me.
I didn't have a connection to English football in those days but even I know this moment. I remember, of course, the World Cup of Maradona.
The two goals against England. The one dribbling and the one … yeah, which would never stand these days."
