Javier Aguirre’s final World Cup rescue: Mexico’s firefighter battles old tactical ghosts

Javier Aguirre has spent a lifetime being Mexican football’s ultimate firefighter, hired mid-cycle to save the national team from one crisis after another. Aguirre, 67, managed El Tri at the 2002 and 2010 World Cups, and he returns for the home tournament co-hosted with the U.S. and Canada. In 2001, he replaced Enrique Meza after a devastating loss to Honduras threatened Mexico’s qualification.