Argentina v England | 1986 FIFA World Cup | Full Match

the aztec stadium flooded with color a vibrant atmosphere for this quarterfinal of the

world

cup between

argentina

and

england

more than a hundred thousand here to witness it with spain or belgium waiting for the winners in the argentine semifinal two changes from the side that beat uruguay one by one zero in his second round time Puebla one of those is in force with Oscar Gara suspended Julio Atlatica's chair enters from the left side the other player replaces Pedro Pascule who scored the winning goal in that

match

against the Uruguayans and Hector Enrique river plate midfielder arrives for his first start in the tournament diego maradona as always the man to watch peter shelton

england

's most camp goalkeeper makes his 86th appearance for his country the only change from the team that beat paraguay comes in the centre-half where terry fennick is available after suspension and returns in place of alvin martin at 29 peter reed is England's oldest outfield player steve hodge continues to provide the solution to England's problematic left-sided position as that gary lineker has scored five goals in his last two appearances The referee is the relatively inexperienced tunisian official Ali Bin Nasser this time next week here at the Azteca the

world

cup final will begin one of these two countries will be just one game away from one place in that final to the other the journey to glory ends today england with the white shirts defending the finish on our right side in the first half the back row receiving an early touch of the ball this is fennick and he has returned to the side now butcher hodge has been a revelation in that left hand side of midfield he is victim of the first poor challenge of the day i think you are taking it fast by reid promising first signs of attacking intent from england kenny sansom prepares to take this shot the referee had detected a violation is a free kick for

argentina

argentina Coming into this game undefeated in their last five games, they have had a couple of extra days to recover since beating Uruguay, England, against Paraguay, just four days, 48 ​​hours ago after Argentina played their

match

.

Jerry left him for the Atlantic. Enrique Model couldn't. to make a tackle but gary stevens puts his foot in for england this is batista until now what was the draw against italy chufa shot now batista much of Argentina's midfield game will be built through the bearded 23 year old samson changing the game from butcher stevens looking long peter Reed is emerging on the right side this time, he has a lot of ground in the early stages, he will have the responsibility to do so, pushing forward from midfield, I certainly hope Reed covers more ground and lodges in the heart of England's midfield next to him. the one who is playing on the right side of the three central halves for Argentina giving that license to push forward and wins the shot excellent movement by Maradona well handled by Samson Maradona again dispossessed very quickly this time by Reed key for England to push the body sport butcher hoddle who look hard hoping hodge was gaining ground to his left batista biting hodl's heels touched by stevens but england lost possession again chased him which is played in scorching temperatures it is around the mid 80s his The kick-offs in the early afternoon they certainly test the stamina of the players.

Reed some issues that he has been carrying with this ankle injury coming into this game. The worry for England will be that Brown's big challenge has just exacerbated the same injury. It's the right angle again. Right ankle again. he feels there is a fair challenge from brown england we will restart with a shot taken by samson with a clearly speculative effort let's see maradona read able to put his foot in the puddle now stevens there is clearly a lot of respect between these two sides with a fly half very cautious of this game in this industry without reward, conceiving the shot, but there is a search for lost causes, has been an integral part of England's campaign so far, able to emerge with possession, Argentina has come out very well, inevitably, Everything that revolves around Maradona is shown by Samson inside. and cynically brought down by fennick, who receives another yellow card warning within the first 10 minutes. a player who has just returned from a suspension his third yellow card of the tournament, ill-timed and reckless attack by fennec shelton calling for a four-man wall happy that he is in the right place maradona do you imagine that the favorite to take responsibility here is maradona and the quartet of English players did their job shelton under pressure from valdano happy to concede the corner corner of the game that will face the Argentinian left six forward to attack this with almost everyone behind, there is a disappointing delivery with a much better challenge this time and maradona still emerges with possession and towards valdano and the butcher he was treated with an admirably excellent delivery from maradona making valdano's chance very difficult.

He has scored three goals. in the tournament uh now because valdano the pair of forwards from real madrid against south korea and one against bulgaria had a fantastic season for real madrid scoring twice in the ua for the cup final between these 24 goals in all competitions this season they are ahead of stevens who have just been removed from the position opportunity to return enough bodies and stevens can clarify that it is the first meeting of these two teams it is a friendly back in 1980 that England won 3-1 the players involved that day alone Samsung and Maradona are playing again today Santa in fact gave a penalty in that game for a foul on Maradona it is the first time that the two nations meet in a competitive match since the quarterfinals in 1966 I will sneak out of pine now I can react well it was a good try an instinctive turn and a shot from peter beansley on the way out he found himself stranded in no man's land a small stumble had preceded that peterbearsley with the shot at the bend the prohibitively tight angle is the closest either side has come to score fennek stevens peter shelton, who today makes his 1,029th appearance for club and national team, stephen stevens has just defended bulucha in england when argentina had possession, more than happy to simply drop back and maintain form behind the buda ball enrique valdano very done by maradona there is always a buzz of expectation every time he is close to the ball valdano has a wonderful and understanding shot from kachufo, now samson born in england, who is too long for reed jagger maradona faces challenges with ease stevens and stephen bend over him England grateful to hear the Tunisian referee's whistle for a foul on Beardsley and Argentina can now advance by finding decent space around the edge of England's penalty area defenders instinctively gravitate towards Maradona she is creating space in another part butcher giving license to advance here for England is a goalkeeper comes to kick from above until fart justy maradona butch has defended it well, although at the expense of a corner, the most important thing is to ensure that there are no crosses.

Maradona takes responsibility for many of these set pieces, working to the edge of the penalty area, England a little slower at the start. but now the counterattack could be steven's back to hoddle easily handled in the back by brown maradona moving in front of him from valdano another world time challenge by the butcher allati gachaya batista maradona and simply breaking through he claimed that he had been fouled foul when the whistle blows, it's a bloody way for England for a foul on Hoddle, Travis Stephen, moving away from the lighting, but the lineker is offside. I think they just haven't been able to get the two forwards, but particularly Gary Linda into the game, so. first off of the game shown by the bulgarian referee on the near touchline of costa rica chufa samsungbearsley more forcing the error of a long clearance by kachufo brown hoddle now samson maradona again with the opportunity only to bring the ball calmly up through the gears only Valdano was ahead of him and made it easy for Samson to curl up guilty of exaggerating the final carnage there to calm things down and guide him back to Shilton.

Argentina has been defeated a couple of times in

1986

, losing to France and Norway in friendlies. very solid group campaign, although they had two wins and a draw in their three games, the results of south korea and bulgaria were sandwiched around a draw with italy, we have another free kick here that again Maradona will look to orchestrate, high sweep inside From the penalty area, England's defending crowd was knocked down by hand. by reed directly from burucha batista shirsty just a little slip up from trevor stephen meant he played the ball when he didn't intend to so he's trying to take it out of the game for a goal kick he ended up having to play it with the maradona kick Another nice turn , but not such a powerful center.

He is now the English goalkeeper with the most caps for England. He broke Gordon Banks' record of 73 appearances for his country last year. opportunity to take a quick free kick towards the line out quickly to dive at the feet of Beardsley, neither of these teams could really control the game so far, lots of misplaced passes and misplaced shots in a nervous time for Argentina , where Pepino's slip allowed it. Beardsley had a very difficult chance from a tight angle but Shield had no problems at the other end. England only won once in 15 games before this, they won 11 of those, they lost the first group game against Portugal, a lot of soul.

The search continued after that result and the performance slowly grew in the tournament, just as it continued after the suspicious start to that defeat and an unrivaled draw against Morocco Stevens with a long shot inside the penalty area, just what a toothed did your way forward. behind him and samson crossed from the left side to clear hit by reed enrique valdano good defense again by sansa perennial figure on the left side of England's defensive line these days he has started each of the last 31 international matches for his country browning very strongly stephen on stevens connecting well again the two players who form such a powerful access on the right side of everton's midfield four of stephen are from the line again still struggling to show a great degree of attacking intent chuffo for argentina now brown wonders about the british sounding name, by the way, of the welcoming louise brown, he is of scottish descent and only gets his chance due to daniel passarella's injury jerry was hunted there by reed for this time of year to number 16 zaladi kachaya and peter reed in direct confrontation looking for valdano brilliantly done by maradona passing behind for valdano shelton comes out that's a good goalkeeper I came a long way to find him peter shelton got off his line very quickly good anticipation reid his chance in the heart of england's midfield due to the absences both ray wilkins and brian robson wilkins remain suspended following his red card against morocco.

Robson's troublesome shoulder continues to see him sideline Batista, now the familiar side of the wave sweeping around the Aztec stadium making their own entertainment with neither side getting too many views of the opposing penalty. area at that moment he put a goal maradona again walking through the gears and hodge came back he ended up crashing into samsung i think it was steve hodge's challenge that the referee took offense to and england had to do something to try to stop maradona who he challenged there sansa just stood in the way maradona was already falling this is another presentable chance from a set piece the referee only indicates that maradona will not be able to play the ball until the whistle blows the shields have five on their wall this time here is maradona shooting the entire stretch with force relieved that they beat him and the post three goals in their nine previous world qualifiers diego maradona was sent off, of course, in the match against brazil when argentina was eliminated in 1982, now becoming a greater influence in the game, but ran into a brick from England Wall Hoddle Beardsley sold hogging that short bit, another chance for Argentina to introduce him here with Justine and then was fouled by Hodge, who started to get a little irritated, wins the corner of the wall, as always, the Argentine support shouts just asking a couple of photographers to move so he can get the right line of attack for this corner.

I need to put the corner flag back into the poll and the flag shouldn't have been removed in the first place. Mine is older. Happy now. Maradona's corner. well claimed by shilton this time on trevor stephen excellent long delivery from stevens and the threat immediately repelled by argentina and maradona is the beneficiary simply passing hodlin towards midfield look at the little handle here stevens can effect the block and thena cut goes offside for a corner despite shelton's best efforts steve hodgson is back that was where england will certainly miss wilkins or robson the way maradona passed through the heart of the midfield away from glenn hoddle argentina has a fourth corner here that should be taken by jorge buruchaga this is football in france without the shot in the last eight minutes of the first half million maradona winning the race to stay in and shilton again under pressure shows a pair of safe hands just committed uh I'm done to conduct an immediate investigation there with Gary Stevens not happy with the fact that the cross was allowed in first before it passed from Reed to Samson with only a minor stumble, no harm was done unless both parties have been finding the conditions underfoot a little difficult.

Beardsley still can't get Lineker into the game. He is never keen to chase who has been voted into the PFA England team of the year for the seventh consecutive season. He is the best left back in the country. quite devoid of attacking intent really happy just trying to contain Argentina had most of the possession happy to leave the ball to maradona they will be more than happy to allow the central halves to shoot from 30 yards true it was that high and wide The Shelton's goal coach just got called in here because, uh, not that Maradona has responded to the face.

Bobby Robson praised Maradona highly before the match and said that without him, Argentina would have no chance of winning the world cup. He just won. the injury there while running towards the edge of the penalty area just a small collision with both players with their eyes on the ball what a scoring record he has scored almost 150 goals in Argentina before turning 22 first player to break the world transfer record twice that his time at barcelona, ​​although

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of goals, was not necessarily considered a success now revered in the throat of naples sansom was helped by a slightly erratic bounce of the cursed ball initially thrown by enrique straight at the referee dad's avoidance asked to take it back wait for fennick what saga trying to improvise madonna in a wider position taking possession between them able to repel the threat and make England go on the counterattack is a strange touch for the line kick for argentina taken quickly by jerry justin goodbye brown looking for a free kick it was peter reed with the challenge samsung invited england again now reed in the last minute of the first half both sides but particularly england happy to play the long game waiting for something to happen more worried about chaining maradona and keeping the firm things defensively that for having a real opportunity themselves two quarterfinals that we have already seen have gone all the way to penalties. he cleverly launched it into space but the offside flag is up the first half comes to an end 45 minutes was largely devoid of a scoring opportunity a skirmish inside the Argentine penalty area after a trip by Pompido but beans what was able to take advantage in that shelton practically without problems at the other end and at half-time it is zero so ali bin nasser checks his watch we are back on track for the second half argentina zero england zero and it will be interesting to see if there is a change of touch with Regarding England, if they will be happy to simply continue putting bodies behind the ball to prevent Argentina from finding a way forward.

If they will decide at some point that they need to show a little more offensive effort. No changes were made at halftime. Batista's ball advances. and valdano wins the first free kick of the second half, well, it is very far away, a great distance, the ball is trapped, there is a goal kick that was given only to ask for clarification, the free kick was offside, In fact, it was short to slaughter England, who have kept a clean sheet on three occasions. The only consecutive goal they have conceded so far in the tournament has been to Carlos Manuel of Portugal, in fact, that is the only goal they have conceded in six and a half games if the pre-tournament friendlies are included, so the resolution defensive is something that has been at the top of the agenda for a while samson ball striker continuing his career stevens found himself in a difficult position for a moment but there to rescue him who praised batista damn taken quickly but a goal missing ante carnicero and the ball back to shelton which was better from England samson will come up to take the shot won by hodge here is hodge running towards the near post the ball went deeper than that stevens winning the second ball here for england brown with the header away maradona goes for it the loose ball breaks for valdano and argentina trying to get the bodies moving quickly here to expose england when they don't have their form behind the ball but you're doing well to stop valdano but a charger Elijah Maradona and Then again, with a tight, rigid formation behind the ball, as the Atlantic places it into Valdano's touch, that gives the birds a chance to win it back for England.

This butcher huddles, Chufo Maradona, again easily moving away from Hoddle in the heart of midfield, is hooked back. above and maradona scored the first goal for argentina england far from being happy i think they have seen an infraction still the protest continued terry fennick absolutely inflexible i think he saw a handball the goal allowed was hodge hooking it towards his own goalkeeper and that is why England is so furious when Maradona punched him with his left hand. Shelton came off his line a little slow. Maybe Maradona fooled the referees. Argentina's goal was first and you can understand why England are so furious that they were allowed the goal. stand up argentina won england zero goal embroiled in controversy so the ball could have hit a hand there the referee didn't flinch this time here's stevens back to hoddle now england's defense has been breached they immediately step forward peter shelton keeps saving to the delighted Argentine fans The team has been dominant and made a breakthrough, albeit in extremely controversial circumstances, so what will be England's response?

Sands Maradona Valdana Hoddle was fouled when he returned the ball to his goalkeeper. Well, the referee can only give what he sees, but one would imagine that the Bulgarian. the linesman on the far touchline would have had a good view of the goal allowed to be given away here by stevens argentina on the front foot again what goal maradona now england have to try to do what neither bulgaria nor uruguay have been able to do in the last two games and that has crossed this Argentine defensive line, the last goal they conceded against Italy in the second game of the tournament.

He has beaten the fennec it is Diego Maradona and it is magnificent if there was an element of doubt about the first goal there is no controversy about that moment of genius from Diego Maradona two goals in four minutes and Argentina leads England two to zero the goal of impressive quality walking through England's midfield drawing the defense around the goalkeeper one of the most memorable goals of the tournament in fact, possibly two of the most memorable goals of the tournament, but for completely different reasons carlos bella those men in comfortable control now soon all barely top 10 Minutes of the second half England have a mountain to climb Beardsley's torpedo is capable of getting in the way of the optimistic effort.

I think you could say that they were stung by the feeling of injustice of the first goal, but there are some who renounce their defensive responsibilities. As Maradona walked purpose

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y through midfield, I think this could be England's first corner of the game. Trevor Stephen will take it. Hoddle just wanted too much time on the ball. He really hasn't been able to give his best until now. Glenn Hoddle. It will be interesting to see exactly what a Tunisian referee could see from his vantage point when the ball went in for Maradona's first goal. Steve Hodge began to struggle on the left side of England's midfield and it did cross his mind. who had to play in the first goal with his failed back pass towards Peter Shelton Hodgsoo was in danger of going home and not making the team before the friendly against Canada, but he has certainly contributed very well against Poland after having been in the bank for the first time. two games, but at the moment he is struggling, they have some attacking intent on the bench, like Waddle and Barnes.

Two players who could step into wide positions if necessary must be thinking about Bobby Robson already, something has to change for England. With a greater emphasis on attack, Samsung now launches it inside the penalty area. peter came out nibbling at the near post he couldn't get the touch, it was blocked immediately behind him for a corner kick, a good move at the near post, cleanly taken for a torpedo. a challenge from paul de batista and receives a yellow card the first argentine player cautions sergio batista who just made his debut in november against mexico giving away a free kick which is in a potentially promising position here for england if hoddle can launch it forward with His normal precision, a lot of pace, needed a defensive touch that gave England a corner.

Luis Brown's player did not take any opportunity from the group towards the near post, he did not have the elevation that was needed. The second ball is better, but he denies it. Birdslip's first delivery, keeping many of Hoddles so far today was a small mistake, but Peter Beardsley attacked the second. Well, I've only managed a couple of goals for England so far. The butcher's ball fought giving Chaga Buddha. He saw Valdano in front of him, but he couldn't find him. England closing ranks was noticeable in the match against Paraguay. England gave a lot of space to the forward couple Romerito and Cabanas.

It hasn't been the case today for both uh mala donna and valdano judging by Some of the comments from the Argentinians at the press conference believed that it was something that could be taken advantage of today. Steven went up high to keep it maybe he wishes he hadn't bothered like he said, he just presented it to Elijah and it ended up on the deck at the hands of Stephen Well. It was the stage that frustrated Argentina four years ago when, as world champions, they lost to Italy and Brazil in the second group stage of the 1982 World Cup.

They are in a comfortable position here, leading the winners by two goals to zero, Let me remind you that We will face Spain or Belgium in the semi-final. The relentless volume of the Argentine support is the man who will be replaced by Chris Waddle, so an attacking change made by Bobby Robson Waddle, who scored 14 goals in his successful first season with Tottenham, is here. models of Beardsley, former Newcastle teammate, hooking him up, he did well, Beardsley turning and turning well, it's a decent delivery, excellent goalkeeper, Neri Pompido, veteran of the team from four years ago, although he was the third option and did not play in Spain, less than half an hour away. of a world cup semi-final thanks to that man maradona whose two goals have made the difference between the two teams has just received a flailing arm on the side of the head by the fennec it is not the first clash between them there was one at end of the first half in maradona's face then maradona off the field receiving treatment is for a chaga who will take responsibility for the set piece shelton stranded significant that only valdano was up there supporting burucha while he took that free kick to everyone further back For Argentina, what they have is they hold off Hoddle with a cross pass.

The first opportunity now for Waddle is Samsung Batista with a header collected by Hoddle Waddle. Now Stevens went to goal himself and then England took a free kick that Maradona allowed to return to the field to play Argentina. restored the full squad of 11 with the return of their talisman captain england failed to take advantage of the numerical advantage six on pompido's wall a good hit from hodl managed to get past the wall which was just in the right place sweeping the bottle corner again finding a an Argentinian player Paul formed it with Waddle it was an excellent delivery into a potentially dangerous area but there was no one there to attack it for England it was a clever cross with the outside of his left foot Butcher Stevens came out for the Atlantic chair basically fighting with kochiefo it will be an argentinian shot but only after pompedo has received some attention there is a hit on the arm held and saving that free kick will perhaps allow argentina to simply interrupt play get some fluid on board make some subtle modifications to the plan of play that are necessary during the time that Stevens and then Ruggieri remain.

The game is now largely concentrated within the Argentine half, but no scenario is the leader. It looks fragile. They are going to make a change, as Carlos Tapia can see. the player who will enter in a moment another corner from England that will be taken by hoddle that is the goal kick fennick comes to receive it along with shelton linekereasily beaten in the air by rajeri samson waddle samsung expected to clear inside the penalty area wine glenn hoddle returned to the top dealt with by brown england not afraid to use the emergency exit behind them peter shelton as you can see at the bottom from the picture there a second england change is imminent with john barnes set to come in for what will be In his World Cup debut, he replaces Trevor Stephen.

There has been much clamor for Barnes to have a bigger role within this England team this World Cup campaign, in his 28th cap he has rarely been able to replicate his formidable Watford form in England. shirt and has a chance now with 15 minutes or so left, it may well be the only 15 minutes he plays in this world cup campaign unless he can provide some real inspiration on the half hour mark of the second half Argentina with a strangled control over the game. at no point does their lead seem fragile before the free kick is taken they are going to make a change, he is going to leave and carlos tapia will come in to replace him a man who crossed the bocker river division in argentina last year went from one side of good airs to the other and the 23 year old will enter during the last quarter of an hour two bokeh players on the field now together with uh julio atlantica Costa Rican linesmanindicates an England throw marker indicates the size of their impending task they have a free kick here while waddle argentina committed a foul apparently not knowing how to defend this free kick tipped by hoddle towards the back post and butcher's raised head straight into pempido's hands he simply had to react quickly and in doing so was unable to generate the power or take the correct direction to beat the Argentine goalkeeper is a little getting together with the ball there involves butcher the play continues Samson plays and received a foul once The ball went by Héctor Enrique Maradona talking to the referee about the previous challenge on that same play when England brought it out from behind curled up with the free kick, very offside four from Butcher Barnes, the play England need to try and get into the game.

Here we have another increasingly fragmented free kick that won't faze England too much if they can create a catalog of set-piece opportunities around the edge of the penalty area. The reverse ball to Barnes was the intention and it didn't work. from hodl, much of what England have tried in an attacking context came from Samson with another long throw, Stevens Barnes, looking it towards Linuka, Argentina, repelling the threat again from Hodge Barnes, well, going towards Byland, he has done it well, it's the lineker and England are there. Back in the game, a rare goal attempt halves the deficit and creates a frantic first chance in the last 10 minutes England have had to put the ball at Barnes' feet.

Excellent running, precise delivery, the type of service that the lineker thrives on in his sixth goal. of the tournament now Maradona as Argentina sought to restore his two golden bands immediately hits the post almost on target at either end in the space of about 30 seconds now walks around England with his tail raised above the four too long to pop the offside flag is up malinika chased him pompido knew he could come and pick him up relatively comfortably but we saw the flag go up he decided to kick the ball just wasting a few more valuable seconds butcher ricardo justin former winner of the copper liberators with the shot at those england fans with just a small ray of hope again time very much against them justin shot they are losing possession cleanly in midfield but again nothing comes of it stevens paddle valdano was taking liberties justine butch with a late challenge here is argentina capable of taking the ball forward with real attacking intent and Valbano goes to the ground.

England's defense was for the first time exposed there to Valdano, who is told that any treatment he receives must be off the field of play, a message that is the prelude to a remarkable action. the recovery the argentine goal now makes the game safe cements his place in the semi-finals maradona with a hat-trick can't hit the target can england create one more chance can he make the ball swing or does barnes use the straight width of the ball on the top is this the moment there is no excellent defense by brown to cover the run of samsung samsung again launching a long ball into the penalty area some tired legs now in the england team shimmying blocked by wall precursor of a counterattack by Argentina wonderful challenge by Hodge who retires to dispossess Maradona and now Graneros and has the lineker and Beardsley in the middle if he can cross it and he can't cross it and he was so close that it is the lineker and not the ball that ends up on the tantalizing line shot very good defensive header getting it out of the way of the lineker who got hurt in the process one wonders why England didn't bring in barnes before them.

He has caused problems whenever he has had one and has been able to run particularly against Enrique against Maradona. and a play for england throws argentina almost there sansom again looking for barnes and brown can guide him over the line how to play for an argentina goal kick this will be revenge for argentina for the quarterfinal defeat in 1966 When Jeff Hearst scored the late goal he gave England the victory when Rating was famously sent off by Argentina who refused to leave the field his barns three Argentine players converging towards him Maradona's boot ran high by Carnicero indirect free kick to Argentina as it was wait, they worked it until the end for pompedo the 90 minutes are up it's time to add it at the discretion of referee stevens england desperate to advance quickly unable to get decent possession of the ball by the time maradona enrique takes the ball to the flag corner can't do any harm For the Argentine prospects, Shelton passed it as quickly as he could.

It was a good long and effective kick. He also strutted the shot for England. Stevens with the ball forward. The whistle is over. Argentina got two goals from Diego Maradona, enough to beat England for 20 years. After their elimination in the 1966 quarter-finals, they beat England in the 86 quarter-finals. Maradona with two goals, which will be talked about for a long time. The second, a moment of sublime art. The first, less, but Maradona yes. Argentina wins the applause in the semifinals, beating England 2-1