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1986 World Cup Finals (in Mexico)
Knockout Matches

Group Matches
Second Round (Last 16)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final

Final
ARGENTINA - WEST GERMANY 3:2 (1:0)
29.06.86  (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
(Attendance: 114000) 

ARGENTINA: Pumpido, Brown, Cuciuffo, Ruggeri,
Olarticoechea, Giusti, Batista, Maradona (c),
Enrique, Burruchaga (89 Trobbiani), Valdano

WEST GERMANY: Schumacher, Jakobs, Berthold, K.H. Forster, 
Briegel, Matthaus, Brehme, Magath (63 D. Hoeness), 
Eder, K.H. Rummenigge (c), Allofs (46 Voller)

1:0 Brown (23), 2:0 Valdano (56)
2:1 Rummenige (74), 2:2 Voller (82)
3:2 Burruchaga (88)

booked: Maradona, Enrique, Pumpido,
 Olarticoechea / Matthaus, Briegel
Referee: Arppi Filho (Brazil)
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Third Place Play-Off
FRANCE - BELGIUM 4:2 a.e.t. (2:1)
28.06.86  (12.00) Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtemoc
(Attendance: 21000) 

FRANCE: Rust, Le Roux (56 Bossis), Battiston (c),
Bibard, Amoros, Tigana (84 Tusseau), Genghini,
Vercruysse, Ferreri, Bellone, Papin

BELGIUM: Pfaff, Gerets, Grun, Demol, Renquin 
(64 F. Van der Elst), Vervoort, Scifo (46 L. Van der Elst),
Mommens, Ceulemans (c), Claesen, Veyt

0:1 Ceulemans (11), 1:1 Ferreri (27)
2:1 Papin (43), 2:2 Claesen (73)
3:2 Genghini (103), 4:2 Amoros pen (109)

booked: Pfaff
Referee: Courtney (England)
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Semi-Finals
WEST GERMANY - FRANCE 2:0 (1:0)
25.06.86  (12.00) Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
(Attendance: 47500) 

WEST GERMANY: Schumacher, Brehme, K.H. Forster,
Jakobs, Briegel, Eder, Matthaus, Magath, Rolff,
K. Allofs, Rummenigge (c - 58 Všller)

FRANCE: Bats, Ayache, Battiston, Bossis,
Amoros, Tigana, Giresse (72 Vercruysse),
Platini (c), Fernandez, Stopyra, Bellone (66 Xuereb)

1:0 Brehme (9), 2:0 Voller (90)

booked: Magath / Fernandez
Referee: Agnolin (Italy)



ARGENTINA - BELGIUM 2:0 (0:0)
25.06.86  (16.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
(Attendance: 110000) 

ARGENTINA: Pumpido, Cuciuffo, Ruggeri, Brown,
Olarticoechea, Giusti, Enrique, Batista, 
Burruchaga (86 Bochini), Maradona (c), Valdano

BELGIUM: Pfaff, Gerets, Grun, Demol,
Renquin (54 Desmet), Vervoort, Scifo, 
Vercauteren, Ceulemans (c), Claesen, Veyt

1:0 Maradona (52), 2:0 Maradona (63)

booked: Valdano / Veyt
Referee: Marquez (Mexico)
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Quarter-Finals
FRANCE - BRAZIL 1:1 (1:1)  (France won 4-3 on penalties)
21.06.86  (12.00) Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
(Attendance: 65000) 

FRANCE: Bats, Battiston, Amoros, Bossis, Tusseau,
Giresse (84 Ferreri), Tigana, Platini (c), Fernandez,
Stopyra, Rocheteau (101 Bellone)

BRAZIL: Carlos, Josimar, Julio Cesar, Edinho (c), 
Branco, Alemao, Socrates, Junior (91 Silas), 
Elzo, Muller (72 Zico), Careca

0:1 Careca (18), 1:1 Platini (42)
(Bats saved a penalty by Zico in the 75th min.)

Penalties
0:0 Socrates (save Bats), 1:0 Stopyra
1:1 Alemao, 2:1 Amoros, 
2:2 Zico, 3:2 Bellone
3:3 Branco, 3:3 Platini (missed)
3:3 Julio Cesar (missed), 4:3 Fernandez

booked: Edinho (during pen shoot-out)
Referee: Igna (Romania)



WEST GERMANY - MEXICO 0:0 (0:0)  (West Germany won 4-1 on penalties)
21.06.86  (16.00) Monterrey, Estadio Universitario
(Attendance: 44000) 

WEST GERMANY: Schumacher, Berthold, K.H. Forster,
Jakobs, Briegel, Brehme, Eder (115 Littbarski), Matthaus,
Magath, K. Allofs, Rummenigge (c - 59 D. Hoeness)

MEXICO: Larios, Servin, F. Cruz, Quirarte,
Amador (70 J. Cruz), Munoz, Aguirre, Negrete,
Espana, Boy (c - 32 De los Cobos), Sanchez

Penalties
1:0 K. Allofs, 1:1 Negrete
2:1 Brehme, 2:1 Quirarte (save Schumacher)
3:1 Matthaus, 3:1 Servin (save Schumacher)
4:1 Littbarski

booked: K. Allofs, Forster,
 Matthaus / Aguirre, Quirarte, De los Cobos, Servin,
Sanchez
sent off: Berthold (84) / Aguirre (100)
Referee: Diaz (Colombia)



ARGENTINA - ENGLAND 2:1 (0:0)
22.06.86  (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
(Attendance: 115000) 

ARGENTINA: Pumpido, Cuciuffo, Brown, Ruggeri,
Olarticoechea, Batista, Giusti, Burruchaga (76 Tapia),
Enrique, Valdano, Maradona (c)

ENGLAND: Shilton (c), G.M.Stevens, Butcher,
Fenwick, Sansom, Hoddle, Steven (76 Barnes),
Reid (66 Waddle), Hodge, Lineker, Beardsley

1:0 Maradona (51), 2:0 Maradona (56)
2:1 Lineker (81)

booked: Batista / Fenwick, Butcher
Referee: Ben Naceur (Tunisia)



BELGIUM - SPAIN 1:1 (1:0)  (Belgium won 5-4 on penalties)
22.06.86  (16.00) Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtemoc
(Attendance: 45000) 

BELGIUM: Pfaff, Gerets, Renquin, Demol,
Grun, Vercauteren (106 L. Van Der Elst), Scifo, 
Vervoort, Ceulemans (c), Claesen, Veyt (83 Broos)

SPAIN: Zubizarreta, Tomas (46 Senor), Gallego, 
Chendo, Camacho (c), Julio Alberto, Victor, Michel, 
Caldere, Butragueno, Julio Salinas (63 Eloy)

1:0 Ceulemans (34), 1:1 Senor (85)

Penalties
0:1 Senor, 1:1 Claesen
1:1 Eloy (save Pfaff), 2:1 Scifo,
2:2 Chendo, 3:2 Broos
3:3 Butragueno, 4:3 Vervoort
4:4 Victor, 5:4 L. Van Der Elst

booked: Demol, Grun - Tomas, Caldere
Referee: Kirschen (West Germany)
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Second Round
MEXICO - BULGARIA 2:0 (1:0)
15.06.86  (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
(Attendance: 114000) 

MEXICO: Larios, Amador, Quirarte, F.Cruz,
Servin, Munoz, Negrete, Espana, Boy 
(c- 80 de los Cobos), Aguirre, Sanchez

BULGARIA: Mikhailov, Zdravkov, Arabov,
Petrov, Dimitrov (c), Sadkov, Yordanov, Kostadinov,
Gospodinov, Pashev (80 Iskrenov), Getov (71 Sirakov)

1:0 Negrete (35), 2:0 Sarvin (61)

booked: Arabov
Referee: Arppi FIlho (Brazil)



BELGIUM - SOVIET UNION 4:3 a.e.t. (0:1)
15.06.86  (16.00) Leon, Estadio Sergio Leon
(Attendance: 32000) 

BELGIUM: Pfaff, Grun (112 Clijsters), Gerets
(101 L. Van Der Elst), Renquin, Vervoort, Scifo,
Demol, Ceulemans (c), Vercauteren, Claesen, Veyt

SOVIET UNION: Dassajev, Bessonov, Demianenko (c),
Kuznetsov, Bal, Zavarov  (73 Rodionov), Aleinikov,
Yakovenko (80 Yevtushenko), Yaremchuk, Belanov, Rats

0:1 Belanov (28), 1:1 Scifo (56
1:2 Belanov (70), 2:2 Ceulemans (78)
3:2 Demol (102), 4:2 Claesen (109)
4:3 Belanov pen (111)

booked: Renquin
Referee: Fredriksson (Sweden)



BRAZIL - POLAND 4:0 (1:0)
16.06.86  (12.00) Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
(Attendance: 45000) 

BRAZIL: Carlos, Josimar, Julio Cesar, Edinho (c),
Branco, Elzo, Alemao, Socrates (70 Zico), Junior,
Careca, Muller (74 Silas)

POLAND: Mlynarczyk, Przybys (60 Furtok),
Ostrowski, Tarasiewicz, Karas, Wojcicki, Majewski,
Urban (84 Zmuda), Boniek, Dziekanowski, Smolarek

1:0 Socrates pen (30), 2:0 Josimar (54)
3:0 Edinho (78), 4:0 Careca pen (82)

booked: Careca, Edinho / Boniek, Smolarek, Dziekanowski
Referee: Roth (East Germany)



ARGENTINA - URUGUAY 1:0 (0:0)
16.06.86  (16.00) Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtemoc
(Attendance: 26000) 

ARGENTINA: Pumpido, Cuciuffo, Ruggeri,
Brown, Garre, Giusti, Batista (87 Olarticoechea),
Burruchaga, Pasculli, Maradona (c), Valdano

URUGUAY: Alvez, Gutierrez, Acevedo (61 Paz),
Rivero, Santin, Ramos, Bossio, Barrios (c), Pereyra,
Cabrera (46 Da Silva), Francescoli

1:0 Pasculli (42)

booked: Garre, Brown, Pumpido /
 Francescoli, Acevedo, Da Silva, Santin
Referee: Agnolin (Italy)



FRANCE - ITALY 2:0 (1:0)
17.06.86  (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Olimpico '68
(Attendance: 70000) 

FRANCE: Bats, Ayache, Battiston, Bossis, Amoros,
Giresse, Tigana, Fernandez (75 Tusseau),
Platini (c - 86 Ferreri), Rocheteau, Stopyra

ITALY: Galli, Bergomi, Vierchowod, Scirea (c),
Cabrini, G. Baresi (46 Di Gennaro), De Napoli,
Bagni, Conti, Altobelli, Galderisi (58 Vialli)

1:0 Platini (16), 2:0 Stopyra (56)

booked: Ayache / de Napoli, di Gennaro
Referee: Esposito (Argentina)



GERMANY - MOROCCO 1:0 (0:0)
17.06.86  (16.00) Monterrey, Estadio Universitario
(Attendance: 19000) 

GERMANY: Schumacher, Berthold, K.H. Forster,
Jakobs, Briegel, Eder, Matthaus, Magath,
Rummenigge (c), K. Allofs, Voller (46 Littbarski)

MOROCCO: Zaki (c), Khalifa, Bouyahyaoui,
Oudani, Lemriss, Dolmy, El Haddaoui, Bouderbala,
Timoumi, Khairi, Krimau

1:0 Matthaus (89)

booked: Lemriss, Khalifi
Referee: Petrovic (Yugoslavia)



ENGLAND - PARAGUAY 3:0 (1:0)
18.06.86  (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
(Attendance: 99000) 

ENGLAND: Shilton (c), M.G. Stevens, Martin, Butcher,
Sansom, Steven, Reid (58 G.A. Stevens), Hoddle,
Hodge, Lineker, Beardsley (82 Hateley)

PARAGUAY: Fernandez, Torales (85 Guasch), Schettina,
Delgado (c), Zabala, Canete, Romero, Nunez, Ferreira,
Cabanas, Mendoza

1:0 Lineker (32), 2:0 Beardsley (56)
3:0 Lineker (72)

booked: Martin, Hodge / Romero, Nunez
Referee: Al-Sharif (Syria)



SPAIN - DENMARK 5:1 (1:1)
18.06.86  (16.00) Queretaro, Estadio La Corregidora
(Attendance: 38500) 

SPAIN: Zubizarreta, Tomas, Gallego, Goicoechea,
Camacho (c), Julio Alberto, Victor, Michel (84 Francisco),
Caldere, Butragueno, Julio Salinas (46 Eloy)

DENMARK: Hogh, Busk, M. Olsen (c), I. Nielsen,
Andersen (60 Eriksen), Berggren, J. Olsen (71 Molby),
Bertelsen, Lerby, Laudrup, Elkjaer-Larsen

0:1 J. Olsen pen (33), 1:1 Butragueno (43)
2:1 Butragueno (56), 3:1 Goicoechea pen (69)
4:1 Butragueno (80), 5:1 Butragueno pen (90)

booked: Goichoecea, Camacho / Andersen
Referee: Keizer (Holland)
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Group Matches