World Cup 1986 - Day Thirty

Sunday 29 June 1986

World Cup Final
Argentina 3 West Germany 2
Brown 23, Valdano 55, Burruchaga 83; Rummenigge 74, Voller 80

Both the BBC and the ITV had the delight of showing the world cup final live - a situation which must have upset someone.

Gary Lineker was a studio guest for the BBC and was able to cheer as Maradona's blank ensured the Golden Boot would be ending up on Gary's mantelpiece - although I expect being presented with the world cup was enough of a consolation for Diego.


Golden Boot Final List

6- Lineker (Eng)

5 - Maradona (Arg), Careca (Bra), Butragueno (Spa)

4 - Valdano (Arg), Elkjaer (Den), Altobelli (Ita), Belanov (Sov)

3 - Ceulemans (Bel), Claesen (Bel), J. Olsen (Den), Voller (WGer)

2 - Burruchaga (Arg), Scifo (Bel), Josimar (Bra), Socrates (Bra), Platini (Fra), Papin (Fra), Stopyra (Fra), Quirarte (Mex), Khairi (Mor), Cabanas (Par), Yaremchuk (Sov), Caldere (Spa), Allofs (WGer)

1 - Zidane (Alg),  Brown (Arg), Ruggeri (Arg), Demol (Bel), Vandenburgh (Bel), Vercauteren (Bel), Veyt (Bel), Edinho (Bra), Strakov (Bul), Getov (Bul), Eriksen (Den), Laudrup (Den), Lerby (Den), Beardsley (Eng), Amoroa (Fra), Ferreri (Fra), Fernandez (Fra), Genghini (Fra), Rocheteau (Fra), Tigana (Fra), Esterhazy (Hun), Detari (Hun), Radhi (Irq), Flores (Mex), Negrete (Mex), Romero (Mex), Sanchez (Mex), Servin (Mex), Merry Krimau (Mor), Clarke (NIre), Whiteside (NIre), Romero (Par), Diamantino (Por), Smolarek (Pol), Carlos Manuel (Por), Strachan (Sco), Park Chang-Sun (SKor), Kim Jong-Boo (SKor), Huh Jung-Moo (SKor), Choi Soon-Ho (SKor), Yakovenko (Sov), Aleinikov (Sov), Blokhin (Sov), Rodionov (Sov), Rats (Sov), Zavarov (Sov), Eloy (Spa), Goikoetxea (Spa), Salinas (Spa), Senor (Spa), Alzamendi (Uru), Brehme (WGer), Matthaus (WGer), Rummenigge (WGer), Own Goal


GAME OF THE DAY - ARGENTINA V WEST GERMANY

 

World Cup 1986 - Day Twenty Nine

Saturday 28 June 1986

Third Place Play-off
France 4 Belgium 2 (after extra time)
Ferreri 27, Papin 43, Genghini 104, Amoroa (pen) 111; Ceulemans 11, Claesen 73


Third place play offs are curious things - as far as I know, the world cup is the only tournament to have one (the FA Cup had a few in the early 1970s).

However, perhaps because there is no tension, they usually end up being good games and this one followed that pattern. A ding-dong battle going into extra-time.

Oddly neither channel decided to show the game live - ITV had evening highlights.

Golden Boot


6- Lineker (Eng)

5 - Maradona (Arg), Careca (Bra), Butragueno (Spa)

4 - Elkjaer (Den), Altobelli (Ita), Belanov (Sov)

3 - Valdano (Arg), Ceulemans (Bel), Claesen (Bel), J. Olsen (Den)

2 - Scifo (Bel), Josimar (Bra), Socrates (Bra), Platini (Fra), Papin (Fra), Stopyra (Fra), Quirarte (Mex), Khairi (Mor), Cabanas (Par), Yaremchuk (Sov), Caldere (Spa), Allofs (WGer), Voller (WGer)

1 - Zidane (Alg),  Burruchaga (Arg), Ruggeri (Arg), Demol (Bel), Vandenburgh (Bel), Vercauteren (Bel), Veyt (Bel), Edinho (Bra), Strakov (Bul), Getov (Bul), Eriksen (Den), Laudrup (Den), Lerby (Den), Beardsley (Eng), Amoroa (Fra), Ferreri (Fra), Fernandez (Fra), Genghini (Fra), Rocheteau (Fra), Tigana (Fra), Esterhazy (Hun), Detari (Hun), Radhi (Irq), Flores (Mex), Negrete (Mex), Romero (Mex), Sanchez (Mex), Servin (Mex), Merry Krimau (Mor), Clarke (NIre), Whiteside (NIre), Romero (Par), Diamantino (Por), Smolarek (Pol), Carlos Manuel (Por), Strachan (Sco), Park Chang-Sun (SKor), Kim Jong-Boo (SKor), Huh Jung-Moo (SKor), Choi Soon-Ho (SKor), Yakovenko (Sov), Aleinikov (Sov), Blokhin (Sov), Rodionov (Sov), Rats (Sov), Zavarov (Sov), Eloy (Spa), Goikoetxea (Spa), Salinas (Spa), Senor (Spa), Alzamendi (Uru), Brehme (WGer), Matthaus (WGer), Own Goal


GAME OF THE DAY - FRANCE V BELGIUM

 

World Cup 1986 - Day Twenty Eight

Friday 27 June 1986

Nothing to report today - sorry!

World Cup 1986 - Day Twenty Seven

Thursday 26 June 1986

A rest day - everyone looked forward to the final - Argentina vs West Germany.

And some may have looked forward to the third place play-off - France vs Belgium

World Cup 1986 - Day Twenty Six

Wednesday 25 June 1986

Semi Final
West Germany 2 France 0
Brehme 9, Voller 89

Semi Final
Argentina 2 Belgium 0
Maradona 51, 63


Semi finals day - and ITV kicked off at 7pm for West Germany v France. A considerably less eventful semi than the one four years previously and the Germans were through to their umpteenth major final.

Over to the BBC for the 11pm game and as Argentina saw off Belgium, England fans could only think of what might have been. New villain Maradona was now perilously close to taking the Golden Boot off our Gary which would have added insult to insult.



Golden Boot

6- Lineker (Eng)

5 - Maradona (Arg), Careca (Bra), Butragueno (Spa)

4 - Elkjaer (Den), Altobelli (Ita), Belanov (Sov)

3 - Valdano (Arg), J. Olsen (Den)

2 - Ceulemans (Bel), Claesen (Bel), Scifo (Bel), Josimar (Bra), Socrates (Bra), Platini (Fra), Stopyra (Fra), Quirarte (Mex), Khairi (Mor), Cabanas (Par), Yaremchuk (Sov), Caldere (Spa), Allofs (WGer), Voller (WGer)

1 - Zidane (Alg),  Burruchaga (Arg), Ruggeri (Arg), Demol (Bel), Vandenburgh (Bel), Vercauteren (Bel), Veyt (Bel), Edinho (Bra), Strakov (Bul), Getov (Bul), Eriksen (Den), Laudrup (Den), Lerby (Den), Beardsley (Eng), Papin (Fra), Fernandez (Fra), Rocheteau (Fra), Tigana (Fra), Esterhazy (Hun), Detari (Hun), Radhi (Irq), Flores (Mex), Negrete (Mex), Romero (Mex), Sanchez (Mex), Servin (Mex), Merry Krimau (Mor), Clarke (NIre), Whiteside (NIre), Romero (Par), Diamantino (Por), Smolarek (Pol), Carlos Manuel (Por), Strachan (Sco), Park Chang-Sun (SKor), Kim Jong-Boo (SKor), Huh Jung-Moo (SKor), Choi Soon-Ho (SKor), Yakovenko (Sov), Aleinikov (Sov), Blokhin (Sov), Rodionov (Sov), Rats (Sov), Zavarov (Sov), Eloy (Spa), Goikoetxea (Spa), Salinas (Spa), Senor (Spa), Alzamendi (Uru), Brehme (WGer), Matthaus (WGer), Own Goal


GAME OF THE DAY - ARGENTINA V BELGIUM

World Cup 1986 - Day Twenty Five

Tuesday 24 June 1986

So now four teams were left - and the semi-finals were the next day.

West Germany v France (a repeat of the controversial 1982 semi-final)

Argentina v Belgium


Meanwhile here are some highlights of the quarter final - Belgium v Spain

World Cup 1986 - Day Twenty Four

Monday 23 June 1986

A disappointed nation went back to work on Monday morning.

The mood was not lifted by England's cricket team crashing to an expected heavy defeat.


England v India - 2nd Test 4th Day (at Headingley)

India 272 (Vengsarkar 61) & 237 (Vengsarkar 102 not out)
England 102 (Binny 5-40) & 128

India win by 279 runs

World Cup 1986 - Day Twenty Three

Sunday 22 June 1986

Quarter Final
Argentina 2 England 1
Maradona 51, 55; Lineker 81


Quarter Final
Belgium 1 Spain 1
Ceulemans 35, Senor 85
Belgium win 5-4 on penalties

England expects! A nation crowded in front of their respective televisions at 7pm as ITV displayed one of the most famous (or infamous) England games of all time. Maradona showed us his worst and his best and sent England home. Gary Lineker got his sixth to go top of the Golden Boot charts.

Many people might have gone to bed disappointed and not stayed up for the 11pm kick off on the BBC - Belgium becoming the third semi-finalist to go through on penalties, and Butragueno's golden boot dream was gone.



Golden Boot

6- Lineker (Eng)

5 - Careca (Bra), Butragueno (Spa)

4 - Elkjaer (Den), Altobelli (Ita), Belanov (Sov)

3 - Maradona (Arg), Valdano (Arg), J. Olsen (Den)

2 - Ceulemans (Bel), Claesen (Bel), Scifo (Bel), Josimar (Bra), Socrates (Bra), Platini (Fra), Stopyra (Fra), Quirarte (Mex), Khairi (Mor), Cabanas (Par), Yaremchuk (Sov), Caldere (Spa), Allofs (WGer)

1 - Zidane (Alg),  Burruchaga (Arg), Ruggeri (Arg), Demol (Bel), Vandenburgh (Bel), Vercauteren (Bel), Veyt (Bel), Edinho (Bra), Strakov (Bul), Getov (Bul), Eriksen (Den), Laudrup (Den), Lerby (Den), Beardsley (Eng), Papin (Fra), Fernandez (Fra), Rocheteau (Fra), Tigana (Fra), Esterhazy (Hun), Detari (Hun), Radhi (Irq), Flores (Mex), Negrete (Mex), Romero (Mex), Sanchez (Mex), Servin (Mex), Merry Krimau (Mor), Clarke (NIre), Whiteside (NIre), Romero (Par), Diamantino (Por), Smolarek (Pol), Carlos Manuel (Por), Strachan (Sco), Park Chang-Sun (SKor), Kim Jong-Boo (SKor), Huh Jung-Moo (SKor), Choi Soon-Ho (SKor), Yakovenko (Sov), Aleinikov (Sov), Blokhin (Sov), Rodionov (Sov), Rats (Sov), Zavarov (Sov), Eloy (Spa), Goikoetxea (Spa), Salinas (Spa), Senor (Spa), Alzamendi (Uru), Matthaus (WGer), Voller (WGer), Own Goal


GAME OF THE DAY - ARGENTINA V ENGLAND

World Cup 1986 - Day Twenty Two

Saturday 21 June 1986

Quarter Final
France 1 Brazil 1
Platini 40, Careca 17
France win 4-3 on penalties

Quarter Final
West Germany 0 Mexico 0
West Germany win 4-1 on penalties

So off we went for a weekend footy and the BBC opened the proceedings with the live game France v Brazil kicking off at 7pm. Now recognised as one of the great World Cup games, a frantic fast paced game resulted in France's victory on penalties. The great Brazil team of the 1980s had now missed out. Careca had now moved level at the top of the Golden Boot charts, although Gary Lineker and Emilio Butragueno were both still in the tournament.

ITV at 11pm, meantime, got the other side of the coin - a long tedious game resulting in a German win on penalties (not for the last time!)

In the cricket, England were being well beaten - and a nation hoped its' footballers would do better.

England v India - 2nd Test 3rd Day (at Headingley)

India 272 (Vengsarkar 61) & 237 (Vengsarkar 102 not out)
England 102 (Binny 5-40) & 90-6



Golden Boot

5 - Careca (Bra), Lineker (Eng), Butragueno (Spa)

4 - Elkjaer (Den), Altobelli (Ita), Belanov (Sov)

3 - Valdano (Arg), J. Olsen (Den)

2 - Claesen (Bel), Scifo (Bel), Josimar (Bra), Socrates (Bra), Platini (Fra), Stopyra (Fra), Quirarte (Mex), Khairi (Mor), Cabanas (Par), Yaremchuk (Sov), Caldere (Spa), Allofs (WGer)

1 - Zidane (Alg),  Burruchaga (Arg), Maradona (Arg), Ruggeri (Arg), Ceulemans (Bel), Demol (Bel), Vandenburgh (Bel), Vercauteren (Bel), Veyt (Bel), Edinho (Bra), Strakov (Bul), Getov (Bul), Eriksen (Den), Laudrup (Den), Lerby (Den), Beardsley (Eng), Papin (Fra), Fernandez (Fra), Rocheteau (Fra), Tigana (Fra), Esterhazy (Hun), Detari (Hun), Radhi (Irq), Flores (Mex), Negrete (Mex), Romero (Mex), Sanchez (Mex), Servin (Mex), Merry Krimau (Mor), Clarke (NIre), Whiteside (NIre), Romero (Par), Diamantino (Por), Smolarek (Pol), Carlos Manuel (Por), Strachan (Sco), Park Chang-Sun (SKor), Kim Jong-Boo (SKor), Huh Jung-Moo (SKor), Choi Soon-Ho (SKor), Yakovenko (Sov), Aleinikov (Sov), Blokhin (Sov), Rodionov (Sov), Rats (Sov), Zavarov (Sov), Eloy (Spa), Goikoetxea (Spa), Salinas (Spa), Alzamendi (Uru), Matthaus (WGer), Voller (WGer), Own Goal


GAME OF THE DAY - FRANCE V BRAZIL