Soccer World Cup 1986 / Argentina

The Argentine national football team at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico :

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Argentina	12: 6	9: 3
2	Peru	8: 4	8: 4
3	Colombia	6: 6	6: 6
4th	Venezuela	5:15	1:11

May 26, 1985	San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Venezuela	-	Argentina		2: 3	Goals: Torres 8th, Marquez 58th, Maradona 2nd, 57th, Passarella 42.
June 2nd 1985	Bogota, Colombia	Colombia	-	Argentina		1: 3	Goals: Prince 61st, Pasculli 43rd, 68th, Burruchaga 85.
June 9, 1985	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	-	Venezuela		3-0	Goals: Russo 27th, Clausen 88th, Maradona 90.
June 16, 1985	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	-	Colombia		1-0	Goals: Valdano 25.
June 23, 1985	Lima, Peru	Peru	-	Argentina		1-0	Goals: Oblitas 8.
June 30, 1985	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	-	Peru		2: 2	Goals: Pasculli 12th, Passarella 81st, Velásquez 23rd, Barbadillo 39.

Argentine contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
15th	Luis Islas	Estudiantes de la Plata	12/22/1965	0	0	0	0
18th	Nery Pumpido	CA River Plate	07/30/1957	7th	0	2	0
22nd	Hector Zelada	Club America	04/30/1958	0	0	0	0
Defender
5	José Luis Brown	Stade Brest	11/11/1956	7th	1	1	0
6th	Daniel Passarella	AC Florence	05/25/1953	0	0	0	0
8th	Néstor Clausen	CA Independiente	09/29/1962	1	0	0	0
9	José Luis Cuciuffo	CA Vélez Sarsfield	02/01/1961	6th	0	1	0
13	Oscar Garré	Ferro Carril Oeste	December 09, 1956	4th	0	2	0
16	Julio Olarticoechea	FC Nantes	10/18/1958	7th	0	1	0
19th	Oscar Ruggeri	CA River Plate	01/26/1962	7th	1	0	0
midfield player
2	Sergio Batista	Argentinos Juniors	11/09/1962	7th	0	1	0
3	Ricardo Bochini	CA Independiente	01/25/1954	1	0	0	0
4th	Claudio Borghi	Argentinos Juniors	09/28/1964	3	0	0	0
10	Diego Maradona	SSC Naples	10/30/1960	7th	5	1	0
12	Héctor Enrique	CA River Plate	04/26/1962	5	0	1	0
14th	Ricardo Giusti	CA Independiente	December 11, 1956	7th	0	1	0
20th	Carlos Tapia	CA Boca Juniors	08/20/1962	2	0	0	0
21st	Marcelo Trobbiani	FC Elche	02/17/1955	1	0	0	0
striker
1	Sergio Omar Almirón	CA Newell's Old Boys	08/18/1958	0	0	0	0
7th	Jorge Burruchaga	FC Nantes	10/09/1962	7th	2	0	0
11	Jorge Valdano	real Madrid	04.10.1955	7th	4th	1	0
17th	Pedro Pasculli	US Lecce	05/17/1960	2	1	0	0
Trainer
	Carlos Bilardo		March 16, 1939

With the exception of Passarella (6), Burruchaga (7), Maradona (10) and Valdano (11), the squad was provided alphabetically with shirt numbers.

Argentine games at the 1986 World Cup

Preliminary round (Group A)

• Argentina 3-1 South Korea - goals: 1-0 Valdano (5th min.), 2-0 Ruggeri (17th min.), 3-0 Valdano (46th min.), 3-1 Chang Sun Park (75th min.) . Min.)
• Argentina 1-1 Italy - goals: 0-1 Altobelli (5th minute from a penalty kick), 1: 1 Maradona (34th minute)
• Argentina 2-0 Bulgaria - goals: 1-0 Valdano (3rd min.), 2-0 Burruchaga (78th min.)

Argentina finished first in the group ahead of defending champions Italy .

Round of 16

• Argentina 1-0 Uruguay - Goal: 1-0 Pasculi (41st min.)

Quarter finals

• Argentina 2-1 England - Goals: 1-0 Maradona (51st min.), 2-0 Maradona (55th min.), 2-1 lineker (81st min.)

In the quarter-final against England , two of the most legendary goals in the history of the World Cup were scored within four minutes . Maradona scored the 1-0 by hand and the referee had overlooked it. After the game, Maradona commented on the goal with the words of the hand of God . He scored the second goal after a 60 m solo over half the pitch. In 2002 this goal was voted World Cup goal of the century by FIFA .

Semifinals

• Argentina 2-0 Belgium - Goals: 1-0 Maradona (51st min.), 2-0 Maradona (61st min.)

final

• Argentina 3-2 Germany - goals: 1-0 Brown (21st min.), 2-0 Valdano (55th min.), 2-1 Rummenigge (73rd min.), 2-2 Völler (81st min .) .), 3: 2 Burruchaga (84th min.)

With the 3-2 victory over Germany Argentina became soccer world champion for the second time after the soccer world championship 1978 .