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Quiz! Can you name every country Diego Maradona faced in a World Cup?
By FourFourTwo Staff published
Quiz He played at four World Cups and he scored that goal - and that one - but who else did Diego face?

Alex Ferguson at Mexico '86: when the world got its first blast of the hairdryer
By Steve Morgan last updated
World Cup 1986 After the untimely death of Jock Stein, Alex Ferguson led Scotland to a World Cup with what many believed was their best-ever side. Things didn’t quite go to plan, however...

Denmark '86: The best team never to reach a World Cup semi-final
By Rob Smyth last updated
World Cup 1986 They cruised through the 'group of death' with their breaktaking brand of total football, but, asks Rob Smyth, were Sepp Piontek's laid-back legends the best team ever not to reach the final four?

Josimar on Mexico '86: 'The blondes came and the training went - I wasted it all'
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
World Cup 1986 Nothing sums up Brazil quite like a 25-yard larrup from a full-back – like the one Josimar planted past Pat Jennings at Mexico 86 - but things quickly started to unravel for the right-back...

Remembered! The dirtiest and best games of Mexico '86
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
World Cup 1986 The World Cup's fastest red card sent Fergie into a glorious rant (for a change)...

Ranked! The best 10 goals of Mexico '86
By Gary Parkinson last updated
World Cup 1986 FFT runs down the 10 finest goals of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico; including Maradona, Lineker, Belanov, Josimar, Negrete, Laudrup, Careca...

Remembered! When France and Brazil produced a classic – and appalling penalties – in '86
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
World Cup 1986 There are games of great technical merit, there are games of high drama, and very occasionally, there are games that have both. This was one of them...
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