World Cup 1986
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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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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...

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?

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World Cup 1986 The World Cup's fastest red card sent Fergie into a glorious rant (for a change)...

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...

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World Cup 1986 The Iraqi national team arrived at Mexico 86 with the spectre of Saddam breathing down their necks. More precisely Uday, his bloodthirsty emissary, son and one-time heir to Hussein'™s brutal political dynasty...

By Paul Watson last updated
World Cup 1986 A sideways glance of the tournament owned by El Diego, brought to you by Back of the Net

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World Cup 1986 How does it feel to score four goals in a World Cup match? Simon Talbot asked Emilio Butragueno, who did just that for Spain against Denmark...

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World Cup 1986 On this day in 1986, England's second-highest goalscorer notched a vital hat-trick against Poland which sent the Three Lions through to the last 16. Here he regales the perils of playing in intense heat, Maradona's memorable brace... and his dad's success at the bookies
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