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Argentina - Belgium 2:0

25 JUN 1986, World Cup, Semi-finals

Goals

1:0 Diego Maradona 51', 2:0 Diego Maradona 63'

Argentina (Carlos Bilardo)

Nery Pumpido, José Luis Brown, José Luis Cuciuffo, Oscar Ruggeri, Diego Maradona, Héctor Enrique, Jorge Burruchaga (85' Ricardo Bochini), Julio Olarticoechea, Ricardo Giusti, Sergio Batista, Jorge Valdano

Belgium (Guy Thijs)

Jean-Marie Pfaff, Eric Gerets, Georges Grün, Michel Renquin (54' Philippe Desmet), Enzo Scifo, Frankie Vercauteren, Patrick Vervoort, Stefan Demol, Danny Veyt, Jan Ceulemans, Nico Claesen

Cards

Danny Veyt 28' (yellow card), Jorge Valdano 33' (yellow card)

Venue

Estadio Azteca, Ciudad de México (D.F.)

Knockout stage · after Semi-finals

Round of 16

Argentina1
Uruguay0
England3
Paraguay0
Denmark1
Spain5
USSR3
Belgium4
Brazil4
Poland0
Italy0
France2
Morocco0
W. Germany1
Mexico2
Bulgaria0

Quarter-finals

Argentina2
England1
Spain(4) 1
Belgium(5) 1
Brazil(3) 1
France(4) 1
W. Germany(4) 0
Mexico(1) 0

Semi-finals

Argentina2
Belgium0
France0
W. Germany2

Player Details

NameCapClub
Nery Pumpido21River Plate
José Luis Brown20Atlético Nacional
José Luis Cuciuffo6Vélez Sarsfield
Oscar Ruggeri25River Plate
Diego Maradona53Napoli
Héctor Enrique6River Plate
Jorge Burruchaga39Nantes
Ricardo Bochini28Independiente
Julio Olarticoechea11Boca Juniors
Ricardo Giusti32Independiente
Sergio Batista11Argentinos Juniors
Jorge Valdano19Real Madrid

Earlier matches

DateGroundOpponentScoreCompetition
02 JUN 1986South Korea3:1World Cup
05 JUN 1986Italy1:1World Cup
10 JUN 1986Bulgaria2:0World Cup
16 JUN 1986Uruguay1:0World Cup
22 JUN 1986England2:1World Cup

Later matches

DateGroundOpponentScoreCompetition
29 JUN 1986W. Germany3:2World Cup
10 JUN 1987Italy1:3Friendly
20 JUN 1987HomeParaguay0:1Friendly
27 JUN 1987Peru1:1Copa América
02 JUL 1987Ecuador3:0Copa América

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