Date: 08-06-1986
Stage: first round
Place: TOLUCA
Running time: 97 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : german,italian
My rating: **
Notes: Pfaff,Grun,Vercauteren,Scifo, Ceulemans,Gerets
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 8 June 1986, 12:00
Estadio La Bombonera, Toluca
Attendance: 20,000
Meteo: Clear, warm, 27°C
BELGIUM
Jean-Marie Pfaff
Eric Gerets
Franky Van der Elst
Stéphane Demol
Michel De Wolf
Franky Vercauteren
René Vandereycken
Jan Ceulemans (c)
Vincenzo Scifo
Philippe Desmet
Nico Claesen
Coach: Guy Thys (BEL)
16′ Nico Claesen
66′ ↓Stéphane Demol ↑Lei Clijsters
67′ ↓Vincenzo Scifo ↑Georges Grün
IRAQ
Raad Hammoudi
Khalil Allawi
Nadhim Shaker
Shaker Mahmoud
Ali Hussein
Harith Hassan
Ahmed Radhi
Ali Al-Badri
Abdul-Rahim Hamed
Basim Qasim
Habib Jafar
Coach: Evaristo de Macedo (BRA)
52′ Basil Hanna
81′ ↓Kerim Minshid ↑Abdul Kadir Aufi
Referee: Jesús Díaz Palacio (COL)
Goals:
16′ Vincenzo Scifo, BEL
19′ Nico Claesen (penalty), BEL
59′ Ahmed Radhi, IRQ
Match overview
Belgium established a two-goal lead in the first half through Scifo and Claesen’s penalty. Iraq fought back after the break and reduced the deficit through Radhi, but Belgium held on for the win.
Trivia
This was Iraq’s first ever World Cup goal. Belgium’s win kept them in contention for the knockout rounds.
