Date: 03-06-1986
Stage: first round
Place: CIUDAD DE MEXICO
Running time: 108 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : english,italian,mexican,german
My rating: ***
Notes: Sanchez,Negrete,Aguirre,TomasBoy, Pfaff,Gerets,Ceulemans,Scifo,Vandenbergh
MATCH SUMMARY
Tuesday, 3 June 1986, 12:00
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 110,000
Meteo: Clear, hot, 31°C
MEXICO
Pablo Larios
Raúl Servín
Fernando Quirarte
Francisco Javier Cruz
Carlos De Los Cobos
Manuel Negrete
Hugo Sánchez
Tomás Boy (c)
Javier Aguirre
Miguel España
Luis Flores
Coach: Bora Milutinović (MEX)
BELGIUM
Jean-Marie Pfaff
Eric Gerets
Walter Broos
Michel De Wolf
Georges Grün
Franky Vercauteren
Jan Ceulemans (c)
René Vandereycken
Enzo Scifo
Philippe Desmet
Erwin Vandenbergh
Coach: Guy Thys (BEL)
56′ Walter Broos
59′ ↓Philippe Desmet ↑Nico Claesen
66′ ↓Erwin Vandenbergh ↑Patrick Demol
Referee: Carlos Espósito (ARG)
Goals:
23′ Fernando Quirarte, MEX
39′ Hugo Sánchez, MEX
45′ Erwin Vandenbergh, BEL
Match overview
Mexico thrilled the home crowd with a strong first-half performance, scoring twice before Belgium pulled one back. The second half saw Belgium push for an equaliser, but Mexico’s defence held firm for a vital win.
Trivia
This was Mexico’s first World Cup win since 1970. The attendance of 110,000 remains one of the highest in World Cup history.
