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World Cup > WC 1982 Spain

USSR – BELGIUM 1-0

Date: 01-07-1982
Stage: second round 


Place: BARCELONA
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5) 
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english
My rating: **
Notes: Shenghelija,Gavrilov,Blokhin, Coeck,Ceulemans,Vandenbergh

MATCH SUMMARY

Thursday, 1 July 1982, 21:00

Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 35,000

Meteo: Clear, warm, 26°C

USSR

Rinat Dasaev
Sergei Baltacha
Volodymyr Bezsonov
Aleksandr Chivadze
Anatoliy Demyanenko
Tengiz Sulakvelidze
Andriy Bal
Vitali Daraselia
Ramaz Shengelia
Oleg Blokhin (c)
Khoren Oganesian

Coach: Konstantin Beskov (URS)

BELGIUM

Jean-Marie Pfaff
Marc Baecke
Eric Gerets
Walter Meeuws
Luc Millecamps
Ludo Coeck
Franky Vercauteren
Jan Ceulemans
Alex Czerniatynski
Erwin Vandenbergh
Guy Vandersmissen

Coach: Guy Thys (BEL)

Referee: Luis Barrancos (BOL)

Goals:
48′ Khoren Oganesian, URS

Match overview

The USSR dominated possession and finally broke through early in the second half when Oganesian scored the only goal. Belgium defended resolutely but struggled to create chances, and the Soviets held on for a vital win that kept their semi-final hopes alive.

Trivia

This was Belgium’s second consecutive defeat in the second group stage, ending their tournament. The USSR needed to beat Poland in their final match to reach the semi-finals.

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