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1986 World Cup Finals (in Mexico)
Group A Matches

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Group Matches
Group A - (Argentina, Bulgaria, Italy, S Korea) Group B - (Belgium, Iraq, Mexico, Paraguay)
Group C - (Canada, France, Hungary, USSR) Group D - (Algeria, Brazil, N Ireland, Spain)
Group E - (Denmark, Scotland, Uruguay, W Germany) Group F - (England, Morocco, Poland, Portugal)

Group A - Results
ITALY - BULGARIA 1:1 (1:0)
31.05.86  (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
(Attendance: 100000) 

ITALY: Galli, Bergomi, Vierchowod, Scirea (c), Cabrini, De Napoli,
Bagni, Di Gennaro, Conti (66 Vialli), Galderisi, Altobelli

BULGARIA: Mikhailov, Zdravkov, Dimitrov (c), Arabov, A. Markov, Sadkov,
Sirakov, Getov, Gospodinov (74 Zheliazkov), Iskrenov (66 Kostadinov),
Mladenov

1:0 Altobelli (44), 1:1 Sirakov (85)

booked: Bergomi, Cabrini / A.Markov
Referee: Fredriksson (Sweden)



ARGENTINA - SOUTH KOREA 3:1 (2:0)
02.06.86  (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Olimpico '68
(Attendance: 60000) 

ARGENTINA: Pumpido, Clausen, Brown, Ruggeri, Garre,
Giusti, Batista (75 Olarticoechea), Burruchaga,
Pasculli (74 Tapia), Maradona (c), Valdano

SOUTH KOREA: Oh Yung-kyo, Park Kyung-hoon, Chung Yong-hwan,
Cho Min-kook, Kim Yong-se (46 Byun Byung-ok), Huh Jung-moo,
Kim Pyung-suk (23 Cho Kwang-rae), Park Chang-sun (c),
Kim Joo-sung, Choi Soon-hoo, Cha Bum-keun

1:0 Valdano (8), 2:0 Ruggeri (19)
3:0 Valdano (47), 3:1 Park Chang-sun (72)

booked: Huh Jung-moo, Park Chang-sun
Referee: Sanchez (Spain)



ARGENTINA - ITALY 1:1 (1:1)
05.06.86  (12.00) Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtemoc
(Attendance: 32000)

ARGENTINA: Pumpido, Cuciuffo, Brown, Ruggeri, Garre,
Giusti, Batista (50 Olarticoechea), Burruchaga,
Borghi (75 Enrique), Maradona (c), Valdano

ITALY: Galli, Bergomi, Vierchowod, Scirea (c), Cabrini,
De Napoli (65 G. Baresi), Bagni, Di Gennaro,
Conti (87 Vialli), Galderisi, Altobelli

0:1 Altobelli pen (7), 1:1 Maradona (34)

booked: Giusti, Garre / Bergomi
Referee: Keizer (Holland)



BULGARIA - SOUTH KOREA 1:1 (1:0)
05.06.86  (16.00) Mexico City, Estadio Olimpico '68
(Attendance: 45000) 

BULGARIA: Mikhailov, Zdravkov, Dimitrov (c), Arabov,
Petrov, Sadkov, Sirakov, Getov (87 Zheliazkov),
Gospodinov, Iskrenov (46 Kostadinov), Mladenov

SOUTH KOREA: Oh Yung-kyo, Park Kyung-hoon, Chung Yong-hwan,
Cho Young-jeung, Huh Jung-moo, Cho Kwang-rae
(71 Cho Min-kook), Park Chang-sun (c), Noh Soo-jin
(46 Kim Jong-boo), Byun Byung-joo, Kim Joo-sung,
Cha Bum-keun

1:0 Getov (12), 1:1 Kim Jong-boo (70)

booked: Gospodinov /
 Cho Young-jeung, Kim Joo-sung
Referee: Al-Shanar (Saudi Arabia)



ARGENTINA - BULGARIA 2:0 (1:0)
10.06.86  (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Olimpico '68
(Attendance: 65000) 

ARGENTINA: Pumpido, Cuciuffo, Brown, Ruggeri, Garre,
Giusti, Batista (46 Olarticoechea), Burruchaga,
Borghi (46 Enrique), Maradona, Valdano

BULGARIA: Mikhailov, A. Markov, Dimitrov (c), Petrov,
Sadkov, Sirakov (72 Zdravkov), Getov, Zheliazkov,
Yordanov, P. Markov, Mladenov (53 Velitchkov)

1:0 Valdano (4), 2:0 Burruchaga (77)

booked: Cuciuffo
Referee: Ulloa (Costa Rica)



ITALY - SOUTH KOREA 3:2 (1:0)
10.06.86  (12.00) Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtemoc
(Attendance: 20000) 

ITALY: Galli, Collovati, Vierchowod, Scirea (c),
Cabrini, De Napoli, Bagni (67 G. Baresi),
Di Gennaro, Conti, Galderisi (88 Vialli), Altobelli

SOUTH KOREA: Oh Yung-kyo, Park Kyung-hoon, Chung Yong-hwan,
Cho Young-jeung, Huh Jung-moo, Cho Kwang-rae, Choi Soon-ho,
Park Chang-sun (c), Byun Byung-joo (71 Kim Jong-hoo),
Kim Joo-sung (46 Chung Jong-soo), Cha Bum-keun

1:0 Altobelli (18), 1:1 Choi Song-hoo (62)
2:1 Altobelli (73), 3:1 Choi Kwang-rae o.g. (82)
3:2 Huh Jung-moo 89
(Altobelli missed penalty in 26th min.)
Referee: Socha (USA)



Final Table
                  P  W D L PTS F A
1. Argentina      3  2 1 0  5  6-2
2. Italy          3  2 1 0  5  5-4
3. Bulgaria       3  0 2 1  2  2-4
4. South Korea    3  0 1 2  1  4-7

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