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1986 World Cup Finals (in Mexico)
Group B 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 B - Results
MEXICO - BELGIUM 2:1 (2:1)
03.06.86  (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
(Attendance: 110000) 

MEXICO: Larios, Trejo, Felix Cruz, Quirarte, Servin,
Aguirre, Negrete, Munoz, Boy (c - 69 Espana),
Flores (79 J. Cruz), Sanchez

BELGIUM: Pfaff, Gerets, Broos, F. Van Der Elst, De Wolf, 
Vercauteren, Van Der Eycken, Scifo, Ceulemans (c), 
Van Den Bergh (66 Demol), Desmet (60 Claesen)

1:0 Quirarte (23), 2:0 Sanchez (39)
2:1 Van Den Bergh (45)

booked: Sanchez, Munoz / F. Van Der Elst
Referee: Esposito (Argentina)



PARAGUAY - IRAQ 1:0 (1:0)
04.06.86  (12.00) Toluca, Estadio Bombonera
(Attendance: 24000) 

PARAGUAY: Fernandez, Torales, Zabala, Schettina,
Delgado (c), Nunez, Ferreira, Romero, Cabanas,
Canete, Mendoza (88 Guasch)

IRAQ: Salman (c), Allawe, Mahmoud, Salim, Al-Roubai, 
Abidoun, Amaiesh, Hanna, Mohammed (82 Bassim), 
Hassan (68 Aufi), Shihab

1:0 Romero (36)

booked: Schettina / Mahmoud
Referee: Picon-Ackong (MRS)



MEXICO - PARAGUAY 1:1 (1:1)
07.06.86  (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
(Attendance: 114000)

MEXICO: Larios, Trejo, F. Cruz, Quirarte, Servin,
Aguirre, Negrete, Munitldeoz, Boy (c - 89 Espana),
Flores (76 J. Cruz), Sanchez

PARAGUAY: Fernandez, Torales (81 Hicks), Zabala,
Schettina, Delgado (c), Nunez, Ferreira, Romero,
Cabanas, Canete, Mendoza (63 Guasch)

1:0 Flores (3), 1:1 Romero (86)
(Fernandez saved a penalty by Sanchez in the 88th min.)

booked: Trejo, Negrete, Sanchez / Schettina, Mendoza
Referee: Courtney (England)



BELGIUM - IRAQ 2:1 (2:0)
08.06.86  (12.00) Toluca, Estadio Bombonera
(Attendance: 20000) 

BELGIUM: Pfaff, Gerets, Demol (69 Grun),
F. Van Der Elst, De Wolf, Vercauteren, Vandereycken,
Scifo (67 Clijsters), Ceulemans (c), Desmet, Claesen

IRAQ: Salman (c), Allawe, Mahmoud, Salim, 
Al-Roubai, Abidoun, Amaiesh, Minshid (82 Aufi), 
Hanna, Hassan, Shihab

1:0 Scifo (16), 2:0 Claesen pen (22)
2:1 Ammaiesh (67)

booked: Salman, Salim, AL-Roubai,
 Abidoun, Haman, Mahmoud (after match)
sent off: Hanna (51)
Referee: Diaz (Colombia)



BELGIUM - PARAGUAY 2:2 (1:0)
11.06.86  Toluca, Estadio Bombonera
(Attendance: 16000)

BELGIUM: Pfaff, Broos, Demol, Grun
(89 L. Van der Elst), Renquin, Vercauteren,
Vervoort, Scifo, Ceulemans (c), Veyt, Claesen

PARAGUAY: Fernandez, Torales, Zabala, Delgado (c),
Nunez, Ferreira, Romero, Cabanas, Canete,
Mendoza (68 Hicks), Guasch

1:0 Vercauteren (32), 1:1 Cabanas (50)
2:1 Veyt (60), 2:2 Cabanas (76)

booked: Ceulemans / Romero
Referee: Dochev (Bulgaria)



MEXICO - IRAQ 1:0 (0:0)
11.06.86  (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
(Attendance: 103000) 

MEXICO: Larios, Amador (63 Dominguez), F. Cruz,
Quirarte, Servin, Aguirre, Negrete, Boy,
Espana, Flores, De los Cobos (79 J. Cruz)

IRAQ: Jassim, Allawe (c), Majeed, Salim,
Al-Roubai, Abidoun (61 Aufi), Amaiesh, Tweresh
(69 Hamza), Basim, Minahid, Shihab

1:0 Quirarte (54)

booked: Allawe, Minahid
Referee: Petrovic (Yugoslavia)



Final Table
                  P  W D L PTS F A
                  P  W D L PTS F A
1. Mexico         3  2 1 0  5  4-2
2. Paraguay       3  1 2 0  4  4-3
3. Belgium        3  1 1 1  3  5-5
4. Iraq           3  0 0 3  0  1-4

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