World Cup Rambling
One man talking his way through various aspects of the World Cup from tournament retrospectives, to individual stories of teams and players from the great to the not so great, taking in the qualifying competitions as well as the finals themselves.
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One Man Can Make a Difference - Part 3: Argentina at the 1986 World Cup (opens the original)
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We have the final part of our look back at Argentina’s triumphant campaign at Mexico 86. The England match is a saga on its own – Britain’s history in the introduction and development of football in Argentina, the legacy of the ‘Animals’ match from 1966 and the shadow of the Falklands War. The Argentinian players are keen to downplay the war although Maradona would later admit that privately, they were keen to avenge the Falklands defeat. On the field, Maradona scores two goals that reflect his
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