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International Season 1986/87, Part 1 (July and August 1986)
JulyLess than a month after the World Cup Final, Diego Maradona took center stage again and led the Americas XI to victory over the FIFA World Stars.Date: July 27, 1986Competition: Unicef matchVenue:...
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International Season 1986/87, Part 2 (September 1986)
SeptemberThe UEFA European Qualifiers started with many match-ups. Romania inflicted a heavy losss on Austria (4-0). Austria Manager Branko Elsener offered to resign, but the Austrian Federation...
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International Season 1986/87, Part 3 (October 1986)
OctoberPoland started under new Manager Wojciech Lazarek by tying North Korea (2-2) at home.Italy also started under new Manager Azeglio Vicini and defeated Greece (2-0).France realized the depth of...
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International Season 1986/87, Part 4 (November 1986)
NovemberEngland defeated Yugoslavia (2-0) to take control of EC qualifying Group.Hungary lost once again in their Group, this time to Greece. Scotland ended its goal famine by defeating Luxembourg...
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International Season 1986/87, Part 5 (December 1986)
DecemberSpain defeated Albania at Tirana (2-1). Italy defeated Malta (2-0) in a match where Alessandro Altobelli scored one goal but missed two penalty kicks.Riccardo Ferri becomes the first Italian...
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International Season 1986/87, Part 6 (January 1987)
JanuarySpain and Holland played a (1-1) Friendly at Barcelona.Italy defeated Malta (5-0) in an EC Qualifier.Date: January 6, 1987Competition: Maspalomas Tournament Attendance: Venue: Las Palmas Estadio...
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International Season 1986/87, Part 7 (February 1987)
FebruaryHungary finally won its first qualifier by defeating Cyprus (1-0) away from home under new Manager Joszef Verebes.Italy won a key qualifier away from hoem at Portugal (1-0).England defeated...
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International Season 1986/87, Part 8 (March 1987)
MarchArgentina played its first match since winning the World Cup, the previous year. They lost in a friendly vs. Italian club AS Roma (1-2). Romania defeated Albania (5-1) in a qualifier.West Germany...
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International Season 1986/87, Part 9 (April 1987)
AprilSpain won an important qualifier away from home at Austria (3-2). Belgium defeated Scotland (4-1) at Brussels. England won its third straight match in its group by defeating Northern Ireland (2-0)...
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International Season 1986/87, Part 10 (May 1987)
MayA young Brazil squad toured Europe and participated in the Rous Cup. Observers were impressed by their showing. Many future stars such as Romario and Dunga made their debuts for Brazil on the...
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International Season 1986/87, Part 11 (June 1987)
June Italy hosted Argentina in a prestige friendly and won (3-1). Sweden defeated Italy (1-0). This was Vicini’ first defeat as Italy Manager.France, missing the retired Platini, reached new depths...
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International Season 1986/87, Part 12 (July 1987)
JulyChile inflicted upon Brazil one of its heaviest defeats (0-4). The defending Copa America Champions Uruguay repeated as Champions by defeating Chile (1-0) in the Final.Date: July 1,...
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The Best Players to never appear in a World Cup, Part Six
1- Dean SaundersLike his contemporaries, Mark Hughes and Ian Rush, Welsh striker Dean Saunders represented his Nation (80s-90s) at a time when they were unable or unlucky to qualify for the Finals of...
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Politics and The Game, Part Six
1- Argentina President Carlos Menem and 1990 World CupEdgardo Codesal was the Uruguay-born Mexican Referee of the 1990 World Cup Final (July 8, 1990, West Germany 1-Argentina 0).Many Argentines...
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Teams on Tour-Part 6 (England’s South American Tour of 1984)
England’s South American Tour of 1984When England embarked on its South American Tour in the Summer of 1984, the knives had been out for quite some time for National Team Manager Bobby Robson.For the...
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The British Home Championship-Part Six
The 1979 British Home ChampionshipThe 1979 edition of the British Home Championship took place while the Home Nations were in the middle of the UEFA European Championship qualifiers of 1980.In fact the...
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Tournaments-Part 6 – Scania 100 (1991)
In June 1991, Sweden hosted a mini Tournament featuring themselves with Italy, Denmark and USSR as guests.This was in preparation for the following year’s UEFA European Championships that they would be...
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Season and Tournament Previews / Guides / Retrospectives-Part Five
1- Magazine Name: Onze-MondialIssues: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 15, 1993 Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 17, 1994Language/Nation: French/France The season Preview as well as the season...
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Match Programmes-Part Five
1- Official Match Programme, Scotland v Sweden, 1981Match date: September 9, 1981Language/Nation: English/ ScotlandPhoto From: Scotland v Sweden, 1981Scotland v Sweden, 19812- Official Match...
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International Head-to-Head –Part Four, Brazil and France -Part 1 (1950s-1980s)
1950sThe very first match between the nations took place at the 1958 World Cup in the semifinal. It was a match between the first Great Generations of either side, where Brazil won (5-2) through a Pele...
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