World Cup Diary: Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina

Wow, Argentina completely outclassed Mexico today, and Germany did the same with England!

The quarterfinal match coming up brings back memories of one of my favorite games ever: the 1986 Mexico World Cup final, which Argentina won 3–2. José Brown and Jorge Valdano scored in the first half to put Argentina up 2–0. West Germany then staged a fantastic comeback. Rummenigge scored in the 74th minute, and six minutes later Rudi Völler buried the equalizer. With seven minutes remaining, a pass from Maradona gave Jorge Burruchaga the winner for Argentina.

I supported Argentina, then. I support Argentina, now. Don’t cry for me, Argentina … the truth is, I never left you.

PS: They really need to get going with some video replay technology. Both games saw some rather embarrassing refereeing.

This segment is a part in the series : World Cup Diary