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788 vs. Paraguay
Wednesday, 18 June 1986
1986 FIFA World Cup Finals Second Phase Round of Sixteen match seven

England 3 Paraguay 0 [1-0]
 
 

Estadio Azteca, Santa Úrsula, ciudad de México, Mexico
Kick-off
(CST): 12.00noon 7.00pm BST
Attendance: 98,728

91 minutes 45:31 & 45:28 Paraguay kicked-off
[1-0] Gary Lineker 32 31:12
  missed Hoddle's initial cross but did, from 3 yards, reach Sansom's return
 
[2-0] Peter Beardsley 56 55:19
  right-footed strike after Fernández failed to hold onto Butcher's 15 yd strike from a Hoddle corner
[3-0] Gary Lineker 73
 right-side footed stretched to get on the end of GA Stevens cross from 7 yards
 
  Alvin Martin 37
Jorge Núñez 60
Steve Hodge
65

World Cup Grandstand: Commentator: John Motson with Jimmy Hill
World Cup '86: Commentator: Martin Tyler with David Pleat
 

"BRING ON DIEGO" - Daily Mirror

Officials

England Squad

Type

         
Paraguay Squad
         
Referee
Jamal Al-Sharif
(31 (8 December 1954), Damascus, Syria
  Goal Attempts  
  Attempts on Target  
Linesmen   Hit Bar/Post  
Fallaj Khuzam Al-Shanar
38 (10 October 1947), Saudi Arabia
(red flag)
Alexis Ponnet
47 (9 March 1939), Bruxelles, Belgium (yellow flag)
  Corner Kicks Won  
  Offside Calls Against  
    Fouls Conceded  
  Possession  
 

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 4th to 3rd
Colours: The 1986 Umbro World Cup uniform - White v-necked jersey with shadow stripes, blue collar with white/red trim and thin blue stripe along shoulder, blue shorts with white seams with blue/red trim, white socks with blue Umbro diamond trim.
Capt: Peter Shilton, tenth captaincy Manager: Robert W. Robson, 53 (18 February 1933), appointed 7 July 1982,
48th match, W 26 - D 12 - L 10 - F 86 - A 25.
England Lineup
1 Shilton, Peter L. 36 18 September 1949 G Southampton FC 85 51ᵍᵃ
gk most apps
2 Stevens, M. Gary 23 27 March 1963 RB Everton FC 13 0
6 Butcher, Terence I. 27 28 December 1958
in Alexandra Park, Singapore
RCD Ipswich Town FC 44 3
5
Martin, Alvin E. 27 29 July 1958 LCD West Ham United FC 16 0
3 Sansom, Kenneth G. 27 26 September 1958 LB Arsenal FC 69 1
4 Hoddle, Glenn 28 27 October 1957 DM Tottenham Hotspur FC 37 8
17 Steven, Trevor M. 22 21 September 1963 RM Everton FC 12 3
16 Reid, Peter, off 58th min. 29 20 June 1956 CM

Everton FC

8 0
18
Hodge, Steven B. 23 25 October 1962 LM Aston Villa FC 7 0
20 Beardsley, Peter A., off 82nd min. 25 18 January 1961 AM Newcastle United FC 8 2
10 Lineker, Gary W. 25 30 November 1960 CF Everton FC 17 11
England Substitutes
15 Stevens, Gary A., on 58th min. (57:20) for Reid 24 30 March 1962 CM Tottenham Hotspur FC 7 1 0
6
final app 1984-86
9 Hateley, Mark W., on 82nd min. (81:58) for Beardsley 24 7 November 1961 CF Milan AC, Italy 21 18 9
3

unused substitutes:

12-Viv Anderson, 13-Chris Woods, 19-John Barnes.

substitute notes:

The two substitutions in this match take England's substituting tally for this season to a record 28.
Tottenham Hotspur FC have now also supplied a record-equaling eighteen players for England substitutes, equal with Manchester United FC.

team notes:

Gary Lineker was off the field at the time of England's second goal. As he was running up the field to be on the end of the cross that ended in a corner from which the second goal was scored, he was maliciously elbowed in the throat by Delgado (54:15). Lineker returned two minutes later (56:13).
 
4-4(1-3)-2(1-1) Shilton -
MG.Stevens, Butcher, Martin, Sansom -
Hoddle -
Steven, Reid
(GA Stevens), Hodge -
Beardsley
(Hateley) -
Lineker

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Paraguay Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 15th to 22nd
Colours: Made by Rainha - Red and white broad striped collared jerseys, red collars/white cuffs, white shorts with red side pintrim, blue socks with lighter blue tops.
Capt: Rogelio Delgado Manager: Cayetano Ré
 The Paraguayan coach was banned from the bench
Paraguay Lineup
1 Fernández Roa, Roberto E. 31 9 July 1954 G Asociación Deportivo Cali, Colombia 47 ᵍᵃ
2 Torales, Juan B., off 64th min. 30 9 May 1956 RB Club Libertad 62  
3 Zabala Fernández, César 25 3 June 1961 RCD Club Cerro Porteño 6  
4 Schettina Chepini, Vladimiro 30 8 October 1955 LCD Club Guaraní 8  
5 Delgado Casco, Rogelio W. 26 12 October 1959 LB Club Olimpía 8  
6
Núñez Infrán, Jorge Amado 24 18 October 1961 RM Asociación Deportivo Cali, Colombia 6  
Núñez cautioned in the 60th min. for Dissent, he was singled out for barging the referee after not getting a penalty following Cabañas throwing himself.
10 Cañete Azcurra, Adolfino 29 13 September 1965 CM CDS y Cultural Cruz Azul Asociación SA de CV, Mexico 8  
8 Romero Insfrán, Julio César 25 28 August 1960 LM Fluminense FC, Brazil 15  
7 Ferreira Gómez, Buenaventura 25 4 July 1960 RF Asociación Deportivo Cali, Colombia 6  
11 Mendoza Sulewski, Alfredo D. 22 31 December 1963 CF Deportivo Independiente Medellín 8  
9 Cabañas González, Roberto 25 11 April 1961 LF América de Cali, Colombia 6  
Paraguay Substitutes
16 Guasch Bazán, Jorge C, on 64th min. for Torales 25 17 January 1961 CM Club Olimpía 4  

unused substitutes:

12-Jorge Battaglia, 13-Virginio Cáceres, 14-Luis Caballero, 20-Ramón Hicks.
 
4-3-3 Fernández -
Torales (Guasch), Zabala, Schettina, Delgado -
Núñez, Cañete, Romero -
Ferreira, Mendoza, Cabañas

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

After surviving some early scares, England took command with a first-half goal byGary Lineker. Peter Beardsley netted the second goal while Lineker was off the pitch receiving treatment after being elbowed in the throat, and it was Lineker who clinched England's place in the quarter-finals with his fifth goal of the tournament after combining with Tottenham team-mates Glenn Hoddle andGary Stevens. Waiting for England in the quarter-finals were Argentina and Maradona. It would be the first meeting between the two countries since the Falklands War of 1982.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Norman Giller
, Football Author

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CG