Jun 6, 2026 · 45 min · 8 segments
We’ve got part 2* of the look back at Argentina’s victorious campaign at Mexico 86. Here we’ve got the early stages ofArgentina’s journey. Maradona shows his class by assisting all three goals…
Matthew OkotHost
Despite having been champions only two tournaments previously, Argentina were not seeded, paying the price for their poor showing at Spain '82.
It worked out okay for Argentina, with Italy being viewed as the only difficult team in their section.
Argentina started their campaign against South Korea at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario, University Olympic Stadium, in Mexico City.
Bob Beamon, Dick Fosbury, Věra Čáslavská, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, Joan Aguilà and so on.
Rob "Soupy" Bedwell, if you're listening, the running track meant that the fans were too far away to see Maradona's genius properly.
Bilardo organized training sessions to take place at times which were the same as the kickoff times to allow the players to get used to the conditions.
Maradona would write, "At 12 noon, a guy could die." He described the decision to play at that time of day amidst the heat and smog as downright criminal.
They sold a bad football product to the world." Guillem Balague writes that Maradona's complaints about the scheduling was the first confrontation between the star and FIFA.
Maradona believed that by speaking out, this was the start of FIFA viewing him as a troublemaker, with the implication that from then on, the organization was out to get him.
You wonder how much of this was Maradona's coke-addled brain getting paranoid, and I say this as a long-term admirer of Diego.
Let's not forget that he punched the ball into the net in this World Cup and got clean away with it.
The matches were being scheduled to suit the European TV audience, although British TV viewers would only get second half coverage of Argentina/South Korea, as the BBC was showing Wogan, Wogan, from 7:00 PM to 7:40 PM BST.
Unthinkable these days that coverage of a World Cup match would be truncated to accommodate a chat show.
Incidentally, the BBC theme tune for Mexico '86 was Aztec Lightning by Heads, a reprise of Mexico Melody, which the BBC had used for the 1968 Olympics.
Despite having been champions only two tournaments previously, Argentina were not seeded, paying the price for their poor showing at Spain '82.
It worked out okay for Argentina, with Italy being viewed as the only difficult team in their section.
Argentina started their campaign against South Korea at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario, University Olympic Stadium, in Mexico City.
Bob Beamon, Dick Fosbury, Věra Čáslavská, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, Joan Aguilà and so on.
Rob "Soupy" Bedwell, if you're listening, the running track meant that the fans were too far away to see Maradona's genius properly.
Bilardo organized training sessions to take place at times which were the same as the kickoff times to allow the players to get used to the conditions.
Maradona would write, "At 12 noon, a guy could die." He described the decision to play at that time of day amidst the heat and smog as downright criminal.
They sold a bad football product to the world." Guillem Balague writes that Maradona's complaints about the scheduling was the first confrontation between the star and FIFA.
Maradona believed that by speaking out, this was the start of FIFA viewing him as a troublemaker, with the implication that from then on, the organization was out to get him.
You wonder how much of this was Maradona's coke-addled brain getting paranoid, and I say this as a long-term admirer of Diego.
Let's not forget that he punched the ball into the net in this World Cup and got clean away with it.
The matches were being scheduled to suit the European TV audience, although British TV viewers would only get second half coverage of Argentina/South Korea, as the BBC was showing Wogan, Wogan, from 7:00 PM to 7:40 PM BST.
Unthinkable these days that coverage of a World Cup match would be truncated to accommodate a chat show.
Incidentally, the BBC theme tune for Mexico '86 was Aztec Lightning by Heads, a reprise of Mexico Melody, which the BBC had used for the 1968 Olympics.
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