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(light rock music)

- [All] Argentina, Argentina, Argentina!

Argentina, Argentina, Argentina!

Argentina, Argentina!

(singing in foreign language)

(cheering)

- [Crowd] Mexico, Mexico, Mexico!

(chanting in foreign language)

(referee whistling)

(somber music)

- [Narrator] At 7:30

on the morning of September the 19th, 1985,

Mexico City suffered an earthquake.

In less than two minutes, tens of thousands of people

would die in the devastation.

It was a horrific tragedy for the world's largest city.

Mexico had recently been chosen as host nation

to stage the finals of the 13th FIFA World Cup.

That honor now stood in jeopardy.

It is a tribute to the people of Mexico

that they recovered sufficiently in eight months,

and were able to stage the World Cup

with enthusiasm and dignity.

Out of the tragedy, a sense of national unity

and purpose was created.

Mexico's sporting pride had been restored.

Whatever they might achieve in competition

would now be considered a bonus.

On June 3rd, in the Azteca Stadium,

in front of 100,000 crowd,

Hugo Sanchez returns to play in Mexico City.

Sanchez, a local boy, left Mexico City five years ago

to make his reputation overseas.

He now returns as a genuine star,

earning a million-dollar salary

as the top goal scorer in the Spanish League.

Mexico has built her World Cup team around Sanchez,

being their only overseas player,

they have trained for two years, largely without him.

Now, having returned, the expectation is high.

The whole nation awaits their hero.

In Mexico's opening match against Belgium,

the first time Sanchez has played in his hometown

for half a decade, the nation watches, willing a goal.

(cheering)

(speaking in foreign language)

When Mexico score, through Fernando Quirarte,

it is as though God has answered the prayers of a nation,

still mending from the tragedy of the earthquake.

In the excitement of Mexico's first goal,

Sanchez makes an unforgivable blunder,

kicking the ball into the crowd.

He gets a yellow card, and later will miss a complete game

when he gets a second.

(referee whistling)

(speaking in foreign language)

(cheering)

Mexico's second goal brought Hugo Sanchez

his only moment of triumph in the World Cup,

the hero had arrived and Mexico started to believe in

themselves as a footballing nation.

Although they will win further games,

and even reach the quarter finals,

this, their first victory over Belgium,

allows months of depression to spill over into the streets

in a national current of relief and joy.

(cheering)

Known as The Prince, Enzo Francescoli is a former

South American Player of the Year,

and the inspiration of the South American Champions Uruguay.

Only days before Uruguay's first match,

Francescoli signs a multi-million dollar contract,

one of the largest in soccer history,

to play for Racing Club of Paris.

As with Diego Maradona in the 1982 World Cup,

much is expected of Francescoli in Mexico.

He is hot, a marked man, and consequently,

is put under constant pressure.

Against Denmark in the preliminary rounds,

a nightmare unfolds for The Prince.

(intense music)

(chanting in foreign language)

Denmark had never before qualified for the World Cup Finals,

but the Danes of 1986 arrive in Mexico

with an awesome reputation.

Their first real test would be against

the South American champions.

Uruguay are both hard and experienced.

Denmark's edge comes from a two-man attack

of flare and pace.

Michael Laudrup from the glamorous Juventus Club

in the Italian League.

A player of blinding pace and magical ball skills.

Preben Elkjaer Larsen,

also a star striker in the Italian League,

is Laudrup's foil.

Elkjaer's grit and turn of speed make him lethal near goal.

Elkjaer and Laudrup are the most feared attack in Mexico.

The foul is taken to new heights of expertise

by the Uruguayans.

This knee nudge, from number five, Bossio,

to Laudrup's upper thigh gets a yellow card.

When Bossio strikes again, another cruel foul minutes later,

he gets an instant red card.

The Mexican referee shows no compromise

and throws Bossio off the field.

Uruguay are down to 10 men, a slaughter is now in the cards.

(speaking in foreign language)

Denmark are two up and looking unstoppable.

- [All] Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

- [Narrator] The only relief for Uruguay in the whole game

is when Francescoli is awarded a penalty

at the end of the first half.

If, at half time, 2-1 down, it looks bad

for the South American champions, in the second half,

it is to get worse, far worse.

- [Crowd] Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

- [Narrator] Nothing illustrates better the dazzling skills

of Michael Laudrup of Denmark's third goal.

(cheering)

- [Crowd] Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

- [Narrator] Denmark's future must rest very much

on this young man's shoulders.

(singing in foreign language)

By now, the Denmark short passing machine

is running with precision.

The Uruguayans hardly get a look in.

(cheering)

Francescoli knows the game is up,

but more agony is still to come.

Goal number five, another Laudrup-Elkjaer classic.

- [Crowd] Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

- [Narrator] And the 6th Denmark goal,

Elkjaer helping out Jesper Olsen.

Uruguay suffered their worst defeat

in 50 years of World Cup participation,

while newcomers, Denmark, have set Mexico alight,

and created a wave of Danish popularity.

- [Crowd] Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

Denmark!

(singing in foreign language)

(chanting in foreign language)

- [Narrator] For 15 years,

Denmark waited to play West Germany,

their close neighbors, and the 1974 World Cup champions

and '82 finalists.

In Mexico, Denmark beat them 2-0.

In this, their first ever World Cup,

they were now one of only two nations

from the 24 finalists to have won

all their preliminary matches,

making them among the favorites

to win the World Cup outright.

But sport is fickle at the top.

A rude shock awaits the Danes.

(referee whistling)

When Emilio Butragueno scores his fourth goal

in Spain's 5-1 victory over Denmark,

it is a genuine upset.

The day the dazzling Danes finally run out of steam.

But personal triumph such as Butragueno achieved

with his four goal blitz against Denmark,

is quickly put into perspective

when in the frustration and agony of defeat,

Spain is eliminated in the very next round against Belgium.

(dramatic music)

Football is the world's most popular professional sport,

a game of the people.

To win the World Cup is the pinnacle, the ultimate accolade.

Occasionally, one player rises above the rest.

In Mexico, that player would be Diego Maradona,

captain of Argentina.

In his first game against the Korean Republic,

Maradona's World Cup started

much like his previous World Cup in Spain

four years earlier finished, aggressively.

Being Maradona has always carried

a high price in aggression.

Whereas in Spain, Maradona was allowed to be

kicked out of the World Cup,

in Mexico, the referee gave some protection.

As a result of a foul on Maradona,

Argentina's first goal was made.

(cheering)

Once that goal had been scored,

it seemed to release Maradona from the memory of Spain,

and he immediately grew in stature.

(cheering)

By the end of the game it was obvious that, barring injury,

Maradona would be a hard man to contain in Mexico.

(chanting in foreign language)

Maradona's second match is against world champion's Italy.

It will be the only time in the whole competition

that Argentina had to come from behind.

1-0 down, Maradona burst back with the equalizer.

(cheering)

It is becoming clear, to beat Argentina,

you have first to beat Maradona.

Argentina have not beaten Uruguay

in a World Cup game for 56 years.

It would take Maradona's magic to even the score.

(cheering)

Pedro Pasculli, 1-0 to Argentina.

Into the second half, Maradona sets up a solo run

that splits open the Uruguayan defense.

(cheering)

Incomprehensibly, the Italian referee disallows the goal.

The resurgence of French football in recent years

owes much to one man, Michel Platini,

a play maker of extraordinary ability,

who is both the conductor and soloist

in the delicate fluid style

that has helped make France the current European champions.

So valuable an asset is Platini,

that for the past three years,

he's been voted European Player of the Year.

The one accolade that has alluded him

is the ultimate reward, the World Cup.

(singing in foreign language)

Platini's first real test

is against current world champions, Italy.

France has only beaten Italy once in the past 60 years,

and that was in a friendly.

The winner of this game

will claim a place in the quarter finals.

The delicate touch of the French immediately makes its mark.

(speaking in foreign language)

Just 14 minutes into the game, Platini coolly chips

a Rocheteau center into the open net.

(speaking in foreign language)

Once France scored, Italy never looked like coming back.

(chanting in foreign language)

Deep into the second half, Rocheteau, Tigana,

set up the final thrust.

(speaking in foreign language)

Stopyra drives it home.

(speaking in foreign language)

France have knocked out the World Champions

and will celebrate their first major victory over Italy

in over half a century.

To become world champions requires consistency

over seven matches against all nations.

Sometimes, the least experienced opponent

can cause the most frustration.

When France meet Canada early in the competition.

Platini and his European champions

were expected to dazzle with a barrage of goals,

but for 78 minutes, they got nothing but resistance

from the semi-professional Canadians.

(cheering)

Papin's winning goal, 12 minutes from the end,

brought relief for Platini and the hustled French.

Canada's moment had passed.

But France would continue.

- [Crowd] Brazil!

Brazil!

Brazil!

- [Narrator] For the past three decades, Brazil has offered

a style of football that is both entertained and thrilled,

skillful, attacking, dangerous.

When they come up against France in the quarter finals,

a confrontation of epic proportions in on the cards.

(speaking in foreign language)

(cheering)

Brazil are the first to score through Careca

in the 17th minute.

(cheering)

- [Crowd] Brazil!

Brazil!

Brazil!

- [Narrator] In the opening 30 minutes, Brazil are on top,

but the in depth quality of the French

means that no opponent can become complacent.

(speaking in foreign language)

(singing in foreign language)

With the score 1-1, the second half

sees France increase the pressure.

Then again, the flow turns, and Brazil thrust forward.

20 minutes from the end,

under pressure from the crowd,

aging Brazilian hero, Zico, is brought on

to help give penetration up front.

He sets up an immediate attack.

It leads to Branco being fouled.

Branco searches for the pain in his leg

while sneaking a look at the referee.

The performance was worth the wait.

Brazil are awarded a penalty, Zico is given the job.

Zico's failure, and Bats' dramatic save,

force the game into 30 minutes of extra time.

In the dying minutes of extra time,

Platini sends a beautiful through-pass to Bellone,

who's clear.

But he's manhandled a yard outside the box by Carlos.

The Romanian referee turns a blind eye.

France lose the chance of a lucky goal,

and after 120 minutes of play in wilting heat,

their frustration and disbelief showed.

The result of this quarter final

will now be decided by penalties.

(intense music)

(speaking in foreign language)

Socrates blows out on the first Brazilian strike.

(speaking in foreign language)

(cheering)

Stopyra scores for France.

Alemao for Brazil.

(cheering)

(speaking in foreign language)

Amoros for France.

(cheering)

This time, Zico gets it right.

Score, 2-2.

(speaking in foreign language)

Bellone scores.

The manner of the goal is disputed,

but the referee lets it rest.

3-2 to France.

(speaking in foreign language)

Branco for Brazil.

3-3.

Michel Platini walks forward

to take the penultimate penalty for France.

It is his 31st birthday.

(speaking in foreign language)

Michel Platini lives a moment

of private hell on his birthday,

seen by a billion people live around the world.

At this moment,

even he couldn't imagine this day ending victoriously.

Julio Cesar for Brazil.

Joel Bats cannot believe his luck.

Score still 3-3.

The final responsibility rests on the shoulders

of Luis Fernandez, so long a mainstay for France.

The most important single kick of his life.

(singing in foreign language)

France win 4-3 on penalties,

and for their second successive World Cup,

secure a place in the semi-finals.

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Michel Platini

are two of the most successful players

ever to lead West Germany and France.

They met in the semi-finals in the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

They meet again in the semi-finals in Mexico,

speaking their common language, Italian.

They know the territory well.

Both realize this will be their last chance

at ultimate World Cup glory.

Early in the first half, Rummenigge is brought down

just outside the French box.

Bats falls to a straightforward free kick

from Andreas Brehme.

Germany go ahead 1-0.

For the remaining 80 minutes of the game,

France force the pace,

but never get that elusive equalizer.

Even a Platini gem is disallowed.

West Germany go through to the final,

their fourth in the last six championships.

And for Franz Beckenbauer, German national team manager

and captain of the 1974 World Cup champions,

a unique double achievement is but one match away.

But France, yet again, go out in the semi-finals.

And at 31, Michel Platini,

must now consider his World Cup dream has slipped away.

- [Crowd] England, England, England!

England, England, England!

England, England, England!

England, England, England!

- [Narrator] Although England's World Cup

starts disastrously,

by the time they meet Paraguay in the second round,

after an emphatic win over Poland,

they're looking strong.

- [Announcer] The cross will cut into box.

Can they cut this back?

They can!

And England have taken the lead through Gary Lineker.

That was a mistake in the Paraguayan defense.

The cross came in, was cut back.

Goalkeeper lost it, Lineker there.

Three goals against Poland.

He's got the only one against Paraguay.

- [Narrator] Gary Lineker's goal is the catalyst

for England's domination,

and confirms conclusively that Lineker,

voted England's Player of the Year,

has an uncanny ability to score goals.

- [Announcer] Hoddle's taking the corner.

And then dangerously the ball on the right.

Butcher tried the shot, the ball is tucked away!

England, they're now two goals up,

and it's Peter Beardsley who's done it.

The corner, far side of the field.

The ball cut right through

the heart of the Paraguayan defense.

The ball fell luckily for Beardsley.

England are now looking towards the quarter finals

at Argentina.

The cross comes in and Lineker's there.

3-0 to England.

Started by Hoddle, Stevens was there.

Stevens of Tottenham, the two Spurs men together.

The ball stroked in by Stevens, Lineker there.

He had about three hours, he needed two seconds.

And it's Argentina now in the quarter finals surely.

That was a beautiful build up.

Gary Lineker makes it England three, Paraguay nil.

And Gary Lineker now becomes the top scorer

in Mexico in '86.

- [Crowd] England, England, England!

England, England, England!

England, England, England!

England, England, England!

England, England, England!

England, England, England!

England, England, England!

England, England, England!

(intense music)

- [Narrator] With six goals from their last two matches,

England are confident against Argentina,

but Maradona still has to be stopped.

In the first half, England hold their own.

Then, five minutes into the second half,

the turning point comes with a decisive Maradona break.

- [Announcer] Maradona on the ball.

Always danger.

Lays it outside, finds Valdano.

He can't turn.

Maradona's there.

Rises above Shilton.

And is that goal going to be allowed?

Shilton came out, Maradona challenged him.

Peter Shilton is claiming he was fouled,

and that goal is going to be allowed,

the ball flicked through by Valdano.

He turned it inside,

and it was a handball, no question about that.

That was the only reason that Maradona

was able to rise above Peter Shilton.

He got his left hand to the ball,

he stretched, he turned it partial.

Shilton could not believe it.

And the ball, with a little sigh of apology,

just bounces in to the open English net.

- [Narrator] Before England can recompose,

still reeling from the disputed first goal,

Maradona strikes again.

- [Announcer] Maradona turns like a little eel,

and comes away from trouble.

Little squat man, comes inside Butcher, leaves his for dead.

Outside Fenwick, leaves him for dead.

And puts the ball away.

And that is why Maradona's the greatest player in the world.

He buries the English defense.

He picked up that ball 40 yards out.

First, he left one man for dead.

First he went past Sansom.

It's a goal of great quality

by a player of the greatest quality.

It's England nil, Argentina two.

The first goal should never have been allowed,

but Maradona has put the seal on his greatness.

He's left it this World Cup.

He scored a goal that England just couldn't cope with,

they couldn't face up to.

It was beyond their ability.

It's England nil, Diego Maradona, two.

(speaking in foreign language)

- [Narrator] In a last, desperate bid

to get back in the game, England bring on John Barnes.

- [Announcer] Played back again by Sansom.

Out to the far side.

Can he get the cross in?

He can't, but he finds Barnes.

Good skill here by Barnes.

Can he get the cross in?

He can!

The header!

Lineker!

And England have scored.

Lovely work by Barnes down the left.

He beat two men on the six, took it to the goal line.

Perfect cross.

And the man we mentioned a moment ago was there.

Gary Lineker.

He gets his sixth goal of the World Cup.

It's almost his first touch of the ball.

He did it right.

It's now England one, Argentina two.

- [Narrator] But Lineker's last ditch goal,

a goal that will earn the Golden Boot

as top scorer in the World Cup,

is too late to stave off defeat.

Argentina go through to the semi-finals

by the hand, and genius, of Maradona.

(speaking in foreign language)

(applauding)

(singing in foreign language)

- [Crowd] Argentina, Argentina, Argentina!

Argentina, Argentina, Argentina!

Argentina, Argentina, Argentina!

Argentina, Argentina, Argentina!

Argentina, Argentina, Argentina!

Argentina, Argentina, Argentina!

Argentina!

- [Narrator] Although Belgium have surprised many

by beating both Russia and Spain to reach the semi-finals,

against Maradona, no defense has yet proved impregnable.

Valdano beats the keeper with the aid of his arm.

The referee disallows it.

Maradona mounts another attack down the right flank.

Again, a near miss.

In the second half, Maradona steps up a gear.

He flicks an Enrique pass into the back of the net.

1-0 to Argentina.

(speaking in foreign language)

Belgium come back and stretch goalkeeper Pumpido.

Then, in the 63rd minute,

picking up the ball outside the 18-yard line,

Maradona accelerates through the Belgium defense,

another display of dribbling brilliance.

(speaking in foreign language)

Belgium are buried.

Argentina 2-0, and into the final against West Germany.

There are some athletes so gifted, so commanding,

that they can lift a team, even an entire sport,

to an extraordinary level of accomplishment.

Sometimes they carry a whole nation.

Diego Maradona is such an athlete.

(singing in foreign language)

When Argentina meet West Germany in the final,

in front of 115,000 spectators at the Azteca Stadium,

the stage is set for an intriguing confrontation.

Germany, the masters of defense.

Argentina, the improvisors.

Two former world champions who know only too well

the pressures of the major occasion

and the value of the final prize.

West Germany, led by Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

thrust forward into an early attack.

Maradona instigates a cunning back pass,

but gets cruelly cut down from behind.

Second later, Cuciuffo also gets tripped.

Maradona suffers.

From the outset he is being tightly marked

and given little space to breathe.

The Brazilian referee awards a free kick.

Burruchaga curls his shot into the German penalty area.

Jose Luis Brown rises to head it in.

(speaking in foreign language)

In the first half,

although West Germany hold a tight defense,

they are unable to make any effective thrust

at the Argentina goal,

whilst Maradona is a continual danger.

Whenever Maradona breaks free and looms large

is an immediate threat.

The German defense scythe into action.

Maradona becomes a target, evermore vulnerable.

By halftime, a pattern looks set.

West Germany, who in their three previous World Cup games

relied on penalties and free kicks to take them through,

look to have their work cut out restraining Maradona

and the uninhibited South Americans.

To the professional pundit,

one more Argentinian goal would appear to settle it.

The battle for control of the midfield continues,

with Argentina making the run.

(speaking in foreign language)

In the 55th minutes, Valdano surges forward.

Maradona spirals round for Hector Enrique,

to thrust a through-ball for Valdano to score.

It now looks over for Franz Beckenbauer's dream

of becoming the first man ever to captain and manage

a World Cup championship team.

But never underestimate the Germans.

West Germany force a corner.

(speaking in foreign language)

Rudi Voller flicks it across the goal now.

Rummenigge gets a foot to it.

Score, 2-1.

Maradona knows his defense was careless,

a likely-winning margin minutes before now looks fragile.

Maradona lifts the pace, but the flow doesn't roll his way.

Rummenigge drops back to assume a mid-field role.

He sets up an attack.

Dieter Hoenes reaches for it,

but is fouled off the ball by Enrique,

who gets a yellow card.

The unthinkable happens.

Rudi Voller, in the 84th minute,

flicks the ball between goalkeeper Pumpido's open hands.

Score is 2-2.

(speaking in foreign language)

With less than 10 minutes left to play,

Maradona can sense his dream slipping away.

(speaking in foreign language)

Surrounded, Maradona finds space to slip

a long, loping pass through to Burruchaga.

(speaking in foreign language)

For Maradona, one personal detail remains,

a goal in the final to seal his triumph.

In the dying moments, he makes one last push.

It takes four men to stop him.

But Maradona's final goal is not to be.

On this day, June 29th, 1986, Diego Armando Maradona,

has reached the peak and obtained immortality.

(speaking in foreign language)

(singing in foreign language)

- [Crowd] Argentina, Argentina!

Argentina, Argentina!

Argentina, Argentina!

Argentina, Argentina!

Argentina, Argentina!

Argentina, Argentina!

♪ Waiting for a very special sign ♪

♪ Telling of a very special time ♪

♪ Leaving just the chance to stake a claim ♪

♪ In a very different kind of game ♪

♪ Just one chance to be held up high ♪

♪ Or be cut down ♪

♪ Sink or swim, swim or drown ♪

♪ Can you see the gap between right and wrong ♪

♪ Tearful sounds and a joyful song ♪

♪ Reaching for the hands of love ♪

♪ Hoping to be pulled above ♪

♪ My friend, to be a special kind of hero ♪

♪ My new found game, to be a special kind of hero ♪

♪ I need you ♪

♪ Need you with me ♪

♪ My hero ♪

♪ How you bring me ♪

♪ Feelings like I cannot explain ♪

♪ Warmth that feeds from my pain ♪

♪ Capturing moments in time ♪

♪ That the world can never replace ♪

♪ Forever suspended in space ♪

♪ Moments of a very special kind ♪

♪ Immortalize an aspect of the mind ♪

♪ Moving past limits of those above ♪

♪ Guided by the visions of the strong ♪

♪ Into places never seen before ♪

♪ Where I can be a certain kind ♪

♪ I want to be a hero in my mind ♪

♪ With very special guidance from above ♪

♪ And very precious moments of my love ♪