1986 FIFA World Cup Group B explained

Group B of the 1986 FIFA World Cup was one of the groups of nations competing at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 3 June and its last matches were played on 11 June. Matches were played at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City and at the Estadio Nemesio Díez in Toluca. Host Mexico topped the group, joined in the second round by Belgium and by Paraguay, who were making their first appearance in the finals since 1958. Iraq, making their debut in the World Cup, lost all three of their matches and scored just one goal.

Standings

Matches

Belgium vs Mexico


GK	1	Jean-Marie Pfaff
DF	19	Hugo Broos
DF	2	Eric Gerets
DF	3
DF	4	Michel De Wolf
MF	6	Franky Vercauteren
MF	7	René Vandereycken
MF	10
MF	8	Enzo Scifo
MF	11	Jan Ceulemans (c)
FW	9
Substitutions:
GK	12	Jacky Munaron
DF	13	Georges Grün
DF	5	Michel Renquin
FW	16
MF	21
Manager:
Guy Thys

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GK	1	Pablo Larios
DF	2	Mario Trejo
DF	3	Fernando Quirarte
DF	14	Félix Cruz
DF	17	Raúl Servín
MF	16
MF	10	Tomás Boy (c)
MF	13	Javier Aguirre
FW	22	Manuel Negrete
FW	15
FW	9
Substitutions:
GK	20	Olaf Heredia
MF	8	Alejandro Domínguez
MF	7
FW	5
FW	11	Carlos Hermosillo
Manager:
Bora Milutinović

Paraguay vs Iraq


GK	1	Roberto Fernández
DF	2	Juan Torales
DF	3	César Zabala
DF	4
DF	5	Rogelio Delgado (c)
MF	6	Jorge Amado Nunes
MF	10	Adolfino Cañete
MF	8	Julio César Romero
FW	7	Buenaventura Ferreira
FW	11
FW	9	Roberto Cabañas
Substitutions:
MF	16
Manager:
Cayetano Ré

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GK	1	Raad Hammoudi (c)
DF	3	Khalil Allawi
DF	4	Nadhim Shaker
DF	5
DF	15	Natiq Hashim
DF	22	Ghanim Oraibi
MF	6	Ali Hussein Shihab
MF	7
MF	14
FW	10	Hussein Saeed
FW	8	Ahmed Radhi
Substitutions:
FW	11
MF	19
Manager:
Evaristo de Macedo

Mexico vs Paraguay


GK	1	Pablo Larios
DF	2		^[1]
DF	3	Fernando Quirarte
DF	14	Félix Cruz
DF	17	Raúl Servín
MF	16	Carlos Muñoz
MF	10	Tomás Boy (c)
MF	13	Javier Aguirre
FW	22
FW	15
FW	9
Substitutions:
MF	7
FW	5
Manager:
Bora Milutinović

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GK	1	Roberto Fernández
DF	2
DF	3	César Zabala
DF	4
DF	5	Rogelio Delgado (c)
MF	6	Jorge Amado Nunes
MF	10	Adolfino Cañete
MF	8	Julio César Romero
FW	7	Buenaventura Ferreira
FW	11
FW	9	Roberto Cabañas
Substitutions:
MF	16
FW	20
Manager:
Cayetano Ré

Iraq vs Belgium


GK	1	Raad Hammoudi (c)
DF	3	Khalil Allawi
DF	4
DF	5
DF	15
DF	22	Ghanim Oraibi
MF	6	Ali Hussein Shihab
MF	7
MF	14
FW	9
FW	8	Ahmed Radhi
Substitutions:
FW	11
Manager:
Evaristo de Macedo

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GK	1	Jean-Marie Pfaff
DF	2	Eric Gerets
DF	3	Franky Van Der Elst
DF	4	Michel De Wolf
MF	21
MF	6	Franky Vercauteren
MF	7	René Vandereycken
MF	10	Philippe Desmet
MF	8
MF	11	Jan Ceulemans (c)
FW	16
Substitutions:
DF	14
DF	13
Manager:
Guy Thys

Paraguay vs Belgium


GK	1	Roberto Fernández
DF	2	Juan Torales
DF	3	César Zabala
DF	5	Rogelio Delgado (c)
MF	16	Jorge Guasch
MF	6	Jorge Amado Nunes
MF	10	Adolfino Cañete
MF	8
FW	7	Buenaventura Ferreira
FW	11
FW	9	Roberto Cabañas
Substitutions:
GK	12	Jorge Battaglia
DF	13	Virginio Cáceres
DF	14	Luis Caballero
FW	18	Evaristo Isasi
FW	20
Manager:
Cayetano Ré

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GK	1	Jean-Marie Pfaff
DF	5	Michel Renquin
DF	19	Hugo Broos
DF	13
MF	21	Stéphane Demol
MF	6	Franky Vercauteren
MF	22	Patrick Vervoort
MF	8	Enzo Scifo
MF	11	Jan Ceulemans (c)
FW	16	Nico Claesen
FW	18	Daniel Veyt
Substitutions:
GK	12	Jacky Munaron
DF	3	Franky Van Der Elst
DF	14	Leo Clijsters
MF	15
DF	4	Michel de Wolf
Manager:
Guy Thys

Iraq vs Mexico


GK	20	Fatah Nsaief (c)
DF	2	Maad Ibrahim
DF	3
DF	4	Nadhim Shaker
DF	15
DF	22	Ghanim Oraibi
MF	6	Ali Hussein Shihab
MF	17
MF	19	Basim Qasim
FW	9
FW	8	Ahmed Radhi
Substitutions:
GK	21	Ahmad Jassim
MF	12	Jamal Ali
MF	18	Ismail Mohammed
FW	11
MF	16
Manager:
Evaristo de Macedo

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GK	1	Pablo Larios
DF	18
DF	3	Fernando Quirarte
DF	14	Félix Cruz
DF	17	Raúl Servín
MF	6
MF	7	Miguel España
MF	10	Tomás Boy (c)
MF	13	Javier Aguirre
FW	22	Manuel Negrete
FW	15	Luis Flores
Substitutions:
GK	20	Olaf Heredia
DF	4	Armando Manzo
MF	8
FW	11	Carlos Hermosillo
FW	5
Manager:
Bora Milutinović

Notes and References

Mistake in FIFA report. The footage clearly shows that Trejo was booked for deliberate handball in the 49th minute.