21/12/2022
The leadership of the English Football Federation appealed to the leadership of FIFA with a request to allow Gary Lineker to play with an armband. Matches in Mexico, where Lineker played with a bandage on his arm, went around the world. At the championship, the team did not start very well. The first rivals were strong Portuguese, which included Paulo Futre, Pasek and goalkeeper Manuel Bento, who formed the backbone of the Porto football club, which in 1987 would win the European Cup. The Portuguese won 1-0. The next match is with Morocco; Robson's wards spent the entire match in attack, but could not win. With one draw and one tournament point in the graph, the England team could count on reaching the next round only if they defeated the Poles. Lineker scored a hat-trick during the first half. In the next round, Paraguay was the opponent - Lineker scored 2 goals. This was followed by the well-known match against the Argentina national team, which was led into battle by the legendary Diego Maradona. The goal, later called the hand of God, put the British into a stupor, but the passage of Maradona, who beat the entire defense of the England team, was a shock for the British. Lineker otkvitala one goal, but the British simply did not have enough for more. At the 1986 World Cup, Gary Lineker became the tournament's top scorer with 6 goals
