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Some outstanding individual World Cup performances

20 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

It was a shame they missed out on two world cups Laudrup might have shone in '82 and '90, this has a few more international goals:

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When they won Euro 92, after having initially not qualified.

They replaced Yugoslavia.

That has got to be one of the best ever sporting achievements.

 


https://northernirelandstatistics.wordpress.com/2013/06/25/25th-June/

25th June 1982.

Northern Ireland 1-0 Spain. Against all the odds.

One of the best British Isles Team performances I've ever seen in a World Cup Finals Match.


25th June – Today In Our Footballing History


Posted on 25 June 2013 | Leave a comment
25/06/1982 Valencia Spain 1-0 Gerry Armstrong

Pat Jennings, Jimmy Nicholl, Mal Donaghy, Chris Nicholl, John McClelland, David McCreery, Norman Whiteside (Sammy Nelson), Martin O’Neill, Billy Hamilton, Gerry Armstrong, Sammy McIlroy (Tommy Cassidy)


Northern Ireland went into the match with Spain needing to defeat the tournament hosts in their own back yard (Estadio Luis Casanova Stadium, Valencia) to guarantee qualification for the second round group stage. In fact all four teams in the group (the other two being Yugoslavia and Honduras) could in theory qualify for the next stage. Yugoslavia and Spain were the two favourites to qualify from Group 5 after previous results and the expectant victories in their final group matches against Honduras and Northern Ireland respectively. Spain however, had only drawn with Honduras in their first match with a penalty saving their blushes while Yugoslavia had drawn 0-0 with Northern Ireland. In the second round of matches Spain defeated Yugoslavia while Northern Ireland drew 1-1 with Honduras


 
From memory I’m sure I watched that Northern Ireland v Spain game at a Youth Club barbecue, The place erupted when Gerry Armstrong scored,

Amazing what I can remember footballing wise. Different story when it comes to remembering what the Mrs asks me to do !

 
The England defence of 1966 with the great Gordon Banks behind them were some defensive unit.

 
Maybe it's already been mentioned, but Zidane's performances in the 2006 knockout stages (excluding the final) were exceptional.

He single-handedly helped France make the final before losing to Italy in the final on penalties.

 
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