Belgium v Spain Group E 21-06-1990
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00:00The referee today, Juan Lostau from Argentina.
00:05And just to revive a few bad memories for my co-commentator today, Ian St John,
00:09he was the official when Costa Rica beat Scotland.
00:12Thank you for the memory.
00:14Well, I'm looking forward to this game, Alan,
00:16because there's a lot of good players on both sides of the field.
00:19The pressure's off both sides, they have qualified in the group,
00:22so they can come out today and play and entertain,
00:25so it should be a good one.
00:27Spain in the red shirts and blue shorts,
00:30Belgium in their change colours of all white,
00:32the Spanish attacking from left to right in this first half.
00:35And this must be one of the hottest days, I think,
00:37so far in these World Cup finals.
00:39That is bound to influence the pace of this game.
00:42That, and the fact that, as we've been saying,
00:44both teams are already certain of qualification.
00:47The Wiley Guitis has picked those substitutes,
00:52and at least one of them, number 17, Klovy,
00:55as we understand, could get a very early introduction to this game,
00:58because the Belgians have taken a risk on the fitness of Emers,
01:02the number 6, and I gather he is very unlikely to complete the 90 minutes.
01:08Luis Suarez, former European Footballer of the Year 30 years ago,
01:12the Spanish manager, and there are his substitutes.
01:19And Delroy gives the ball away,
01:21Belgium break, Coulemans.
01:25De Wolff to his left, and a good run being made by Vervoort,
01:28and he's found Vervoort.
01:29And Vervoort shoots dangerously across the face of goal
01:33as De Gries came in on the far post.
01:39Now, the Anderlecht player, Patrick Vervoort,
01:41is one of the three men that Belgium have brought in today.
01:44Geren sent off, suspended.
01:47Groen and Kleisters both injured,
01:49and Vervoort showed a typical adventurous streak then.
01:53It was a great ball in the first place by Coulemans.
02:01Schiphol this time does find Coulemans with the throw,
02:04and back in it goes towards De Gries,
02:05and that was a clever turn by De Gries,
02:07unlucky.
02:08Indeed, the rebound of André Neuer and Sanchez could still have brought a goal,
02:12but that was a lovely piece.
02:15Two tall defenders to join Julio Salinas.
02:20And I think it was Goretz who got his head to that.
02:24And it deflected behind for another corner.
02:26So, corner count is certainly in Spain's favour at the moment.
02:32España!
02:34España!
02:36España!
02:38España!
02:40España!
02:42That's definitely a corner.
02:45Whipped in dangerously,
02:46and Prudhomme was all over the place again,
02:48and Putrigueno might have scored.
02:51He has not yet found a target in this World Cup,
02:54and he's had a very good opportunity to do so there,
02:57but really,
02:59now Coulemans for Belgium.
03:02Schiphol,
03:03De Gord outside him,
03:04he's really getting forward intelligently on this left-hand side for the Belgians.
03:09High-steady ball though,
03:10for van der Elst.
03:12And a layback to van der Elst!
03:14Zubi's are at it as well,
03:16that could have been a terrific goal.
03:19Van der Elst at the start and the finish
03:22of a silky movement by the Belgians.
03:26Wonderful play.
03:27He broke well from midfield too,
03:29and this is what we're looking for in this World Cup.
03:32Players breaking from midfield,
03:33a lovely little one-two,
03:34again with Coulemans,
03:35and a good save by the goalkeeper.
03:37There's the one-two,
03:38that put him clear,
03:40and the goalkeeper came out and spread himself well for it,
03:43and recovered.
03:44That could have been a really good goal.
03:46Credit to Zubi Zaretta.
03:50Spain in possession,
03:51with Chendo,
03:52now the captain,
03:53Putrigueno,
03:54wriggles away from Schipho,
03:55and a great ball to Julio Salinas!
03:58Penalty!
04:04Brudov has not looked happy from the kick-off,
04:07and the Belgian goalkeeper
04:09has foolishly given away a penalty.
04:12But the skill of Putrigueno,
04:14and the accuracy of that through ball,
04:16one of the moments of the World Cup so far.
04:19And it was a penalty.
04:20He caught him not with the feet,
04:21but with the hands.
04:23Yes, I don't think he can complain at that one.
04:26But he's been so erratic, you know,
04:28that anything could happen,
04:31and he could likely have deceived us.
04:33He's got to face Michail from the penalty spot,
04:36who got a hat-trick in his last tie.
04:40It's 1-0 to Spain!
04:42Michail from the penalty spot!
04:4726 minutes into the game,
04:50and Michail adds to his goals tally.
04:58So, the Real Madrid man
05:01gets his fourth World Cup goal,
05:04and Spain take a vital lead.
05:07A sweetly struck penalty,
05:08although Pudon gets the right way.
05:10It was close to making contact.
05:12It was very close to making contact.
05:14He actually read it well.
05:16Well, half a hand to it.
05:18The memorable thing about that goal, though,
05:20was Punta Agüeño, Ian,
05:22in that moment, reminded me so much of Kenny Dalglish,
05:24the way he turned away from the defender
05:26and just struck the most accurate through ball.
05:28It was a beautiful bit of skill.
05:30But hold on a moment,
05:31because the Belgians are going in search of an equaliser now,
05:34with Couloman and a useful ball by him as well.
05:36And De Griezen got there!
05:38One of the smallest men on the park,
05:40causing Zubi Zoretta a moment of anxiety.
05:43He's only about 5'7", Marc De Griezen,
05:46and he won that header superbly.
05:48I'm not sure if that wasn't even a defender
05:51who got sent to that.
05:52Let's have a look at it in the replay.
05:55Yes, it was a defender.
05:57That would have been a good own goal.
06:00Well, certainly De Griezen's presence
06:02worried the defender sufficiently,
06:04but it did come off the embryoneur.
06:08And Zubi Zoretta hesitates again on the line,
06:11and De Mol gets a shot in there,
06:13and Zubi Zoretta's in there again
06:15with the flying boots to save at the feet of Albert.
06:19Suddenly the game's really livened up now.
06:22Zubi Zoretta hurt.
06:24Albert actually stopped the ball going in, I think,
06:26when the shot came flying and it hit him,
06:28and then resulted in a bit of a scramble.
06:33And he stayed down as well, Zubi Zoretta.
06:35Zubi Zoretta.
06:41Now Spain leading by one goal to nil here in Verona.
06:44A penalty by Michel,
06:46but here's Schieffo for Belgium.
06:49That's a free kick.
06:53Roberto the offender,
06:55and this will be a position of some danger,
06:57because Schieffo and one or two of the other Belgian players
07:00have proved their ability to really have a crack at goal
07:04in this kind of range.
07:06There's a run there in the foul on Schieffo.
07:08As it happened, he had Cullemans on his right-hand side
07:10just out of picture there.
07:11In fact, I thought he might have played him in.
07:16Schieffo nearest the ball.
07:18Vervoort and De Mol also in a position to strike it.
07:29It's Vervoort who hits it.
07:30Oh!
07:31That is Belgium on level.
07:40Fifteen minutes to half-time.
07:42The deflection defeated Zubi Zoretta.
07:45Vervoort will be credited with the goal,
07:47and what a brilliant strike it was.
07:57Came off the wall in,
07:58or came off the wall,
07:59but tremendous pace on the ball.
08:02Goalkeeper completely wrong-footed.
08:06It was past him before it could even turn.
08:11So Patrick Vervoort,
08:13who was one of the unsung stars of Belgium's 1986 World Cup,
08:19gets the goal, and as we speak,
08:22the Belgians are about to make the substitution
08:24that we had predicted.
08:25Emmers has come off to be replaced by Plovy.
08:31Pascal Plovy, who plays for the champions Bruges,
08:34has had only one cap prior to today,
08:37so the risk the Belgians took on the fitness of Emmers
08:41has proved to be a gamble that didn't pay off.
08:44But of course, they got so many defensive injuries,
08:46they really had to take it.
08:47Anyway, their spirits were lifted now by that Vervoort free-kick.
08:51Real stunner, Ian.
08:54I mean, it's live, and the game was a good game anyway,
08:56but the two goals in such a short spell
08:58has really livened the stadium up.
09:01So a penalty and a free-kick
09:03have given us a scoreline in Verona
09:05of Belgium 1, Spain 1.
09:14A draw would be enough for Belgium to win the group.
09:17That would give them five points.
09:18Spain would have four and therefore be runners-up.
09:21So the scoreline in that sense suits both teams.
09:25But Spain would like to win this match
09:27and thereby win the group.
09:28So they'll keep going.
09:29This will be no tame draw, this.
09:31Well, it might be a draw, but it won't be tame.
09:35As Albert helps it back to Prudhomme.
09:42Beautiful anticipation by André Neuer
09:44and a great ball as well.
09:46Julio Salinas.
09:48No support at the moment,
09:49but he's done well on his own.
09:52Michel arrives to help him.
09:55He's still Michel.
09:57Villarroya on the left.
10:02He's done well to keep possession there, Villarroya.
10:05Michel again.
10:07And at the end of all that, it's a corner.
10:13I would think the referee's given a free-kick,
10:14but that was a rather reckless challenge going in there.
10:18Michel lying injured,
10:19and that'll certainly concern the Spanish.
10:22He's very much their key player.
10:24The challenge by the substitute,
10:26Claude Villarroya on your right,
10:27he has given the free-kick,
10:29so it's a little better than a corner.
10:34Turned in towards Michel.
10:36Oh! Superb goal!
10:40The defender got its line highest of all,
10:43and Spain are back in front.
10:48Seven minutes of the first half remaining.
10:57And justice was done.
11:00The free-kick floated in,
11:03and it was Gonitz who climbed high,
11:04and that was a magnificent header
11:06into the far corner in.
11:07Well, they've had terrible problems at corner kicks
11:11of Belgium, and this one again,
11:12lovely deep corner.
11:14The goalkeeper, funnily enough, came,
11:16stopped, and then started to go back again,
11:18and I think he was sort of off-balance,
11:19but I don't think even had he been
11:21in a perfect position,
11:22he could have done much about that.
11:23It was a beautiful header
11:24right in the top-five corner.
11:26Straight back across the face of goal,
11:28an unstoppable header,
11:30and Spain lead by two goals to one here.
11:39And we can see it again,
11:40just look at the accuracy of this header
11:42from the one place
11:43where Prudhomme could do nothing about it.
11:46Goal!
11:47Goal!
11:49Goal!
11:50Goal!
11:52Goal!
11:53Goal!
11:56Suarez, delighted now,
11:57his team had three points at the kick-off,
12:01and they're going for five points.
12:04And Julio Salinas has gone down,
12:06and that'll be a free-kick.
12:10Alvaro claiming that he was
12:12innocent, but
12:13But Julio Salinas, whose presence of that free kick certainly troubled Belgium.
12:18They haven't been happy. The big men, Michele and Julio Salinas, have really caused them problems from the corners and free kicks.
12:25And they've looked concerned every time they've conceded one.
12:28So Prudhomme will have another anxious moment now.
12:31Because again, Michele and Julio Salinas are in forward positions here.
12:37And Nandrino, the big central defender, and of course, Dorits again, who scored that second goal.
12:43Michele has now come out of the penalty area, possibly thinking about having a shot himself, number 21.
13:02Martin Vasquez, who hits it in the end.
13:05Way, way off target.
13:12Good looking ball for Coulemans. He tried to lay it back for Verveux.
13:18A lot of very good football being played here.
13:21There's a royal switch from left to right, and that's the end of an outstanding first half.
13:25A very entertaining match indeed.
13:28And as we see, that final corner kick, which produced the problem yet again,
13:34nodded back in to the danger area, and the Belgian defence were all over the place.
13:41The match, or rather the first half, ends with a scoreline of Belgium 1, Spain 2.
13:48Welcome back to Verona. Spain leading by two goals to one as the second half gets underway here.
13:54Spain, if you've just joined us, in the red shirts and blue shorts.
13:58Belgium in their chain strip of all white.
14:00Spain, who twice have the lead in this game, first from a Michele penalty,
14:05equalised by Verveux's free kick for Belgium,
14:08and then a towering header by Dorits, one of their defenders, from a free kick.
14:13So it's 2-1 to Spain.
14:14The winners of this group will definitely play Yugoslavia in this stadium next Tuesday.
14:20And at the start of play, Belgium had four points and Spain three,
14:23so it has to be one of these two sides who win the group.
14:26And the runners-up will play the winners of England's group,
14:29so a lot of domestic interest in the outcome here.
14:39Spain get the ball back to Zubi Zareta, who picked up an injury at one stage in the first half,
14:45but has looked alright since.
14:47Sanchis, the Real Madrid player.
14:52I think they might have made a change, have they, during the half-time interval?
14:57No, Dorits has just moved over, that's what they've done,
14:59they've just changed things around a little bit tactically.
15:02Because Chendo was playing right back, he's moved out of that position,
15:07and Dorits has gone in there, and Chendo has gone into a more forward role.
15:10That's an interesting little tactical switch here,
15:12because we were saying, weren't we, that the Belgians have been getting a lot of success down their left flank,
15:17and it looks as though they've got Dorits back a little bit too.
15:21Gamal, the sweeper, just snapping the door tight.
15:26As van der Elst moves forward, he has the Grisso with him,
15:29and finds him.
15:31On to Coulomans.
15:33Weave through, and...
15:35Oh, what a save they've given!
15:37I am surprised at that, I didn't think that was a penalty kick.
15:40Neither did Andre Nuer.
15:42The second penalty of the game,
15:45for an alleged trip there,
15:47well, by Andre Nuer,
15:49on Stalins.
15:50Difficult to say with any certainty,
15:52but the referee has said with absolute certainty,
15:55Luis Suarez, the Spanish manager, can't believe it.
15:58What do you think, seeing it again, Ian?
16:00Well, he's put his foot down, and then at least on the left,
16:02he's put his foot down.
16:03What do you think, seeing it again, Ian?
16:04Well, he's put his foot down, and then at least on the left,
16:06he's put his foot down.
16:07And the 18 just fell over at Stalins,
16:09just fell over his foot.
16:11I think he played for, what you would say,
16:13played for the penalty kick.
16:15So, a great opportunity for Schifo
16:17to draw Belgium level
16:19from the penalty spot.
16:20This has been a World Cup of Penalties so far.
16:26Oh!
16:27Smashes against the woodwork,
16:30and justice has been seen to be done
16:33as far as Spain are concerned.
16:36Schifo disgusted with himself.
16:38He certainly hit it powerfully,
16:39not quite accurately enough.
16:43But wait, the danger hasn't gone yet,
16:45and another challenge on the edge of the box.
16:46Di Grisa gets it back.
16:47Van der Elst, now Vergoort.
16:52Coulemans.
16:53Coulemans has done well,
16:55and still Coulemans.
16:56And now Schifo.
16:57And late on for Vergoort.
17:00Good challenge by Chendu.
17:03Gamal turning it on.
17:05But Vazquez wins it back for Spain.
17:08De la Roya,
17:09the pace of the game has really picked up again now.
17:13Albert for Belgium.
17:15They're still 2-1 down.
17:16They've scored a great chance from the penalty spot.
17:19Schifo, the man in possession, who missed it.
17:21And turned forward beautifully towards Van der Elst,
17:24well met by Andre Neuer.
17:26And it's as though somebody has switched on the lights
17:28again suddenly here.
17:29The game is entertaining and fast flowing yet again here,
17:32after a slow sort of start to the second half.
17:36Andre Neuer with a good interception for Spain.
17:39Over the head of Julio Salinas.
17:41Belgium suddenly in the driving seat.
17:43Though 2-1 down.
17:44Quarter of an hour gone in the second half here in Verona.
17:49There's the penalty miss again.
17:51Launched these throws in.
17:52He gets a tremendous distance if he gets it right.
17:55We should look for Coulomans here, I would think.
17:59That's who it's gone in towards.
18:00And Coulomans won the header.
18:02And again.
18:03And Zubi Zareta was nowhere near either attempt.
18:07But got away with it.
18:10Gamal for Belgium.
18:13Van der Elst.
18:15Oh, that was just a mistake.
18:16Gamal for Belgium.
18:18Van der Elst.
18:19Oh, that was clumsy by Van der Elst.
18:22Michel strode forward because he knew that
18:25there was nobody else in support for the moment.
18:28Now there's plenty of support arriving.
18:29Julio Salinas was his target.
18:32And he ran it too far.
18:34It was a real opening then for Spain.
18:38Calm piece of play by Plovy to get out of danger.
18:40Very calm.
18:42The crowd enjoyed that.
18:44Chifo in possession.
18:47Oh, dear. Sloppy ball by him.
18:57We're getting more news now from Udine.
18:59Uruguay against South Korea.
19:01Not the best news for Scottish supporters.
19:05The South Koreans, I gather, have had a man sent off
19:07for deliberately wasting time in that match.
19:09So South Korea down to 10 men now.
19:13He should never have been sent off.
19:17There speaks the unbiased voice of Ian Shum.
19:23Still 0-0, though.
19:24So, well, all is not lost.
19:25All is not lost. 10 men can hang on.
19:29And here, with some 18 minutes on the watch,
19:33Belgium are looking for an equalising goal
19:35against Spain, who lead by 2 goals to 1.
19:39Whoever wins this match will win this group
19:41and play Yugoslavia in the next round.
19:46Belgium have had so much possession in this second half,
19:48but has yet done nothing with it as Michail releases
19:51Julio Salinas with a lovely ball,
19:53but Tregueno's up with him.
19:54Julio Salinas going alone.
19:56Great run.
20:00Well done, a goalkeeper.
20:02An excellent save.
20:04We've criticised Grudov for his performance today,
20:07but he saved a certain goal from Julio Salinas there,
20:10but what a great run and a magnificent ball
20:12by Michail to release him.
20:17He got his confidence, didn't he?
20:20Di Grisa, turning it on to van der Linden.
20:22Back it goes, and again Zubi Zaretta has done so well.
20:30Well, the little man has been denied
20:32by one of the stars of the show today,
20:34and only Zubi Zaretta, the Spanish goalkeeper,
20:38has had an excellent match here.
20:39Well, he has.
20:40Actually, the first touch let Di Grisa down a little bit.
20:43The ball just ran away from him slightly.
20:46It's a lovely little one-two to play.
20:49Look, he's gone for it.
20:50That is played by van der Linden in the hole,
20:52and his first touch there, you see,
20:54it took about three or four strides to get the ball.
20:59Well run by Albert, turned on by Michail,
21:02to Pardesa, and pushed back to Michail, offside.
21:10As it happened, Michail was not the player offside there.
21:13He was from midfield, from an onside position.
21:16That was the substitute who had just come on,
21:18was being played off.
21:19Watch it here.
21:21You see?
21:22Yes. Unlucky, really, in that sense.
21:28A final throw by Belgium.
21:30Koenemans goes tumbling on the edge of the box.
21:32Pardesa goes tumbling,
21:34and that means that Belgium have conceded a free kick,
21:37which they didn't really want to do,
21:38and I would think that would just about be enough time then for Spain.
21:41There can't be much time left now.
21:46And Michail knocks it back 40 yards to his own goalkeeper,
21:51Zubi Zareta, definitely one of the men of the match here.
21:57That's a good long kick as well for Roberto,
22:00but he's offside.
22:11And there's the final whistle.
22:15Spain have beaten Belgium by two goals to one,
22:19and now we see a regal smile on the face
22:22of not only the King and Queen of Spain,
22:25but Luis Suarez,
22:26because his 2-1 victory by the Spanish team today over Belgium
22:31has not only ensured their qualification for the next round,
22:35but they win Group E,
22:37and will now play Yugoslavia here next Tuesday.
22:40Belgium go through anyway as runners-up.
22:42Hello again.
22:43A very dramatic end to Group E this afternoon.
22:45Let's see how the table now finishes.
22:48Group E, here we go.
22:49This is Spain now, the winners after beating Belgium.
22:51Belgium in second place.
22:52Uruguay definitely qualify with those three points,
22:56and South Korea finishing minor points at all.
23:00So that last-minute goal of Uruguay
23:03means that Scotland are really struggling, I must say.
23:06They've still got a chance, but I'll just explain that in a moment.
23:08First of all, we can see that Spain will play Yugoslavia now
23:11in the second round,
23:13and Belgium, you can see, will play the winner of Group F,
23:16and that, of course, is England's group,
23:18so it could be that England will be playing Belgium.
23:20We'll know about that later on tonight.
23:22As far as Scotland are concerned,
23:24they've lost one chance of scraping through,
23:26but if both matches tonight in Group F finish at least 2-0,
23:30then they've still got a chance of going through,
23:33but they'll have to draw lots with Austria.
23:35I hope you've understood all that.
23:36So Scotland are still breathing,
23:38but it was a very, very sad way for their afternoon to end, I must say.
23:41Uruguay getting this goal, which we can see again now.
23:44Emlyn, perhaps you can take us through the pictures.
23:46Yeah, we were fortunate enough to have the two televisions going,
23:51and it was funny what we were saying,
23:53you know, they must go with the pressure they're having,
23:55and the free kick's played in, gets behind the back of the defence.
23:58It's Fonseca there.
23:59Yeah, plants a good goal.
24:00I mean, to be fair, it was a good goal.
24:02But I feel terrible sad for Scotland
24:04and for the Scotland supporters,
24:05because apart from the Costa Rica game,
24:07Scotland have played quite well in the Championship.
24:09They've played well against Sweden and didn't do too bad against Brazil.
24:11In that match this afternoon,
24:12for the benefit of those of you who've just joined us,
24:14let me say that Korea had a man sent off for time-wasting
24:17during the second half,
24:18so they played a lot of the game with ten men.
24:20Now, let's switch to the Belgium-Spain game
24:21and see the penalty incident in the second half,
24:24when it looked as though Belgium were going to get themselves all square again.
24:28Rodney?
24:30Well, it looks as though you don't know if it's going to be a foul or not.
24:33I don't think anybody was sure if it was a foul or not.
24:36Yeah.
24:37But the penalty's been struck in, and there it goes.
24:39We thought it looked remarkably like a dive, didn't we?
24:42We did, yes, and I think it was proved to be a dive.
24:44We knew a sheepo hit the bar.
24:46It certainly was.
24:47And then that was about it, really.
24:49I mean, after that, Belgium didn't really threaten,
24:51although they did have their moments throughout the game.
24:53Mm.
24:54Yeah, I thought it was the game.
24:55And they thrown it away a bit.
24:56I quite enjoyed the game.
24:57I thought there was a lot of good football played in it.
24:59Yeah, it was a little bit of a nothing game, really,
25:00with both teams already through,
25:02It was, in a way, it was,
25:03but, I mean, it turned out to be quite an exciting game, I thought.
25:06Here's Salinas going through.
25:08Keeper did very well here.
25:09Yeah, Proudhon.
25:10I mean, Keeper's so much stick.
25:12Yeah, in the first half.
25:13But he did come good,
25:14and he made another good save later on than that, as well.
25:17Two cracking saves later on.
25:18OK, we've just got time to chat about England tonight.
25:21Rodney, what are you hoping for tonight?
25:22Yeah, well, as I said earlier,
25:23I think that a lot of people have said that the Egyptian team
25:27is a very, very good team and a very strong team
25:29and give everybody trouble.
25:30I don't think they're going to give England any trouble tonight,
25:32and I think that England will score three goals or more.
25:34And Emlyn?
25:35Er, got to be England tonight.
25:37Let's keep our fingers crossed,
25:38but let's do it in a little bit of style.
25:40OK, well, that style, we think,
25:42will include Bull playing and Mark Wright and McMahon
25:45coming in for Brian Robson, who hasn't got over his injury.
25:48Well, that is just about it for now.
25:50We're back at five past 11 tonight
25:52with highlights of England against Egypt,
25:54the Republic against Holland.
25:55Here's hoping.
25:56From us all, Rodney and Emlyn.
25:57Thanks a lot. Goodbye.