nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) (01/22/86)
Date Opponent Location * Result Competition ** 28/4 Paraguay Asuncion 0-1 fr. 5/5 Brazil Salvador 1-2 fr. 9/5 Paraguay Buenos Aires 1-1 fr. 14/5 Chile Buenos Aires 2-0 fr. 26/5 Venezuela San Cristoba 3-2 WCQ 2/6 Colombia Bogota 3-1 WCQ 9/6 Venezuela Buenos Aires 3-0 WCQ 16/6 Colombia Buenos Aires 1-0 WCQ 23/6 Peru Lima 0-1 WCQ 30/6 Peru Buenos Aires 2-2 WCQ 14/11 Mexico Los Angeles 1-1 fr. 17/11 Mexico Puebla 1-1 fr. * Only home location is Buenos Aires ** fr=friendly, WCQ=World Cup Qualifier 1985 Record: 5 wins, 3 losses, 4 draws Argentina coasted through their qualifiers without difficulty, however they failed to beat any team that qualified for the World Cup. The Novemeber matches against Mexico bear little resemblance to the squad used in the qualifiers. Caps awarded: Fillol, Clausen, Brown, Ruggieri, Garre, Barbas, Ponce, Trobbiani, Marcico, Gareca, Pasculli, Giusti, Dertycia, Rinaldi, Burrachaga, Vanenrack, Trossero, Pumpido, Passarella, Maradona, Russo, Valdano, Camino, Zelada, Islas, Cucciuffo, Batista, Borghi, Bocchini, Almiron -- James C. Armstrong, Jnr. {ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa "It's a sort of mini-clone!" Who said them, what story?