The 1982 World Cup was held in Spain, and this edition of FIFA President João Havelange fulfilled his campaign promise to expand the number of teams participating in the World Cup to 24.
The 24 teams were divided into 6 groups, with the top two teams from each group qualifying, and a total of 12 teams advancing to the next round. The second round is divided into 4 groups of three teams each, the first group advances to the last 4, and then the two play in pairs, the winner advances to the final, and the loser goes to the third place.
In 1982, at the age of 22, Manadona was already famous all over the world. In fact, Maradona made his debut at the age of 15 in Boca Juniors, played for the national team at the age of 17, and played all the time. In 1978, Maradona was 18 years old and could have participated in that World Cup, but pipe coach Menotti felt that Maradona was too young and his young shoulders were not enough to bear the enormous pressure.
Missing the 1978 World Cup, the 1982 World Cup, Manadona certainly won't miss out, by this time he has already helped Boca Junior League win and move to Barcelona for a record-breaking £5 million.
Argentina had a group of '78 champions, but most of them were past their prime, while another group of young players lacked major tournament experience. Manadona is the link between the two groups.
Other teams saw this too, Argentina played the first game against Belgium, Belgium defended Maradona, their tactics were simple, stop Maradona, stop Agen.
In the semi-final between Germany and France, Schumacher abandoned the goal and hit Battistone with his knee, who was too fast to dodge, and as a result, his face was hit, three teeth landed, and he was unconscious on the spot, facing an obvious foul, the referee on duty did not make any penalty for Schumacher.
As for the group stage, they don't care what way the players on the field stop Maradona. In the first game, Maradona barely touched the ball, and Argentina lost 0-1 to Belgium.
However, in the second game, Maradona proved himself to the world, the team beat Hungary 4-1, Maradona scored two goals. In the final game against El Salvador, Valvado lost 1:10 to Hungary, which made the leadership very unhappy with the team, and in the following matches, the team offered a beastly defense.
The worst foul of the match came in the 20th minute, when Calderón was violated by his opponent and Argentina was awarded a penalty. There was no problem with the referee's judgment, but the Salvadoran players surrounded the referee like a manic mob, and Osoto even lost control of his emotions and kicked at the referee, and Osoto received only a yellow card for his violent behavior.
However, Argentina won 2-0 to advance. In the second round of the group stage, they are in the same group as Brazil with Zico and Italy with the golden boy Rossi, Brazil is gorgeous in attack, Italy is solid in defense, and Argentina is a bit blindsided against two very different opponents.
Italy did not perform well in the first phase of the group stage, drawing all three games and only narrowly beating Cameroon to the second round with more goals. However, at the beginning of the second round, the team burst with amazing energy.
In the first match against Argentina, at the behest of Bealzote, Claudio Gentileh used a man-to-man approach to guard Maradona. The central defender who plays for Juventus has Middle Eastern roots and his looks can make us think he's full of anger.
Wherever Maradona appears, he will be targeted by Claudio Gentile, violated again and again. Claudio Gentileh even hit Maradona directly on the back while he was on possession of the ball. As soon as a teammate passes the ball to Maradona, Claudio Gentille directly extends his arm. Argentina were able to win free kicks as a result, but Claudio Gentileh was repeatedly conceded by the referee. It wasn't until the 35th minute that Claudio Gentileh finally received a yellow card for Maradona's protests.
Years later, Claudio Gentileh said in an interview with the media: "I spent two days studying him [Maradona] and watching his game videos. I know how to play against him, make sure he's being watched and can't cooperate with his teammates. Because once he gets the ball, it's going to be a big problem. ”
In the end, Italy relied on the Grim Reaper defense and beat Argentina 2-1, with Maradona not scoring
The second match between Argentina and Brazil, this time a classic offensive battle, but Brazil at that time was stronger, Zico against Maradona, and more importantly, Zico had a lot of helpers around him, Brazil completely controlled the situation, Argentina was kicked and cried, 0:2 behind.
In the 85th minute, Maradona's discontent reached its highest point. He picked out the pass to find Juan Balvas, Batista raised his foot too high, lit the sole of his shoe directly at Juan Barvas's face, and he kicked Barvas in the head.
Maradona did not stabilize his emotions and kicked Batista directly, and he was sent off. Maradona bid farewell to the World Cup. The world's best player left the tournament in disgrace, and Argentina ended their journey to the 1982 World Cup.
However, Brazil kicked and cried Argentina, but soon cried himself. In the final round of the group against Italy, Brazil drew and advanced to the last four, which Italy must win.
In that match, Brazil suffered a magical golden boy, and Rossi scored a hat-trick to eliminate Brazil 3:2. Although Brazil equalized twice, Rossi was like a god and always scored after Brazil equalized, but Brazil was out.
Italy, who eliminated Brazil, were on the defensive as they faced West Germany who eliminated France, Platini, and the Italians were already in good shape when Rossi opened the scoring with a header and then Tardelli's powerful left-footed shot was the icing on the cake. Immediately afterwards, Altopeli scored on the counter-attack. The Italians led 3-0. In the final moments of the game, West Germany scored a face-saving goal by Breitner. Italy became Brazil's second country to win the World Cup three times.
Rossi, who scored 6 goals in 7 games, won the Golden Boot and the Ballon d'Or at the 1982 World Cup in Spain.