Group D of the 1986 FIFA World Cup consisted of Brazil, Spain, Algeria and Northern Ireland.
The first match of the group stage was staged in the strong dialogue of the group, and Brazil took on Spain. The beautiful art team brazil team at the 1982 World Cup is still fresh in people's minds, can they still bring artistic enjoyment to the fans this time?
In fact, the Brazilian team at this time has changed a lot compared with four years ago, although Zico, Socrates, Falcao and other players are still there, but this World Cup is already over thirty years old. Zico underwent three surgeries for an injury in August 1985. This also led to the then 33-year-old Zico only played 3 games in this World Cup, and all of them were substitutes, and he watched from the sidelines in this game. The match against Spain was intense, with the two teams exchanging blanks in the first half, and the score was not rewritten until 15 minutes after the start of the second half. Brazil attacked and the shot hit the crossbar, but socrates' astute header broke through the goal at the crucial moment, and with this goal, Brazil won the game 1:0.
The other match in the same group was played by Northern Ireland against Algeria. Both teams can be called the dark horses of the last World Cup, especially Algeria's 2-1 victory over the Federal Republic of Germany, which makes everyone remember it vividly, if it were not for that tacit goal, their World Cup journey may have gone further. But this time their start didn't stand out, with Whiteside's opening six-minute goal giving Northern Ireland an early lead. Algeria did not equalize until the 58th minute of the match, when the two teams ended up in a 1-1 draw.
In the second round of the group stage, Algeria welcomed a strong Brazil, and in the first half they performed well, trying to save the goal. But in the 66th minute of the second half, Kareka's goal cost them the final game. In fact, this is Carreka's belated world cup first goal, four years ago when he was 22 years old, he was the top scorer in the Brazilian league but missed the opportunity to be selected for the final squad due to injury, and the Brazilian team in 1982 was a weak underbelly, just imagine if there was Carreca.
The other game was a bit of a group match, four years ago, it was Northern Ireland's 1-0 victory over Spain that cost Spain the first place in the group. But today is not the same as in the past, just 65 seconds after the opening, Butragueño broke through the northern Ireland gate, which became the fastest goal of the World Cup. Salinas helped Spain extend the score in the 18th minute of the match, and Northern Ireland, although Clark pulled a goal back in the 47th minute of the match, ultimately lost the game 1-2.
The first two rounds of the group were not much different, and the final round of the group stage finally ushered in two big scores. In Brazil's match against Northern Ireland, Kareka first opened the scoring for Brazil in the 18th minute of the match. Then in the 42nd minute of the game, the Brazilian midfielder organized an attack, and just as the Northern Irish players were preparing to retreat from the penalty area to defend, Eusimal suddenly fired a cannon from 30 meters away, and the ball went straight to the top left corner of the goal like a cannonball, giving Brazil a 2-0 lead. In the 87th minute of the second half, Carreca helped Brazil win Northern Ireland 3-0 while completing the second goal, and Brazil scored 5 goals in three wins, conceding 0 goals to win the first place in the group.
Another match seemed to be negotiated with this one, with Spain also winning 3-0 against Algeria and Caldre scoring twice. In the end, Spain ranked second in this group and successfully advanced to the round of 16, and Algeria and Northern Ireland, which had accumulated 1 point, could only return home with a doubles.