Group E of the 1986 FIFA World Cup consisted of the previous runner-up, the Federal Republic of Germany, two-time World Cup winner Uruguay, Scotland under Ferguson and Denmark, who made it to the World Cup for the first time. This group, with the exception of the Danish team, is undoubtedly an old team.
Football actually started early in Denmark, and in the distant Olympic Games of 1908 and 1912, they were runners-up twice in a row. But with the development of professional football in various countries, Denmark has gradually bid farewell to the ranks of strong teams, because they are still saying no to professional football. This continued until 1971, when Denmark abolished the ban on professional football, and in 1978, the Danish Football Association introduced professionalism in the domestic league, followed by the hiring of the first full-time manager in the history of the national team, the German Zepp Piontek. The effect of these three moves was quite powerful, first they beat Italy in the 1982 World Cup qualifiers, and then went crazy at the 1984 European Championship to reach the final four. But after all, they are the first time to reach the World Cup, and how far they can go is still questionable.
The group's first match was played between Uruguay and the Federal Republic of Germany. Alsamenomy's goal in the opening 4th minute gave the Uruguayan a nearly 80-minute lead, the German did not equalise with Arofs until the 84th minute of the match, and Beckenbauer's World Cup coaching debut began with a draw, which also complicated the situation in this group.
In another game, Denmark is about to welcome Ferguson's Scottish team, but at this time Ferguson has an unspeakable distress, Scotland's number one star Daglish because he is dissatisfied with Ferguson's decision to remove his teammate Alan Hansen from the national team, decided to withdraw from the national team, ending his national team career. In the end, Denmark won the opening goal with Elkyar's 58th minute goal of the game 1-0.
Elkyer is no one, and if you ask verona fans, they will definitely worship him, because he joined the team in 1984 and led Verona to win the championship in the history of the team that year, which is also Verona's only Serie A title. Although Elkyar's goal was not much, he was definitely the club's favourite player at the time.
In the second round of the group stage, Ferguson's side welcomed Beckenbauer's Federal Republic of Germany. At this time, the Federal Republic of Germany is more star-studded than it was four years ago, and Rummenigge, Schumacher, Mateus, Bremer, Magat, Honess, Rummenigge, Arofs, Waller, etc., are already prominent stars. But it was Scotland who scored first, with Strakan's goal in the 17th minute of the match helping Scotland lead 1-0, but five minutes later, Worrell's goal helped the Federal Republic of Germany equalize. In the 50th minute of the second half, Alofs' goal helped germany turn the game 2-1.
In another match, the Danish team continued to perform crazy performances, facing Uruguay led by Francisco, the Danes gave each other a crushing defeat without mercy. Just 10 minutes into the game, Elkyar helped Denmark take the lead, with Leby helping Denmark extend the score in the 41st minute of the match. Francescoli helped Uruguay pull a goal back near the end of the first half and Denmark ended the half 2-1. The score in the first half was reasonable, but in the second half the game was completely tarnished. In the 52nd minute of the match, Michel Laudrup, who turned 22 just a few days away, made a clever and easy goal to give Denmark a 3-1 lead.
With Michel Laudrup whistling, Denmark began a sharper attack. Elkyer also staged a crazy performance, first scoring twice in the 68th minute of the match and then scoring a hat-trick in the 80th minute of the match. But the Danes' scoring drama was not over, Olsen helped Denmark to lock in the score at 6:1 in the 88th minute of the match, and the new World Cup team gave the two-time champions a fiasco.
In the final round of the group stage, the Danes welcomed the strongest opponent in the group, the Federal Republic of Germany, and many people thought that they were going to fall behind, but they gave everyone a loud slap. In the 43rd minute of the first half, Olsen used penalties to help Denmark take the lead, and in the 63rd minute of the second half, Eriksen's goal helped the Danes finally defeat the powerful Federal Republic of Germany 2:0, winning all three games in the group stage, and surprisingly winning the first place in the group, and the Federal Republic of Germany advanced to the second place in the group with a record of one win, one draw and one loss.
In the other game, Scotland and Uruguay both have the possibility of qualifying, and Scotland is undoubtedly the most stressed one because they have to win. At the beginning of the game, Scotland received good news, Uruguayan player Sergio Battista in the opening 56 seconds, with a skier's legs swept towards the Scottish player Strakan, the on-duty referee Joel did not hesitate to send Batista out of the field, Batista became the fastest player to be sent off the World Cup.
But the next game did not go into the situation that the Scots wanted, Strakan was stared to death, and Uruguay completely abandoned the attack and stubbornly stalked. In the second half, Uruguay's players started to procrastinate early, and the game ended with a dull score of 0:0. Ferguson ended the World Cup with a winless record, but he is about to embark on a legendary journey that is difficult to break. Uruguay used this draw to beat Hungary to the round of 16 with the advantage of goal difference, who let it be the era of two points!