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02:50Argentina against Bulgaria in the Olimpico Stadium here in Mexico City
02:54And Argentina relying on the side which drew with Italy, no changes
03:00Despite the fact that one of their players, number 2, Sergio Batista
03:05Had said that he actually wanted to go home, he's a little bit homesick and didn't manage staying out here
03:10any longer
03:11The manager has persuaded him to stay, takes his place in this unchanged line-up
03:15Led of course by the one and only Diego Maradona
03:21Música
03:21Jorge Valdano, scorer of two goals in the first game against South Korea
03:25Will be the man to watch on shore
03:30The two countries have only met previously once, that in 1962 in the World Cup Finals in Chile
03:38There is Ricardo Giusti
03:40And this is the Bulgarian line-up and they have made one or two changes
03:45Rather surprisingly from the side which drew with South Korea
03:51The defence is very much a similar situation
03:54But number 8, Sadkov here will do the marking job on Maradona
03:59So what a task he's got ahead of him
04:01Number 6, Jeli Askov has been brought into the side
04:04And so has Jordanov there, number 15 for only his second cap
04:09And it looks as though the Bulgarian tactics might be vastly different to those employed in the first two matches
04:15With Getov and scored the goal against South Korea
04:18To make a job up front instead of in midfield
04:22Ricardo didn't believe that his team would do quite well out here
04:25So far they've drawn with Italy and drawn with South Korea
04:40So Bulgaria, loose possession immediately
04:44This is the big fellow Batista
04:47Leaves it for Maradona
04:49He plays a nice little one-two
04:51Maradona, the first time he's in the thick of the action
04:54He's blocked
04:55!
05:12Must be taken out on this right-hand touchdown
05:17By Jufo
05:18He's done well here
05:19Got inside the marker
05:20The cross coming in
05:21E o primeiro gol do jogo é o Valdano.
05:26A brilhante peça de trabalho,
05:27na direção do lado do Cucciopo.
05:31E um bom finish de Valdano.
05:35Cucciopo, deixando o batu para morto.
05:37O cross foi perfeito, o keeper foi perdido.
05:40E Valdano joga o terceiro gol do these World Cup Finals.
05:48Just para a start, Argentina want it.
05:52They need to win here to avoid France in the next round.
05:55What a great start they have.
05:57Play by Markov.
06:03And Argentina will be content, I'm sure,
06:06to try and keep possession for the last four minutes of the half.
06:11It's hardly varied their tactics.
06:14Maradona now, spins away from two challenges,
06:17keeps going, great, brilliant score.
06:20Now if Maradona can finish this one,
06:22oh, that would have been a fabulous goal.
06:26Maradona skipping past those challenges,
06:29showing terrific control,
06:32and almost had a shot to finish it with as well.
06:38So difficult to knock off the ball,
06:40and that low centre of gravity,
06:43the shot skidding wide.
06:49And the referees had enough.
06:52The players swoop away from the pits.
06:55The crowd giving up the bird.
06:58And Argentina having scored in the third minute
07:00through Valdano,
07:02take that lead in as half-time.
07:04It's Argentina one,
07:05Bulgaria nil.
07:11The second half of the Olympic Stadium underway,
07:14and Argentina have made two substitutions.
07:17Bulgaria haven't made any.
07:19The two players who've gone off
07:21are Kutufo,
07:22who was booked in the first half,
07:24and the bogey
07:25combined.
07:27Belichkov
07:30for Mladenov,
07:31and
07:33Mladenov is an out-and-out striker.
07:40Gare,
07:41Stamme has got it through to Valdano.
07:44Now let's see if
07:44they can produce something here.
07:46Gare just outside the Bulgarian penalty area.
07:49Gets the cross at Valdano.
07:50Splendid effort again.
07:53Good header,
07:54deserved the second goal.
08:00It all started with Valdano's pace
08:03and ability to get the ball through
08:04for Gare,
08:05and Valdano nearly finished it as well.
08:08Dush made.
08:11Stratkot,
08:12should be.
08:31It's a very way for Gare
08:32who can find themselves
08:33back into this point,
08:34but I've not shown
08:35that he signs of being able to do so.
08:38Valdano is making a charge
08:39down the left for the touchline,
08:41and he's skipped round the Eliascoff beautifully.
08:44And if he can get a good cross in here,
08:46that must show him
08:46and be a second goal!
08:48Burichaga scores for Argentina.
08:52Brilliantly laid on by Maradona
08:54who milks the applause of the crowd.
08:57But this was a glorious cross
09:00from the Argentine captain
09:01and a splendid finish from Burichaga.
09:06Bulgaria are dead now.
09:08Maradona is one of the few players
09:10who's threatened in this game,
09:11and Burichaga has also played splendidly
09:14and scores the goal.
09:18It gives us a scoreline
09:20of Argentina 2,
09:22Bulgaria 0,
09:23and surely means that
09:24Argentina are going to head their group
09:29and will go to Puebla
09:31to play one of the third-place teams
09:33from the other groups.
09:37The referee entreating them
09:39to come back a little bit further.
09:46Every Argentina player is behind the ball.
09:51Get off!
09:52Flicks it in and wide.
09:56It was a very useful exponent of free kicks.
09:58Platman didn't get off.
10:01He couldn't quite get the angle right there.
10:04It was a good try though.
10:08Cardano wanted it on the far side of the area.
10:10Burichaga
10:11is supposed to get it through for Maradona.
10:13And Burichaga close to a good goal.
10:20Nice little piece of it to play with Maradona.
10:23Set it in the left there.
10:25Burichaga's shot
10:26was just off the target.
10:31Defend that lead.
10:33It protected it so well.
10:35But they've only added to it
10:36with one further goal.
10:43Indeed the referee
10:44raises his hand
10:45for the end of a disappointing match
10:48here at the Olympics.
10:49Maybe at the
10:50Argentina
10:51by two goals to do.
10:53Jorge Valdano
10:55getting the first goal
10:56after only three minutes.
10:58And
10:58Jorge Burichaga
11:00scoring after a magnificent cross
11:02from Diego Maradona
11:03for the second goal.
11:05Argentina
11:05win Group A
11:07and
11:08Italy we understand
11:09will be the runners-up in Group A
11:10and that they will now
11:11play France
11:12here in the Olympic Stadium
11:14in the next round.
11:15Argentina go through.
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