EXCLUSIVE: The World Cup kicks off in Mexico City in less than a month, promising enough moments of athletic brilliance, excitement and tension to grip a global audience. But for sheer drama and importance, it will be hard if not impossible for any single World Cup match to equal one played 40 years ago.
In 1986, England and Argentina squared off in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in what has gone down as the most iconic contest in tournament history. That riveting encounter, which featured two of the most memorable goals ever scored in a World Cup, is reexamined
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