Group E of the 1986 FIFA World Cup was one of the groups of nations competing at the
1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia ha ...
. The group's first round of matches began on 4 June and its last matches were played on 13 June. Matches were played at the
Estadio La Corregidora
Estadio Corregidora is a stadium in Querétaro City, Mexico. Named for Mexican War of Independence heroine Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez ("La Corregidora"), it has a capacity of 33,162 and is located on the outskirts of the city of Querétaro, nort ...
in
Querétaro
Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...
and at the
Estadio Neza 86
Estadio Neza 86 is a football stadium in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, a commuter town located east of Mexico City in the State of Mexico. The stadium is located on the grounds of the main campus of the ''Universidad Tecnológica de Nezahualcóyotl''. T ...
in
Nezahualcóyotl. Impressive debutantes
Denmark
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topped the group - surprisingly beating Germany 2-0 despite having a man sent off: they were joined in the second round by
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
who would go on to reach the final. 3 red cards were handed out in this group, 2 of them against
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
who made the second round but were criticized for their physical play, especially in their last group game against
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
where
José Batista
José Alberto Batista González (born 6 March 1962) is an Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a defender, and a manager.
He is best known for having received a red card after 56 seconds – a World Cup record – in the 1986 game against ...
was sent off in under a minute. Scotland Manager Sir Alex Ferguson made the surprise decision to leave out captain Souness and passed responsibility on to Strachan and Albiston, a move with which Ferguson would later recall "his biggest mistake in football" and despite being a man up, Scotland were unable to score, the match finishing 0-0, and Uruguay went through in third place instead.
Before the tournament, English-language media reported Uruguay manager
Omar Borrás
Omar Bienvenido Borrás Granda (15 June 1929 – 19 October 2022) was a Uruguayan football manager.
Career
Borrás was assistant manager to Ondino Viera while Uruguay national team played the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England.
As manager of Mo ...
's description of it as the "
group of death
A group of death in a multi-stage tournament is a group which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong competitors in the group is greater than the number of qualifying places available for the next phase of the tournament. Thus, in ...
", popularising a phrase first used in Spanish in the 1970 World Cup.
Standings
Matches
Uruguay vs West Germany
Scotland vs Denmark
West Germany vs Scotland
Denmark vs Uruguay
Denmark vs West Germany
Scotland vs Uruguay
References
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