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00:00And a great feeling of comradeship at the start of this great festival of football.
00:07Madonna got Madonna up to some of his tricks.
00:12With no doubt in the coming weeks a few more to follow.
00:21A really splendid scene.
00:24On a pitch that was relayed a little over a couple of months ago
00:30when they added the extra tier here in the San Siro stadium
00:34it altered the growing conditions completely
00:36and FIFA decided the pitch wasn't up to standard in April
00:39and this whole pitch has been relayed in a matter of a couple of months.
00:47The ball is rolling ladies and gentlemen.
00:50The World Cup of 1990 is underway
00:52and that ball will go rolling through the next month to the final in Rome.
00:58All that heavy hype over the past months
01:02and all the speculation, that's behind us now.
01:05It's Argentina making early moves, they're up towards Balbo, good jump by Koundé.
01:14Just dropping the ball forward, that will help their confidence a little bit.
01:17Oman Biak couldn't quite get there for them though and here's Maradona.
01:29Free kick to foul there on Balbo and Ruggeri to Batista.
01:37All given away there by Batista.
01:40Babou in the middle of midfield at number 8, only 5 foot 5.
01:49And knocking the ball about in these opening minutes with a good deal of confidence.
02:00And Sensini, foul there on the far side.
02:04Sensini, foul there on the far side.
02:10It's by Argentina, by number 11, Fabri.
02:18Free kick to Argentina, Porrecaga, man has scored the winning goal.
02:21Through to Maradona, a chance now for Argentina and stopped by Nakomo.
02:27And Balbo through there, a move inspired in the first place by Maradona.
02:35Maradona again, a little chip through and a shot by Sensini, saved by Nakomo.
02:46Three minutes play, all close on and Maradona just set two good chances up.
02:51But that's handy as well for Nakomo coming back into the side after what we've let to believe unfortunate circumstances in goal.
02:58He's had two easy fails of the ball, that's not bad for a settling in.
03:02One rather a fortunate save but that won't do his confidence any harm.
03:06But there you saw the magic of Maradona twice.
03:10Sensini, number 17.
03:22Fabri.
03:26Tackling Swift at the back there by Cameroon.
03:31Batista, a long ball forward to Maradona.
03:34Over on this right hand side, they clipped it away again, not very far.
03:39Masualdo.
03:42And Mefferi, a foul with a free kick to Cameroon.
03:48Where Ron says quite rightly the referees are under pressure, they've been told if they, these are compulsory measures.
03:53If they don't abide by them, they will be sanctioned also.
03:56That's a good break here by Cameroon.
03:59Biyik.
04:03And a little toke by Oman Biyik.
04:06After some splendid work by Mefferi down this left hand side.
04:11By Massing, he's already been booked.
04:18Maradona's free kick from Gerry.
04:22Bad marking there in the Cameroon defence and a few arms being waved around as the big defender was allowed to get in.
04:29And had what really was a free header.
04:33This really should have done an awful lot better than this.
04:36I think it's Mefferi, Mefferi ball.
04:42Masualdo has run close.
04:48Yes, the people weren't curling in there. Handled very competently indeed there by Nkomo.
04:53And a good throw out by him as well.
04:57Mabu's well forwards.
04:59Biyik's on the ball now.
05:02Played in again there.
05:03And a chance.
05:05And he cleared it off the line by number 13.
05:11Lorenzo.
05:13The closest to a goal.
05:17A fabulous break by Cameroon.
05:21And so close to being an own goal in fact.
05:24Before Lorenzo cleared it away.
05:27Masanaki was only a hair's breadth up there.
05:29That was a tremendous break.
05:30Good pace all the way to the side there.
05:34And another clear warning then for the Argentinians.
05:43Now Maradona against Massing.
05:45And Maradona.
05:46A flick on.
05:48And a foul on him.
05:55And it'll be another yellow card.
05:57Well if that's called Maradona, where do you think it's called here?
06:00Another yellow card.
06:03Both fouls committed on Maradona.
06:06Massing earlier on and now Ndip.
06:10Maradona on different wavelengths there.
06:15But here's Ruggeri.
06:19Abuele.
06:23And that ricocheted for Maradona.
06:27Ball chipping.
06:28A ball in for Burruchaga.
06:31Well Burruchaga looked a little slow off the mark there.
06:34But what an exquisite ball again from Maradona, number 10.
06:39I guess at the moment the only difference between the two sides.
06:42He is easily living up to his reputation as being, for me, the best player in the world at the moment.
06:48But the rest of them look ordinary.
06:49I mean Burruchaga then he was so, so slow to react to that.
06:53Sensini.
06:56Balboa.
07:00Balboa again.
07:01The flag up for offside.
07:04Also wonderful to see a play back on that one.
07:06Because I think Maradona might have thought that...
07:09Had a legitimate claim for a push in the back there in the penalty area.
07:23Once again for Ruggeri.
07:24There could be a good break on now.
07:27It's Kanabiyik.
07:29And now to Omanbiyik.
07:32A shot that needed to be well saved by Pompidou.
07:36Struck fiercely.
07:37And I fancy that would just have crept inside the post.
07:41By Omanbiyik.
07:45Number two, Kanabiyik.
07:48Omanbiyik taking it in his stride.
07:56Well if you like a bit of drama we might well have it here in Milan this afternoon.
08:00As Cameroon held Argentina 0-0 at the end of the first half.
08:05They'll be delighted with their performance.
08:07The African side.
08:09Argentina need to improve greatly.
08:12As I look around I think it looks as though...
08:17Cameroon are with the...
08:20Save it up and there's Caniggia.
08:22A moment of him as we go and get this second half underway.
08:27Is there a massive upheaval in our midst here this afternoon?
08:35A dip.
08:38A dip for Cameroon.
08:54Back to Mackey.
08:57Pazzo Aldo losing it, getting it back again.
09:00A little flick by him but given away once more.
09:06There's a sign of the growing Cameroon confidence.
09:10Back heel there.
09:11Massing playing it in towards Biyik.
09:15Makanaki but the header...
09:17Falling straight to the Argentine defence.
09:19And Maradona looking to get loose and away from Massing.
09:21He goes down again.
09:23Massing already been booked remember.
09:26And it looked to me that...
09:30Maradona fell way after that challenge.
09:33It was a knock in the back and then Maradona reacted.
09:37But nonetheless got the free kick.
09:40Ron Atkinson.
09:41Yes, I think that should be said about the little fellow.
09:43He is a great tumbler.
09:46Trying to stick a free kick through to Pulacarga there.
09:50Mbou.
09:54Claims a handball there.
09:56A free kick to Cameroon.
09:58Not this free kick.
10:02Fedde with it.
10:04Got a good left foot on him.
10:09Curled high towards Biyik.
10:13And Oman Biyik with the header.
10:15Beyond the crossbar and a goal kick.
10:28Batista.
10:32Overcome by the big occasion.
10:36Can't say that about Cameroon.
10:37They've looked relaxed almost from the first whistle.
10:39Real happy-go-lucky bunch of fellas.
10:45Here's Mbou Fedde.
10:47Looks real quality.
10:48Gets a good ball in there.
10:49Pompidou gets it away.
10:52Now the break could be on towards Maradona.
10:54The little flick by him to Caniggia.
10:56And now he can really show his place.
10:58Locked down by Biyik.
10:59And there's the yellow card for him.
11:01No, it's a red card.
11:03Biyik sent off.
11:06That's construed, no doubt, as a professional foul.
11:11And he'll have to go.
11:14As he chased Caniggia.
11:17As you can see, the Cameroon looking shot there.
11:21That's...
11:23Well, that looked to me grossly harsh, I must say.
11:26He got caught up in his feet.
11:28First reaction was, Brian,
11:29that they're running around as a tangle between legs.
11:32I know the referee hasn't got that,
11:34but we've got the advantage of a playback,
11:36and certainly that would support that.
11:38I think the referee then has been...
11:40He's had to be harsh,
11:41but I think he's been exceptionally harsh.
11:43Exceptionally harsh.
11:45Sometimes you get a break in football,
11:46and that might be the break Argentina need.
11:48Now Kanabiyik goes off.
11:52You see, I'm not sure that really is construed as the professional.
11:55That's not as we see it.
11:56Well, a guy is through on the edge of the box
11:58with just a goalkeeper facing him,
11:59and he's brought down.
12:00I mean, he was 40 yards away from the goal,
12:02for heaven's sake.
12:03We know Caniggia is a very, very quick player.
12:05He's running away from him.
12:06They have chases after him,
12:07and in all fairness,
12:08it looked to me as if he was trying to make ground on him.
12:13Fede coming over.
12:14I suppose the fact that 10 men will mean a little more space
12:17for the likes of Maradona to exploit their run?
12:19Yeah, fair enough, but it's not really him.
12:21He's not having his problems.
12:23I don't think the numerical advantage will alter it with him.
12:27It's people like Buricaga, Batista,
12:29and people like that
12:30who really haven't made any sort of contribution.
12:33Well, here's a free kick to Cameroon.
12:37Up goes...
12:38It's in there!
12:40They've scored!
12:41Cameroon!
12:47The 10 men!
12:49And what celebrations as be it!
12:54It was a terrible mistake by Pompidou.
12:58Here we are again.
13:00Flicked up in the air by McEnachie.
13:03Knocked down by him
13:04and squirming under the goalkeeper's body.
13:07And Cameroon with 10 men.
13:10It's Biak, the scorer.
13:12Old man Biak, their top scorer.
13:14What a mistake by the goalkeeper.
13:17And Cameroon lead by 1-0.
13:21Oh, that is an absolute plumb.
13:23It might be the most popular goal scored in the tournament.
13:27All of a sudden, I think the Biak brothers
13:29are going to get some publicity tomorrow for different reasons.
13:34Now we are set for real drama.
13:39Can Argentina, with Maradona at the helm,
13:43facing 10 men,
13:45pull back from one of the biggest embarrassments
13:47they're ever likely to face on a football field?
13:49Or will Cameroon, the rank outsiders with down to 10 men,
13:53now up and beat the world champions?
14:01Well, the goal is Biak's.
14:03But the mistake, and a grotesque one, was Pompidou's.
14:06Pompidou.
14:16Kennedy.
14:21Free kick to Argentina.
14:23What you were saying, you wondered still whether Cameroon could do it, Ron,
14:27but you scarcely expect to get such a helping hand
14:30from such an experienced goalkeeper as that.
14:34Well, here's a free kick then to Argentina.
14:37They've pushed just about everybody forward now.
14:40Tacomo coming for it, clutching it with one hand.
14:44Well, here's a free kick then to Argentina.
14:47They've pushed just about everybody forward now.
14:50Tacomo coming for it, clutching it with one hand.
14:53Getting it, losing it, getting it again.
14:56As the Argentine forwards swarmed around in most of all Maradona.
15:04And Tacomo claiming that he's injured the right leg.
15:09Trying to grasp it Pat Jennings style there with just the one hand
15:13and made a bit of a fist of it, but got it in the end.
15:17Enthusiasm and competitiveness in the middle of the field.
15:20Certainly Argentina can't match him in there.
15:22And to be fair, if they just left the two up the field,
15:25if Cameroon just leave two up the field and keep a sort of solid midfield and back line,
15:29you could see them getting away with this.
15:31Maradona.
15:32Tato gets it away.
15:35Biak.
15:39There's a bit of pace for you.
15:41Well, he's gone round Calderon as though Calderon wasn't there.
15:44Plays it inside for McEnachie.
15:47Oh, so close to get it again.
15:49Mbou now for Cameroon.
15:52Biak again.
15:53Wow.
15:55Tried a really extravagant volley there,
15:58which in fact didn't even go behind the byline.
16:00It's gone for a throw.
16:01But Argentina so desperately now need Maradona
16:04to open up that magic box of tricks of his.
16:07But it's Caniggia on the far side.
16:09Ross coming in.
16:10What a poor one again.
16:11Always the goalkeeper's ball.
16:13And whacked away.
16:15A one against one here.
16:17Biak.
16:21Looked to get past his man and then whacked by McEnachie.
16:25In amongst the crowd at the back there.
16:27And a goal kick.
16:30Just thinking if they could just not quite get so excited.
16:33They do have a tendency to get excited,
16:35which is natural, I suppose.
16:36The position they're in.
16:37And 75,000 people watching them or whatever
16:40in a big game against the world champions.
16:42Caniggia.
16:43Brought down again.
16:44Another free kick.
16:45If they can just retain composure now,
16:47they'll see it through.
16:48If you just joined us,
16:49Cameroon leading by one goal to nil here
16:51against the holders of the World Cup,
16:53Argentina in Milan.
16:54And Carlos Bilardo, the manager there of Argentina,
16:58a man with a mountain of worries.
17:00But Cameroon down to ten men.
17:07Canna, Biak, having been sent off in this second half.
17:12Argentina in the striped shirt here.
17:16This free kick.
17:18Looking for an eight, I suppose.
17:28Put it in there.
17:30The Kono missed.
17:31Completely there.
17:36Mbou.
17:37Rattling away.
17:38Burrachaga beat him this time, though.
17:40Tried to flick the ball through for Maradona.
17:42Usually it's the other way round.
17:43Maradona making the chances for Burrachaga.
17:49Still the minutes tick away.
17:53About 12 left.
17:54About 12 left.
18:04A dip, the long ball forwards.
18:06McEnachie offside, a free kick to Argentina.
18:10That must be the tactics, though, now for Cameroon.
18:12To keep the shape at the back and in midfield
18:14and just play off the front two.
18:15The front two will get them something else out of the game,
18:17providing they're patient in the other situations.
18:19Maradona.
18:22Calderon.
18:25Batista.
18:27Calderon.
18:30Lorenzo, number 13, on the touchline.
18:33Calderon playing it in again.
18:37Mbou back in there with a header.
18:39I don't think he quite knew what he meant to do with it,
18:41but it fell gratefully into the arms of goalkeeper Nkono.
18:45Two against two up now for Cameroon against Argentina
18:49as they come forward.
18:51And Pompidou getting it clear to Seymour.
18:55To Maradona.
18:58Now they need him to weave a spell now.
19:09A little over two and a half minutes.
19:12Cameroon on the verge of an amazing upset.
19:17Leading Argentina by a goal to no avail.
19:19Leading Argentina by a goal to nil.
19:26Biak.
19:29It's being pulled back there.
19:30Flipped through to Miller.
19:33Could finish it all here, no.
19:36Biak coming in again.
19:38Gets it through once again to Roger Miller.
19:43Still with Miller. Mbou.
19:46Now Caniggia from deep.
19:48A chance really to show his pace.
19:50He's gone past Koundé.
19:52He's got Maradona up alongside him.
19:54And Mbou.
19:55That's an ascending off.
19:56That's ascending off.
19:58He's already been booked, Massing.
20:01I think he's going to be off the field.
20:04And he's having a kick at Burrachaga as well.
20:10Massing was booked early in the game.
20:13And I feel sure Cameroon for these last two minutes
20:17are going to be down to nine men.
20:19Yes, the red card for Massing.
20:24No alternative then for the referee.
20:27Irresponsible ones.
20:29But that shows when they get...
20:31He's got excitable.
20:33They were completely wrong-footed by Caniggia's pace.
20:37And their excitement and their frustration
20:40and their lack of experience at this level
20:42just told its tale.
20:45Massing is coming off the field.
20:47He's being applauded.
20:48But really, there's no cause to applaud him.
20:50He really deserved to go for that.
20:52That's right.
20:53The ironic thing is two seconds early
20:54and Miller should probably have put the game
20:56beyond Argentina's reach.
20:58Well, now it's down to nine men.
21:00And Cameroon have pulled everybody
21:02except Miller back.
21:04I mean, there's time to be added on now.
21:08We're inside the last minute.
21:10But there'll be time to be added on.
21:11Maradona playing it in.
21:13Caniggia trying to get up there.
21:14And Ebweli with a chance to belt the ball away.
21:18Only Miller is up.
21:19Now he'll want to hold on to it for a little while.
21:22Keep possession will be the order of the day.
21:26Well, he's got Bic on one side.
21:28And look at this.
21:29He's a good break on now.
21:32But the shot there from Ebweli, from Koundé
21:35was charged down.
21:39But that once again shows inexperienced naivety.
21:42They've got time now.
21:43They've just got to keep the ball.
21:45Even in good situations now,
21:47make sure that the game just fizzles out.
21:50Nine men leading Argentina 1-0.
21:53We're now playing time added on for stoppages.
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22:05What an amazing afternoon.
22:07Not the prettiest game.
22:08Not the most skillful game.
22:10And surprisingly few goalmouth incidents.
22:12But at the end of it all,
22:14what an amazing turn up it could be.
22:19Nadip playing it into touch.
22:21The referee looking at his watch.
22:31It's going to make it awfully hard.
22:33USSR and Romania in this group
22:35can be awfully hard for Argentina
22:38to qualify.
22:43Unless they can pull one back in these
22:45last minute or two.
22:46Here's Miller again.
22:47His head working overtime now.
22:49The 38-year-old.
22:51He's got little Mabou
22:52who's still full of money.
22:55He can make it all safe now.
22:58Everybody turns away in anguish
23:00who wanted Cameroon to whack in that second goal.
23:03As Mabou, who's covered every blade of ground,
23:06blade of grass on this ground,
23:08just couldn't find the finishing touch.
23:10Referee looking at his watch again.
23:12We've played nearly two minutes of injury time.
23:15Maradona's touch.
23:16It's all over!
23:17Cameroon have scored an astonishing victory
23:20against the holders of the World Cup Argentina.
23:24The goal by Diop in the second half.
23:27The mistake by Pompidou.
23:29And even the magic of Maradona in the first half
23:31couldn't undo this side from Africa.
23:34A fantastic occasion
23:35for Cameroon.
23:37Worthy winners.
23:38You're also very...