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Belgium 1-2 Spain - June 21, 1990 / World Cup 1990

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World Cup 1990 - Group E

Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi - Verona - Italy

June 21, 1990

35 950

Belgium

1 - 2

Spain

(free kick) Patrick Vervoort

30'

27'

Míchel (penalty)

39'

Alberto Górriz (header) Assist by Míchel

logo Belgium BEL

27' - Goal Míchel

30' - Goal Patrick Vervoort30

32' - Substitution Marc Emmersis substituted by Pascal Plovie32

39' - Goal Alberto Górriz

logo Belgium BEL

79' - Substitution Lorenzo Staelensis substituted by Marc Van der Linden79

82' - Substitution Emilio Butragueñois substituted by Rafael Alkorta

89' - Substitution Julio Salinasis substituted by Miguel Pardeza

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Belgium

1 - 2

Spain

Belgium Spain

Team line-ups

Belgium

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Degryse

Marc Degryse

Belgium

B.date04/09/1965

Age24 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

10Scifo

Enzo Scifo

Belgium

B.date19/02/1966

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

11Ceulemans

Jan Ceulemans

Belgium

B.date28/02/1957

Age33 years

H1m88

positionOffensive Midfielder

6Emmers32

Marc Emmers

Belgium

B.date25/02/1966

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight Defensive Midfielder

22Vervoort30

Patrick Vervoort

Belgium

B.date17/01/1965

Age25 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

8Van der Elst

Franky Van der Elst

Belgium

B.date30/04/1961

Age29 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Albert

Philippe Albert

Belgium

B.date10/08/1967

Age22 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

7Demol

Stéphane Demol

Belgium

B.date11/03/1966

Age24 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

16De Wolf

Michel De Wolf

Belgium

B.date19/01/1958

Age32 years

H1m71

positionLeft central defender

18Staelens79

Lorenzo Staelens

Belgium

B.date30/04/1964

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

1Preud'homme

Michel Preud'homme

Belgium

B.date24/01/1959

Age31 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Michel Preud'homme		31	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Stéphane Demol		24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Lorenzo Staelens	79	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Michel De Wolf		32	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Philippe Albert		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Patrick Vervoort	30	25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Marc Emmers	32	24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Franky Van der Elst		29	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Jan Ceulemans		33	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Enzo Scifo		24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Marc Degryse		24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Spain

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Salinas89

Julio Salinas

Spain

B.date11/09/1962

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

9Butragueño82

Emilio Butragueño

Spain

B.date22/07/1963

Age26 years

H1m70

positionStriker

11Villarroya

Francisco Javier Villarroya

Spain

B.date06/08/1966

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

21Míchel27

Míchel

Spain

B.date23/03/1963

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

6Martín Vázquez

Rafael Martín Vázquez

Spain

B.date25/09/1965

Age24 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

15Roberto

Roberto

Spain

B.date05/07/1962

Age27 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

14Górriz39

Alberto Górriz

Spain

B.date16/02/1958

Age32 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

4Andrinúa

Genar Andrinúa

Spain

B.date09/05/1964

Age26 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

5Sanchís

Manolo Sanchís

Spain

B.date23/05/1965

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

2Chendo

Chendo

Spain

B.date12/10/1961

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

1Zubizarreta

Andoni Zubizarreta

Spain

B.date23/10/1961

Age28 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Andoni Zubizarreta		28	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Manolo Sanchís		25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Genar Andrinúa		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Alberto Górriz	39	32	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Chendo		28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	F. J. Villarroya		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Roberto		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Míchel	27	27	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Rafael Martín Vázquez		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Emilio Butragueño	82	26	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Julio Salinas	89	27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
17	D		Pascal Plovie	32	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F		Marc Van der Linden	79	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
12	D		Rafael Alkorta	82	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F		Miguel Pardeza	89	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Philippe Albert

Eric Gerets

OUT

Lorenzo Staelens

Georges Grün

OUT

Patrick Vervoort

Bruno Versavel

OUT

Marc Emmers

Leo Clijsters

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Guy Thys

105

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Thys vs Spain

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on June 21, 1990

Thys vs Suárez

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 21, 1990

Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Suárez

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Suárez vs Belgium

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 21, 1990

Suárez vs Thys

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 21, 1990

Referee

Juan Carlos Loustau

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Belgium1 match	General total	Spain1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Belgium1 match	Season total	Spain1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on June 21, 1990					Latest figure on June 21, 1990

Videos

April 30, 2013

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Belgium after 3 consecutive wins surterrainneutre (since 01/06/1989). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 19/06/1982 (2 matches)

It's the first time Alberto Górriz scores 1 goal in World Cup

Belgium keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 26/05/1990).

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

DSpain 1-1 Belgium22/06/1986

LBelgium 0-2 Argentina25/06/1986

LFrance 4-2 Belgium28/06/1986

VLuxembourg 0-5 Belgium01/06/1989

VBelgium 2-0 South Korea12/06/1990

VUruguay 1-3 Belgium17/06/1990

Overall

DBelgium 0-0 Sweden21/02/1990

DBelgium 2-2 Romania26/05/1990

VBelgium 3-0 Mexico02/06/1990

DBelgium 1-1 Poland06/06/1990

VBelgium 2-0 South Korea12/06/1990

VUruguay 1-3 Belgium17/06/1990

Current form

Neutral ground

VDenmark 1-5 Spain18/06/1986

DSpain 1-1 Belgium22/06/1986

VSpain 3-2 Denmark11/06/1988

LItaly 1-0 Spain14/06/1988

DSpain 0-0 Uruguay13/06/1990

VSpain 3-1 South Korea17/06/1990

Overall

VSpain 2-1 Switzerland13/12/1989

VSpain 1-0 Czechoslovakia21/02/1990

LSpain 2-3 Austria28/03/1990

VYugoslavia 0-1 Spain26/05/1990

DSpain 0-0 Uruguay13/06/1990

VSpain 3-1 South Korea17/06/1990

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	3	2
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	5	2
Scoring streak	4	5
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Enzo Scifo	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Míchel
Enzo Scifo	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Míchel
Enzo Scifo	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	F. J. Villarroya
Enzo Scifo	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	F. J. Villarroya
Enzo Scifo	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last match	Míchel

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

3 v

2 d

1 l

10 gf

11 ga

Away

7 matches

1 v

2 d

4 l

5 gf

13 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

15 matches

5 v

5 d

5 l

18 gf

26 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

4 v

2 d

1 l

13 gf

5 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

2 d

3 l

11 gf

10 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

15 matches

5 v

5 d

5 l

26 gf

18 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	August 29, 1920
Neutral ground	2 - 1	June 15, 1980

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 31, 1957
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

June 22, 1986 - Coupe du Monde 1986

Spain

1 - 1

Belgium

February 19, 1986 - Rencontres amicales 1986

Spain

3 - 0

Belgium

December 16, 1981 - Rencontres amicales 1981

Spain

2 - 0

Belgium

June 15, 1980 - Euro 1980

Spain

1 - 2

Belgium

February 23, 1969 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1970

Belgium

2 - 1

Spain

Best historical scorers against Spain

Robert Coppée	4 goals	1920 - 1923
Johan Devrindt	3 goals	1968 - 1969
Raymond van Gestel	2 goals	1951 - 1951
Jan Ceulemans	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Eric Gerets	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Victor Lemberechts	1 goal	1953 - 1953

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/08/1920. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Belgium

J. M. Satrústegui	2 goals	1981 - 1981
Francisco Marcet	2 goals	1953 - 1953
Alfredo Di Stéfano	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Paulino Alcantara Riesta	2 goals	1921 - 1921
Telmo Zarra	2 goals	1951 - 1951
Luis Suárez	2 goals	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/08/1920. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Spain

Wilfried Van Moer	4 matches	1968 - 1981
Vicky Mees	4 matches	1949 - 1957
Eric Gerets	4 matches	1980 - 1986
André Fierens	3 matches	1920 - 1923
Pierre Hanon	3 matches	1962 - 1968
Robert Coppée	3 matches	1920 - 1923

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/08/1920. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Belgium

Antonio Ramallets	3 matches	1951 - 1957
Víctor Muñoz	3 matches	1981 - 1986
Ricardo Zamora	3 matches	1920 - 1923
Amancio	3 matches	1963 - 1969
Jesus Glaria Roldan	3 matches	1962 - 1969
Domingo Acedo	3 matches	1920 - 1923