Phil Egan
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Is it kind of like a bursting into the senses moment?
No, what was the first game in that World Cup?
I don't remember watching it.
Spain versus... Spain versus... No, it wasn't Spain versus Belgium.
But would it have been Spain?
Because I think they only started doing the host in 2006.
Could have been champions.
So it was Argentina then.
It was actually Italy versus Poland, the nil-all draw in Vigo.
Right.
Actually, I tell a lie.
It was the champions.
It was Argentina who started the World Cup.
They were beaten by Belgium.
Argentina-Belgium, yeah.
And that's the game of the Maradona, the famous Maradona picture comes from.
It's actually from 86.
I think it's from 82, isn't it?
As in being held aloft?
No, no, the picture of Maradona facing all the defenders.