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Classical Football at Mexico 1986

Gacina Bozidar

Monday, June 15th, 2026

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Ah, look at the greatest names in football from
matches that ended 6-1
Enzo Francescoli who shaped football was among  those who lost 6-1
On one hand there was the thundering Denmark team
composed of such giants as Preben Elkjaer Larsen, Michael Laudrup and Jesper Olsen my long -remembered football giants with their unparalleled abilities
They demolished Uruguay 6-1
The Dream Team really
Troels Rasmussen, John Sivebaek, Soren Busk, Morten Olsen, Ivan Nielsen, Soren Lerby, Jan Molby, Jesper Olsen, Klaus Berggreen, Preben Elkjaer-Larsen, Michael Laudrup
led by Coach Sepp Piontek
Have you ever seen a better or more beautiful team? I haven’t.-
Never!
Really never!
But the magic of football unfolded when among the Uruguay team who lost 6-1 to that Denmark side  was this particular football icon:Enzo Francescoli
He would  become the idol and model for the great Zinedine Zidane

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 who would even name his son after him
Maybe – just maybe Enzo Francescoli had learned something from those  Danish giants
And in turn Zinedine Zidane – the giant,  has learned from Francescoli.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 So I ask myself in an open question:

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Was the Denmark-Uruguay 1986 World Cup game far more significant than we ever thought?

Source: https://footballpoets.org/poems/classical-football-at-mexico-1986/