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# seems he didn’t make the assist 😩

Rafael Amador Flores represented Mexico 🇲🇽 at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He famously provided the assist to Manuel Negrete for his iconic scissor-kick goal against Bulgaria in the Round of 16.

@robertmdaws Their QF defeat was the only 1938 WC match held in Antibes. What a remarkable great stadium.... youtu.be/XAHDZ0R2o5M?is…

@Cassiu1964 😄

@robertmdaws Yes lol

🇧🇷 soccer star Pelé in this historical image met with Georgia members of the Soviet national team after a 1965 match in Moscow

@Cassiu1964 I think you might mean without ?

@robertmdaws It’s amazing how famous he was around the world with internet etc

@DougieSpen @OfficialSSLazio 😆

@robertmdaws @OfficialSSLazio Are you going to add his surname Tables 😉😉

Alessandro Nesta @OfficialSSLazio

@HJMKent 🤫😆

@robertmdaws Dates us both 😂

COLIN BELL 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 48 international caps and scoring 9 goals between 1968 and 1975. Nicknamed "Nijinsky"

@HJMKent Remember that programme 😆

@robertmdaws They referred to him as Colin "Piggin" Bell in the tv sitcom "The Dustbinmen" in the early 70's! 😉😂👌

FRANCE 🇫🇷 SPAIN 🇪🇸 2006

@danmurray2401 👍known for it's stamina and strength

@robertmdaws After the racehorse who won the treble crown

#vintage PERU 🇵🇪 ⚽️

@bphillpotts Might be retro and was aware of the name Heslop but never in connection with England !

@robertmdaws You don't know who George Heslop is? 'Retro'

ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 URUGUAY 🇺🇾 1966 World Cup btw - who the hell is Heslop 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ? And why is Bell there ? 😁 Similar with Uruguay ?

Marcel Coras 🇷🇴 36 international caps and scored 6 goals for Romania national team between 1982 and 1988

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@StatusSymbol2 😂

@robertmdaws Mazali was their goalkeeper, but in the 1920s...

CUBA 🇨🇺 team at 1938 World Cup. Managed by José Tapia, the Cuban national team sailed across the Atlantic on the USS Orizaba with a roster of only 15 players—fewer than the 20 brought by most other competing nations. Most of the team played in the local Havana league and lacked international experience, Quarter-final Reality Check: Exhausted from playing back-to-back games against Romania, Cuba ran out of steam in Antibes. A fresh Sweden team, who advanced automatically in the first round due to Austria's forced withdrawal (Anschluss), defeated the Cubans 8–0

Plamen Getov 🇧🇬 Represented Bulgaria in 25 matches, scoring 4 goals. He started all four games for his country at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, scoring a goal against South Korea

Aldo Serena earned 24 caps and scored 5 goals for ITALY 🇮🇹 between 1984 and 1990.