Honduras, the friendly face of Spain’82

There is no World Cup without a friendly face, no team that for one reason or another has won the love and sympathy of the fans. And the 82 in. Spain is no exception. Apart from the usual, it seems Italy either Germanythere are some unusual combinations that leave a characteristic seal, such as Northern Ireland ng Gerry ArmstrongThe Cameroon ng N’Kono and Milla wave Poland ng boniek. They took the role of revelations, but there was a team that occupied the hearts of Spanish fans in the first stage and this was certainly as a result of drawing with the host in the first game.

is the first world of the story from which it appeared Honduras (Currently, it has been disputed three times among the South Africa 2010 Y Brazil 2014, to which he did not add a point) and his cover letter was enormous. To all Spain thrown at his team’s premiere in the stadium Louis Casanova ng Valencia On June 16, 1982, ‘Cinderella’ led the group in the 7th minute of the match with a goal from Hector ‘Eagle Chest’ Zelaya and began to show the team Jose Emilio Santamaria what they would tread in a championship in which they put too much enthusiasm but ended up in a disaster for the Spaniards. La Roja barely saved a draw via penalty draw by Lopez Ufarte mid -second half. Held the tie Tegucigalpa as if it were a title (even today it is remembered as one of the great achievements of its history) and the Hondurans were ‘adopted’ by Spanish supporters, who encouraged them in the other two games they fought in despite the fact that without being conscious until almost the end they were able to leave the second stage of the Santa Maria after the unexpected defeat of the Spaniards against Northern Ireland.

did as well Honduras to match the Northern Irish in the next clash with The Romareda. Although armstrong put his team ahead in the 9th minute, the Central American team equalized Edward Laing at 61 and stand on the last day of the first round with qualification options. After suffering Yugoslavia at almost the entire meeting at that last appointment, also at The Romaredaa penalty converted by Vladimir Petrović in 1988 it ended the dream but not with the recognition of a group that started out as a scapegoat and ended up with the eternal respect of the whole world.