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España 12-1 Malta 1984 Clasificación Eurocopa (Partido Completo - Full Match)

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https://www.facebook.com/classicfootballtv 21 December 1983 Spain - Malta 12-1 Goals : Santillana 15', 26', 29', 75',Rincón 47', 57', 64', 78',Maceda 62', 63',Sarabia 80',Señor 84',Degiorgio 24' Benito Villamarín, Seville Attendance: 18,871 Referee: Erkan Göksel (Turkey) España : Francisco Buyo,Andoni Goikoetxea,José Antonio Camacho,Antonio Maceda,Juan Antonio Señor,Víctor Muñoz,Rafael Gordillo,Manuel Sarabia,Francisco José Carrasco,Santillana,Hipólito Rincón Substitutions : Marcos Alonso Manager : Miguel Muñoz Malta : John Bonello,Alex Azzopardi,Emanuel Farrugia,John Holland,Norman Buttigieg,Emanuel Fabri,Michael Degiorgio,Ernest Spiteri Gonzi,Ray Farrugia,Simon Tortell ,Silvio Demanuele Substitutions : Mario Farrugia Manager : Victor Scerri On 21 December 1983, Spain played Malta in the last qualifying match for UEFA Euro 1984. The game is often described as one of the most important in the Spanish national football team's history. Four days before the game, the Netherlands defeated Malta 5–0 and finished their qualification schedule with 13 points and a goal difference of 16. The aggregate score between Spain and the Netherlands was 2–2 so, under tournament tie-break rules, if Spain won their final qualifier and thus also finished on 13 points, the goal difference would decide which team qualified. With a goal difference of 5, Spain would need to defeat Malta by a margin of 11 or more goals to qualify. The team had only managed to score 12 goals in their previous seven matches, and before the game the Maltese goalkeeper, John Bonello, said: "Spain couldn't even score 11 goals against a team of children." Spain's only chance of qualifying for Euro 1984 was to defeat Malta by at least 11 goals. When half-time came and the scoreline was 3–1 to Spain, few expected them to score enough goals to qualify. However, Juan Antonio Señor, who had missed a penalty kick awarded to Spain in the second minute of the first half, scored Spain's 12th and last goal in the 84th minute; Rafael Gordillo scored a 13th in the final minutes of the game but it was disallowed by the referee. That did not matter, however, as the Spaniards won by the 11-goal margin required for them to beat the Netherlands to qualification.