Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal. (Allsport)

By Jim van Wijk, PA Sport

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When England were pulled out in the same group as Argentina at the World Cup draw in Busan, it revived memories of two classic encounters between the countries.

The first was in the 1986 tournament in Mexico City, when Diego Maradona single-handedly ended England's interest at the quarter-final stage with one moment of villainy followed up by one of sheer genius.

Then, of course, there was a night of high drama in St Etienne during the last World Cup when 10-man England battled bravely, but ultimately came up short in the lottery of a penalty shoot-out.

Here, PA Sport takes a look back at those two matches which captured the imagination of the footballing world:

1986 WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL

JUNE 22, MEXICO CITY - ENGLAND 1 ARGENTINA 2

Bobby Robson's men went into the tournament unbeaten in their qualifying group and having let in just two goals in eight matches.

However, all looked bleak after their opening match against Portugal had ended in a 1-0 defeat and the game against Morocco goalless.

But cometh the hour, cometh the man as Gary Lineker fired a first-half hat-trick to dispose of Poland and see England through as runners-up, grabbing two more in the next game against Paraguay.

The obvious political implications of a meeting between the two countries that had been involved in the Falklands Conflict only a few years before were there for all to see in the build-up to the quarter-final.

After a goalless first period, the game sprung to life in controversial fashion when Maradona jumped up with Peter Shilton as the England keeper tried to punch clear - only for the diminutive Argentinian to get his fist to the ball first and knock it into an empty net. Despite the protests, the 'goal' was allowed to stand.

There was, however, no arguing with what happened four minutes later.

Maradona collected the ball 10 yards inside his own half, dashed forward down the right flank, jinking past challenge after challenge before cutting into the box and round Shilton to net one of, it not the, greatest goals of all time.

England, though, did not throw in the towel and Lineker scored his sixth goal, which would earn him the Golden Boot, with just under 10 minutes to go - and had another Lineker header from substitute John Barnes' cross fallen the other side of the post, things could have been different.

Argentina went on to beat West Germany in the final to win the competition for the second time.

1998 WORLD CUP SECOND ROUND

JUNE 30, ST ETIENNE - ENGLAND 2 ARGENTINA 2 (3-4 on penalties)

Glenn Hoddle proved a master tactician to guide England to the 1998 finals top of their group ahead of Italy and Poland.

The 2-0 win over Tunisia looked to prove Hoddle right again after he had not picked Paul Gascoigne for his final squad and also left out Michael Owen and David Beckham from his starting line-up.

A last-gasp defeat to Romania, in which Owen had netted a late equaliser after coming off the bench, meant it was make-or-break against Colombia. Goals from Beckham and Darren Anderton saw England through as runners-up.

The clash with Argentina in the second round could not have got off to a worse start when England were 1-0 down after just six minutes from a Gabriel Batistuta penalty.

Owen then won a spot-kick for Alan Shearer to convert four minutes later - but what happened next was one of the highlights of the tournament as the Liverpool teenager sprinted through the heart of the Argentina defence to fire the ball past Carlos Roa and announce his arrival on the world stage.

England had the Argentinians on the ropes and looked every bit world beaters before Javier Zanetti equalised with a well-worked free-kick on the stroke of half-time.

What happened next would go down in English footballing folklore as Manchester United superstar Beckham got himself sent off by Danish referee Kim Nielsen for kicking out at Diego Simeone after being felled by the Argentinian star at the start of the second period.

England's 10-men battled bravely and thought they had won it when Sol Campbell headed home with nine minutes left, only for the effort to be chalked off for a foul by Shearer.

The dreaded spot-kicks followed after a nervous period of golden goal extra-time and after Paul Ince had missed his effort, it was all down to David Batty.

Kevin Keegan famously backed his former Newcastle midfielder to score, the rest, as they say, is history.