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Originally Posted by Ark2
You realize that these aren't the semifinals, right?
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Jarmoe, Tom Erikkson, is that you?
As for the Maradona pic, would love to see FIFA bring back the Tango ball for a future WC.
Come on Belgium. Somehow I'd like Argentina to get screwed in Brazil after Brazil got screwed in Argentina in 1978, though the format doesn't allow that like it did 36 years ago. Classic match fixing to the highest degree...ARG delaying the kickoff, then, Peru allowing 4 goals in the second half.
Group B was essentially a battle between Argentina and Brazil, and it was resolved in controversial circumstances. In the first round of group games, Brazil beat Peru 3–0 while Argentina saw Poland off by a score of 2–0. Brazil and Argentina then played out a tense and violent goalless draw, so both teams went into the last round of matches with three points. Argentina delayed the kick-off of its last match to await the result of the Brazil-Poland encounter. Brazil won by a 3-1 score, meaning Argentina had to beat Peru by four clear goals to reach the final but they managed to do it. Trailing 2–0 at half-time, Peru simply collapsed in the second half, and Argentina eventually won 6–0. As previously noted, rumors suggested that Peru might have been bribed or threatened into allowing Argentina to win the match by such a large margin. However, nothing could be proved, and Argentina met the Netherlands in the final. Brazil took third place from an enterprising Italian side with Nelinho scoring a memorable goal, and were dubbed "moral champions" by coach Cláudio Coutinho, because they did not win the tournament, but did not lose a single match.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup