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Liked a cigaretteThat was a great team in 1978.
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World Cup winning Argentina coach César Luis Menotti dies aged 85
César Luis Menotti, who managed the Argentina side that won the World Cup in 1978, has died aged 85www.theguardian.com
me tooFirst World Cup I really remember being 9 years old.
Stayed up to watch Argentina beat Peru 6-0.
Ticker tape
The theme tune
Arie Haan scoring from miles out
Archie Gemmill
Tefilio Cubillas
Erm…Jumpers for goalposts
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Liked a cigarette
That Peru game was well dodgy, they'd looked really impressive up to then, but rolled over far too easily. Didn't Argentina have to win that game by a few goals to qualify?First World Cup I really remember being 9 years old.
Stayed up to watch Argentina beat Peru 6-0.
Just talking to my father in law about Menotti's year at Barça (83/84). Menotti apparently switched training to the afternoons so he and Maradona could go clubbing every night (at the 'Up and Down' disco - presumably, the Lisbon of its day).That was a great team in 1978.
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World Cup winning Argentina coach César Luis Menotti dies aged 85
César Luis Menotti, who managed the Argentina side that won the World Cup in 1978, has died aged 85www.theguardian.com
Wasn't a huge grain shipment sent to Peru shortly after the result, or something like that.That Peru game was well dodgy, they'd looked really impressive up to then, but rolled over far too easily. Didn't Argentina have to win that game by a few goals to qualify?
Definitely a bribe somewhere, just looked it up. Argentina needed to win by 4 goals to qualify. One of the great world cups all the same.Wasn't a huge grain shipment sent to Peru shortly after the result, or something like that.
I was on Honeymoon in Bournemouth, saw all the matches though so not the best of Honeymoon's….i was a 21 year old in Benidorm for the 1978 World Cup, some tournament, some holiday![]()
sounds alright to meI was on Honeymoon in Bournemouth, saw all the matches though so not the best of Honeymoon's
Was for me toosounds alright to me