Argentina 1978 | A History Of The World Cup

"The more one knows about the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, the more obvious it becomes: the tournament should never have been played." - David Winner.
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[@piyush5835]

One of the best informative channels in youtube.. Particularly when you realize the amount of research you guys put into it.. Also the presentation and the calming voice as well as the music that makes sure we watch all of it.. Keep it up guys!

[@Tifo]

Thanks for the kind words! - Danny

[@gamestation9437]

I DONT LIKE YOU COZ YOUR A PC FUCKER GOING ON ABOUT DAVID WINNER LIKE WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT SOME NEWS PAPER WRITERS OPINION!!!! WHATS YOUR OPINION YOU SOUND LIKE A MIDDLE CLASS PC POSH TWAT WHO NEVER EVEN WATCHED ONE GAME FROM THE 1978 WORLD CUP INSTEAD YOU HARP ON ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS!!!! I MEAN WHAT ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT YOU IDIOT ????? STICK TO THE FOOTBALL TEACH US ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING MORE THAN ARGENTINA WON !!!

[@gamestation9437]

Rubbish abunch twats reading wiki and making videos about stuff that most real fans of football would already have learnt by watching documentaries

[@oskarbonoe9082]

In 20 years we will say the same about Qatar world cup

[@soccer68541]

Oskar Bonoe The thing is, everyone doesn't want it there. Everyone knows that they don't deserve it, hopefully it won't be as bad. Qatar without help will be knocked out right away. Sadly, there will be more workers and sketchy stuff from now until the tournament ends.

[@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506]

it's gonna be the worst world cup ever. And even more rigged then 1978 or 2002

[@ivaneurope]

2006 was rigged as well as 2010, 2014 and 2018.

[@soccer68541]

ivaneurope kkk

[@ivaneurope]

+football68541 did you called me racist?

[@BenMcManus]

Wow, I knew there was controversy surrounding the '78 World Cup, but hadn't realised quite how bad it was!

[@elche1976]

"allegedly" seems to be the key word throughout

[@pluma1111]

One of my earliest memories as a 2 1/2-year-old child was that of my mother crying out of impotence and anger when Argentina (the country where I was born) won the world cup. Everybody took to the streets to celebrate as my mother got angrier and angrier. I obviously could not understand her reaction. All I gathered from that moment on was that football/soccer had to be a "bad sport" since it made her act so crazy... It took me still a good 10 years to understand why. A member of my family had disappeared less than a year prior and my mother herself had been expelled from University. My mother has a really bad memory and she doesn't remember this reaction -or as we many other, she chooses not to-. She denies having ever had it. But it marked me forever, as strongly as the first time I ever saw the sea or listened to a different language. I grew up in a time of terror, within a family that reproduced the Terrorism of State within, and this forever shaped my life. I have never had a chance to discuss this with members of my family in full, just as Holocaust or Disappeared's denial, they would do pretty much anything to avoid seriously tackling these issues with me.

[@joshmccaw2777]

Hopefully you wont lose ad revenue due to the political nature of this video excellent job btw (as always)

[@maximilianmaximilian1321]

I have often wondered about this statement, should the 1978 world cup never taken place in Argentina or not at all? Because even if FIFA decided to take the world cup from Argentina due to the military regime, and we should not forget that Argentina had bene given the task of hosting the turnament back in 1966, long before the 1976 coup, it would still have to give it to an another South American country, since the 1978 world cup had to take place in America, as the previous one had taken place in Europe. In the late '70s, most South American countries were under military rule, and even the few civilian governments were nothing more than military puppets. So if FIFA had instead given the 1978 World Cup to Chile or Brazil, it would still take place in a country under a military dictatorship, neither was this the first time, the 1934 World Cup in Italy is another example. As for Argentina being favored by the referees, that's generally the case with host nations, and there are even more blatant examples. The Argentina-Peru game will always have a shadow of doubt lingering over it, but nothing conclusive has ever been proved, neither Ledesma's testimony, which although definitely the most serious, has raised more questions than it has answered. Even if the particular match was staged, this doesn't mean the entire tournament was, if there has certainly been a staged world cup match than this West Germany vs Austria in 1982, however I have never heard this tournament being called staged, although it is probably by far the most scandalous ever.

[@ollyole4560]

Really enjoying this series, I feel I'm learning something new every video!

[@Tifo]

That's the aim! - Danny

[@mrsomeone846]

This video makes me wish I was a military dictator, England could actually do something at a tournament...

[@DTNenforcer]

None of the three stars in the argentinian t-shirts wete earned without controversy. The 1978 WC must have been relocated in another country for the sake of football.

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

Cuanto les apueato que el no tiene ninguna?

[@TadeoLercari]

What do you think about 1966 world cup, england robbed to germany and argentina

[@toddreyes2487]

You are a moron

[@amirkalaji6753]

@@toddreyes2487 Fuck you. He is right. In the quarter finals, Argentina-England: the referee was german. Uruguay-Germany: the referee was english. Both games ended in controversy with a lot of south american players sent off. Go look it up, Moron!

[@toddreyes2487]

@@amirkalaji6753 you are a fucking moron

[@amirkalaji6753]

@@toddreyes2487 How old are you, imbecile?

[@toddreyes2487]

@@amirkalaji6753 go fuck yourself

[@jcbruni7]

I love your videos, but this one has an EXTREMELY partial view. It's true that there was a violent dictatorship that put masive pressure over Argentine players, it's also true that Peru's game was controversial... but you don't say a thing about a superb tight final against Holland which CLEARLY wasn't fixed as Holland hit many posts. You portray the whole Cryuff thing as if the Argentinean political situation was the reason he didn't played (as the gossip says) but he stated clearly that it wasn't related to that, but instead of a Barcelona situation. You also say practically anything at all about Kempes, Filliol or Passarella who are for sure some of the best players of the history of world Football (specially Passarella). It's true that there is a controversial match, like Brazil against Turkey on 2002, England against Argentina and Germany in '66, South Korea THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT, Germany against Argentina in '90, and the lists goes on, and will ever go on.

[@GugaGDFABC]

Cruz Bruni They used a Peruvian Socialist as a reliable source. Unbelievable. The military dictatorship in Argentina indeed violated multiple human rights, but it's hard to trust the guy, since he has no problem with the Venezuelan leftist dictatorship.

[@afridibinsayed9864]

The so called controversial match against Peru rumour came from the Brazilian camp after they failed to go to the final because of that typical arch rival mentality

[@amirkalaji6753]

1966 quarterfinals, Argentina-England: the referee was german. Uruguay-Germany: the referee was english. Both games ended in controversy with a lot of south american players sent off. Argentina training field didnt even had a goalpoast. Pelé kicked out of the competiton.. and yes, that phantom goal in the final. Hope Tito football address this disgraceful world cup soon

[@jcbruni7]

@@amirkalaji6753 indeed!

[@wolves7655]

I want to say one thing about Passarella....and he was indeed a great captain and great player.....the Dutch have just equalised late in the game and suddenly look the most likely to grab a win. Johann Neeskens is running dangerously with the ball and Passarella literally punches him in the jaw. The useless referee Gonella doesnt even award Holland a free kick or send off Pasarella. Neeskens is flat on his back and Kempes (a teammate of Neeskens at Valencia) looks shocked at what has just happened. For Passarella this assault stopped Neeskens in his stride and also Hollands momentum. Play is held up a few minutes. Its the dark arts at its finest but the Argentine captain should have been sent off.

[@jakeclough8090]

Wow I love how angry these South American fans are getting they can’t accept this World Cup was so corrupt

[@n.s.manjunath5473]

As calm as the fixers who *won the WC in 1966, perhaps?

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

​@@n.s.manjunath5473 XD

[@arshosormani7067]

I've watched Argentina's all games...the best team in WC,alongside italians...can't see anything wrong even in 6-0 victory...unlike famous FRG-Austria in 1982... Brazil was weak, the game against Poland was great... Why dutch don't beat them in final? That Argentinian team play even better than in next wc,including 1986 and 2014...Fillol,Olguin,Passarella, Tarantini,Gallego,Ardiles,Bertoni and specially Kempes were shining stars!

[@ipelengthobejane3375]

Basically, Argentina haven't won a world cup in a completely fair manner.

[@camilokillah6963]

Ipeleng Thobejane eso no es cierto. César Luis Menotti fue un técnico que revolucionó el fútbol. Guardiola antes de comenzar a ser a entrenador busco referencias en él y sus equipos siempre mostraban un juego ofensivo privilegiando la posesion de balón y el ataque por las bandas

[@soccer68541]

Camilo killah sí. Me encanto como los narizones le pusieron la pistola a cruyff eso fue una táctica buena.

[@ipelengthobejane3375]

Camilo killah No estoy negando que estas bandas nacionales de habla española han sido influyentes en el fútbol. Pero lo que estoy diciendo es que Argentina ha hecho algunas cosas feas para ganar en la copa del mundo, por ejemplo. Mano de Dios y la Copa del Mundo de 1978 como un todo.

[@BladiMoyano]

Que estupidez, ningún jugador de ninguna selección fue amenazado ni maltratado es más nisiquiera tuvieron contacto con los dictadores, el único partido q pudo haber estado arreglado fue el de ARG 6-0 PER pero los partidos arreglados en favor de los locales son más comunes de lo que crees, ya sea en democracia o en dictadura, sino mira Corea del Sur en 2002 por decirte un ejemplo

[@soccer68541]

Bladi Moyano Lo de Corea no justifica lo de Argentina. Sin el 6-0 no hubieran pasado, entonces, no hubieran ganado. Si se sabe que los partidos de el país que hace el mundial son favorecidos, pero eso no es nada como comprar árbitros y a todo un equipo por 50,000 dólares. También creo que alguien. relacionados a los argentinos fue amenazar a cruyff por eso no fue al mundial.

[@soyderiverdeliverybeaver8941]

I mean, cryuff didnt even mention argentina,it could gave been the spanush dictatorship itself, since it happened at barcelona.

[@I_Hate_This_Handle_]

ETA terrorists.

[@trenthall8904]

Lots of members of the Peruvian team deny their match vs Argentina being fixed

[@jaycee9540]

Obviously they’re not going to say what really happened the players won’t tell the truth

[@jonv8965]

Right, I got a kick back so I won't disclose

[@brokenHelghan]

I'm still waiting for a video on how England fixed the 1966 World Cup.

[@TonyMarinou82]

brokenHelghan yeah keep waiting

[@garymathe9863]

This channel is run by Englishmen so probably not gonna happen.

[@rct3terminator1000]

Oh yea, because a third goal in a final rewarded by a referee to a team that then went on to score a decisive 4th goal is totally comparable to this...

[@s3nkul]

The Gladstonian Liberal but why do you cry when Lampard's goal was disallowed when England were trailing 2-1 and went on to lose 4-1

[@elche1976]

Yeah, England's only WC was pure garbage

[@LoboBlack187]

1978 Corruption 1986 Corruption, everyone in the stadium saw the goal with the hand except the Tunisian ref who pretended not to see it. 2022 Record breaking penalties awarded, Qatar officials shenanigans. Messi, PSG, FIFA

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

Hello WolfNegro, go to the couch of your mother

[@mostafizurrahman8674]

Excluded 2022 wc but 78 and 86 are surely corrupted

[@shreyashvaidya2773]

1978 World Cup 🤝 1934 World Cup 🤝 1936 Summer Olympics

[@moet5391]

Why are you English people so envious of Argentina why do you fabricate things..why don’t you mention how England bribed the referees in the 1966 World Cup why don’t you mention how you stole that tournament

[@toddreyes2487]

You are a moron

[@moet5391]

Todd Reyes I guess the truth hurts huh 🤔 England haven’t won anything since they stole the World Cup in 1966😂 your team sucks big time bro...Argentina has 25 international cups wake up you stupid 😂

[@rickded2860]

@@moet5391 go fuck yourself

[@Rusheman13]

@@moet5391 25, what Do you count for that!?

[@Ruda-n4h]

Evidence?

[@moet5391]

I want to hear stories about England’s joke 66 World Cup

[@toddreyes2487]

Fuck you

[@gigliotube]

I don't know if someone remember the path of Italy in that WC. Our coach was Enzo Bearzot the same coach who lead Azzurri in the next WC of Spain '82 and also the players was the quite the same. Well, Italy was the only team to beat Argentina during the whole WC: in the Groupe stage won by Italy. One day i listened to an interview to Enzo Bearzot who claimed that during that World Cup the italian team stop to believe in ourselfs, maybe because they was satisfy. He said that if Azzurri during that World Cup showld believe more in the final victory still in 1978 WC they could reach great result in that edition too. By the way Italy was forurth in that edition of the WC and deserve to reach the final also for a controversial referring in the crucial game against Holland!

[@donnyannessa654]

gigliotube true, we were an attack minded side that year

[@BecomingNothing0]

Interesting how the 2022 World Cup is surrounded by so much controversy as well. Crazy to me how there is only 79 thousand people who have seen this.

[@PeruvianPotato]

Because the new generation doesn't really care much for older generations of football

[@sebastianalfonso1238]

Given Uriburu, Perón, Videla and Malvinas, it's a bit unpleasant to hear the British handle the issue like that.Not a fan of the regime, but you do realize that the accusation about dopping is wildly unfunded, such as the quote of the French player as proof, right?And I think it's also really important to know that the destination of the Cup was decided by 1974's World Cup final already, while we still had a democratic government.It's also important to mention that Argentina lost matches in the group stage just as any other team could. You speak as if it was all rigged, but matches lost and won seem fair and square. I'll except Perú, that's more polemic.And Cruyff was amazingly racist toward Argentina since years before the Cup. He refused to play the Intercontinental Cup against Independiente in 1972 and 1973, once sending Juventus as replacement and the other time cancelling the Cup. The guy's not a good example here. He spoke ill of our people during the dictatorship, as much as he did before.I think you went a little too biased here. And even if you think Perú was fixed, respect the men playing a little bit. Come on! Quote Kempes! Quote Menotti! Quote Gallego! They'll have no clue what you mean with anfetamins and referees. They were themselves threatened by the military. And your picture of the British soldiers in Malvinas was disgusting and a lack of respect. You could've commented on the racism on Argentine players in 66', but you didn't.You dropped the ball here fellows. Try to bring a more complete story next time

[@wolves7655]

Hi Sebastian I would not query some of your comments but from the perspective of Videla there is surely no question that he not only murdered many of his political opponents but also tortured and killed many mothers who fought for justice for their missing sons. To me if forget nations for a second and think only of humankind throughout the world it is surely important to honor the memory of the Argentine victims throught the brutal fascist regime of Videla. I have no knowledge whether the Peru game was fixed. As a young boy from England in 1978 I loved watching Argentina play their attacking football and wanted them to win. But in retrospect the sight of Videla in the stadium makes my stomach turn.

[@kapparattlerkapparattler6114]

As an Argentine, I'm ashamed that this tournament happened at this horrific time in our history, and this makes me question there should be one star on that badge

[@progamer-wz6hx]

yes for this milion milion people loves brazil and hates u

[@HaveIGotMuseForYou]

Wow, very interesting, thanks again! I've heard about the Peru game and the whole general 'dodgyness' around Argentina 1978 and the regime, especially given my nostalgia for the Oranje side of the time, but I had no idea how bad it actually was. Reminds me of how Mussolini fixed Italy's World Cup in 1934. Shame it's tainted as Ardiles and Kempes were great players. Are you guys doing anything further about the Netherlands 1974 team?

[@Jayfive276]

The world cup has always been corrupt. It was just more obvious in 78. Saying that Argentina did have a very good team. However there was no way they would have lost the final. If Holland had scored instead of hitting the post late on the goal would have been disallowed or there would have been a shit ton of injury time or something else to favour Argentina. Dutch players later on said they were fearful of getting out of the stadium alive if they had won. Oh and the goalkeeper for Peru in that 6-0 game was born in Argentina.

[@Ruda-n4h]

If Rensenbrink had scored they would have won.

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

1_ you cannot be sure if the post hit wouñd be disallowed, you are taking a """theory""" as a true history 2_ well, next time a goalkepper is born in the opposite country, we wont let him play cause you think thast a n argument😊

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

(Esa carora fue sin querer, carita digo 😊, esa si fie a proposito)

[@GC-rt3wi]

Peru would've won that game against Argentina if it was fairly played

[@elche1976]

Or if Peru didn't stink. I'm sure Peru has fans that have excuses for their awfulness for the past 4 decades as well.

[@trueman1011]

Peru had 6 consecutive losses against Argentina at that time.

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

Fairly played?? They had no chance to clasify at that ponit (si, lo escribi mal)

[@MahmedMahmoud-h3z]

​@@mauriciominicuci6544 dictatorship payed peru to lose the game

[@donnyannessa654]

similar story in 1934 with mussolini

[@ElrondMcBong113]

The same heresay that has been reported by countless others concerning the alleged fixing. There has been no proof or confession so far at least not from the ones involved. Supposedly the Argentines tried to bribe some of the players, but the accused have denied it so far. Also there was an offer from the Brazillians 10k for each player if Peru won or only lost 0:3. The latter is probably the only one that can be proven since many players reported it.

[@powailai9886]

argentina a fake champ. 78 game.fixing by Peru. 86 hand of God. 2022 penalty kick.

[@kabeermirza5662]

Argentina should remove a star from their badge

[@user-md9im5sc2j]

And give it to the Netherlands.

[@death2641]

@@user-md9im5sc2j no redo the match again from the second round all the countries that pass the group stage

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

​@@death2641 500 yeats after? Are you stupid?

[@Diegofpineda]

I don´t have a perfect english but i'll try to explain my point of view and why i don´t agree totally with this ideo. I am not argentinian, i am colombian and i love the football. I won't deny that there was influence of the regime in this world cup, this is a sadly true, but i think that the argentinian team was just the best and even, they had won in another country. Argentina had such an incredible generation. Kempes in that time, was one of three best players in spain, and surely he had won the ballon d'orr if the south american players were allowed to get it. They also had Alonso one of greatest in the river plate's history, there were also very important players in the history of the country such as Bertoni, Housseman, Luque, Passarella, Bertoni, Fillor, Gallego, and so on. All of them are one of the most important player in the history of different teams, for instance, Passarella, Luque, Fillol in River, Bertoni in Independiente, Houseman in Huracan, etc. In this time, the southamerican and the european football were allmost at the same level. Between 1977 and 1984 all the intercontinental champions were the south american . In that world cup, Holland was very different from its exhibition in 1974 Brazil 1978 was an average team, Italy so poor, honestly the level in that world cup was not high. For this i think that none of the teams in this tournament was better than Argentina. It is true, sadly that Videla influenced in the world cup, but Argentina also needed a good team in order to win, the government help is not a necessary condition to win, we can look south korea in 2002, they were helped but that team was not good enough as argentina was in 1978, and for this the asian finihed 4 th and the south american 1 st.

[@donnyannessa654]

Diego Fernando Pineda Vera Italy beat Argentina, just letting you know

[@trueman1011]

@@donnyannessa654 and what changes? Scotland beat the Netherlands so they didn't deserve to win either.

[@gurpreetjutla1790]

This video is such a load of bullshit. It's based on half rumours and otherwise pure fiction. Argentina won the cup fair and square. They played scintillating football and were streets ahead of any team there. Is that so hard to accept.

[@donnyannessa654]

Agree 100%

[@niceguy4871]

I’m guessing you’re both Argentinian?

[@donnyannessa654]

Italian

[@niceguy4871]

Donny Annessa Fair enough.

[@donnyannessa654]

Demotivated Peru

[@pimduymelinck8022]

#UMAXITGIVEAWAY3 I support PSV Eindhoven because I live near Eindhoven and I grwe up as a supporter of the club thanks to my dad because he was a fan of the club already.

[@rbsk999]

Brazil World Cup and Olympics should never have happened either. Look what they did to the poor people who lived where the stadiums were built. And now with Qatar it´s obvious that FIFA doesn´t give a damn about human rights as long as they can get away with it. What's changed?

[@sallahalwaily1444]

It was fixed for Argentina!

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

Oh that is an excellent proof! Oh wait, you said nothing

[@dessiemckenzie5857]

Only for Danaiefard , Scotland had this World Cup in the bag

[@killercaos123]

Yeah. Once you read more and more into the Argentina World Cup, you learn how disgusting, nauseating, and stomach-churning the government was at the time.

[@rublaj]

lol argentina used the militar dictatorship to win the world cup, even taken Brazil off the competition without losing any game. Argentineans are not honest wilhe playing soccer.

[@trueman1011]

That was how the regulation was, it was not put by Argentina but by Fifa, only the final was direct elimination, the rest was by zones and goal difference as in 74. Brazil tied 3 games, it was not a machine either, and not he knew how to beat Argentina.

[@DiegoMartinez-et3qh]

I was very much liking your videos until I watched this one. Come on, we are aware of the political controversies but there was still a lot of football to talk about! Argentina still had a great side commanded by Menotti and Pasarella...Peru's greatest performance with Cubillas and Chumpitaz...Zico and one of the best Brazilian teams to never win the worldcup and more.

[@elche1976]

Yeah, nevermind they do had to win other games.... But but but, it was rigged due to people not liking it and inventing rumors.

[@Boleiro]

People dont want to know the truth

[@satanshameer690]

Wise people won't watch sports knowing everything is fjxed

[@ravindranpillai5155]

France won 98, France fixed it...Eng 66 Eng fixed...Uru 30 Uru fixed it

[@MahmedMahmoud-h3z]

France didn't fix the world cup in 98

[@n.s.manjunath5473]

Do a video on how England won the WC in 1966. The 1978 Argentine team was easily very talented.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

That's it, the English love to talk about how the 1934 or 1978 Cups were possibly "rigged" but nothing about 1966 and the insane favours heaped upon the English hosts...

[@Ruda-n4h]

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia Like what?

[@soccer68541]

Basically, just like South Korea, but they actually won it. And 35x worse because of all the corruption outside of football.

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

Como se nota qie 🇲🇽 con esa foto

[@Lovelylove4everyone]

I suppose Argentina had an invisible force-field around their goal in the 0-0 draw with Brazil.

[@amsarg]

very biased one sided argument

[@Rusheman13]

Coming from the guy with an Argentine badge, at the very least there is sufficient evidence from your profile pic and the video that you could only be as biased as each other

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

​@@Rusheman13 no entendi

[@DidYaServe]

Don't diminish what Menotti did because of British rumours. He was one of the greatest managers of all-time and honed that team to greatness whether there was a dictatorship or not.

[@clarenceboddicker1162]

If not for these shenanigans we’d be saying portugal or Croatia are the greatest squad to never win “the big one”

[@abbaszaidi8371]

Great work. Horrific and anger inducing. Let's see what history has to say about Russia and Qatar in the next few decades

[@Coolbrobro12]

As a Peruvian This Is Just Not Fine. Argentina Didn't Deserve This World Cup

[@donnyannessa654]

Coolbrobro12 a bunch of hearsay and nonsense

[@elche1976]

A lot of alleged facts on this video. Pretty good comedy.

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

🇦🇺

[@PeruvianPotato]

​@@mauriciominicuci6544🇺🇾

[@LorolinAstori]

1986 was just as bad with a hopped up and cheating Maradona.

[@BladiMoyano]

The Cruiff part was a little bet shitie, you are saying that he didn't come for the WC because "a random man try to hurt his family", implying that it was the argentines, even when this whole thing happened in Barcelona

[@Tifo]

There is no inference that Argentina was responsible for Cruyff's kidnapping, we simply state that this is his given reason for not attending the World Cup. - Joe

[@elfaco]

But it is part of a video which solely analyses the reasons why the Cup shouldn't have been played, so there is inference by context. Also, no evidence provided on the amphetamine consumption, and the comment from a referee to Pasarella might be a misinterpretation. There are a lot of issues with this Cup, and the suspicions on the match against Peru go way deeper than depicted, but this video doesn't do them justice by misrepresenting other, arguable more minute, controversies.

[@Ruda-n4h]

@@Tifo the inference is there. You also didn't mention that Italy beat Argentina in the first round, Peru hit the post at 0-0 and Rensenbrink hit the post in the last minute in the final.

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

​@@Tifo no entendi una vrg no se ingles

[@giancarlotorres3520]

How does the Cruyff incident even relate to the Argentina World Cup? Was the kidnapper argentine? Great videos as always, can't wait for the Korea/Japan 2002 video

[@soccer68541]

Giancarlo Torres It is very very VERY likely Cryuff's kidnapper was hired by the Argentine government. He probably was told not to go to the World cup or he would likely get killed.

[@Jayfive276]

Because he was expected to attend and he didnt. He was the best and most well known player at the time. No-one is suggesting one way or the other what nationality the kidnappers were or who's orders they were acting on, only that an armed kidnap attempt DID happen and as a result Cruyff didn't attend world cup. Any suggestion that *IT WAS DONE BY THE ARGENTINIAN GOVERNMENT TO HELP THEM WIN THE WORLD CUP* is your interpretation of the facts presented.

[@Ruda-n4h]

@@soccer68541 Evidence?

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

​@@soccer68541 font: Courier New

[@dinoamigo0279]

is this really a brit crying rigging after what they did in '66 lmao

[@PeruvianPotato]

I'm Peruvian and he speaks fax.

[@zolt780]

pls do marcelo bielsa tactics

[@vedantdivekar7157]

Manchester united as I was brought up in a united loving family

[@patorravide]

The only thing I am quite glad about this video is that they show why this world cup shouldn't have taken place, at least in argentina at this time. As for the things they say that happened, well, there aren't many facts but many suppositions.

[@pluma1111]

Really/ like what????

[@casteus3543]

Amazing video! Do an episode on the italian world cup history please :D

[@arshosormani7067]

Where was England in that WC ?

[@kevfoda]

Yeah I am glad that you touched on that subject. It is something that people do not like talking about for some reason. I guess Argentina is so many people's favourite team since it is the rival of Brazil and the hipster mentality that influences our age makes people want to support the second best team of the South American continent.

[@Colin-ut6cm]

kevfoda do you just indirectly insult argentina by calling it second best in the continent lol😂😂😂😂😂

[@EdwinLuciano]

Historically, Argentina is (at most) the second best team in South America. They have won two World Cups and Brazil has won five. It's an empirical fact. Five is (three) more than two. You might argue today Argentina is or even that Chile (who won the last two Copa Americas) is the best but historically, that debate has been settled for decades now. Brazil is ahead of Argentina. Uruguay has won two World Cups (in 1930 and 1950) and FIFA counts the two gold medals in 1924 and 1928. By that count, they have won four world competitions and are therefore the second best. That would relegate Argentina to third place. For my tastes, the fact that Buenos Aires alone has double the population of all of Uruguay leads me to believe that they are clear candidates for the best of South America. In my opinion. Not in fact.

[@vikramsid]

As someone who admires and respects the Dutch, I feel nauseated when the 78 WC is mentioned. It was such a vile and twisted tournament which makes any other world cup seem fair by comparison. Even though I respect Messi and co. I never want Argentina to win another WC again.

[@uncleiroh9134]

Stfu

[@rickded2860]

@@uncleiroh9134 fuck you

[@trueman1011]

Nothing was done to the Dutch, they did not win in 74 ', they did not win the Eurocup in 76, they did not win in 78 and they did not win the rematch against Argentina in '79 in Switzerland, either. Too many missed opportunities to claim something, He could never stop Kempes and company.

[@n.s.manjunath5473]

Watch cricket instead.

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

2022 broke y9ur dreams boy

[@timbhaovard1327]

Maybe Antonio Rattin should watch this

[@le0npina]

I never heard about this history. Simply amazing what you people at UMaxit are doing! Keep up with the great work. Greetings from Brasil!

[@elche1976]

Because they're compiled rumors and not facts.

[@progamer-wz6hx]

we asian love ur country brazil is in our blood

[@elche1976]

@@jaylxxxi1908I'm actually laughing at you. Crybaby gonna cry. ⭐️🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷⭐️🏆

[@madhumalafarm3684]

Who were bribed? Some one maybe pocketed the money. and some are jealous who were not able to get the money. (if have bribed). other wise it is only an allegation to ruin a tiny and flourishing country which is working very hard to accomblet their dream - good luck to Qatar. And to the honest rulors.

[@titorobot2711]

Yah, the fixed world cup where Argentina was drawn in the hard drawn group and didn’t select it’s two best players. Defeating a Peru that could no longer even qualify for the third place march 6 - 0 is crazy, but beating Brasil 7 - 0 is not

[@cameronforsyth1611]

Not even a mention about wee Archie Gemmil

[@bigceazer]

history only remembers the winners. not the participants.

[@AM-qu5iz]

I wonder how the world cup in Russia and Qatar will be viewed in history?! I feel politics has/will take a grip on these WCs for the worst. Personally I plan on boycotting the Qatar WC and just read the results regardless if Ireland qualify or not and I have half a mind to do the same for the Russian one. I feel Russia's problems and exploitation of workers has been overlooked due to the horrendous conditions suffered in Qatar

[@miguelm9190]

someone please make spanish subtitles

[@scottpatonlevin2686]

Who else thinks Pele is overrated, he's a great player. But still overrated.

[@leroyamon6540]

Scott Paton- Levin who else thinks the word overrated is overtated

[@batti591]

All this debate about the Netherlands and noone commenting on the shite-arse drawings in the video?

[@JaleelBeig]

Aww man this makes me sad. I support the Oranje but I didn't know about this. I feel robbed…

[@maccy4829]

What a fantastic video

[@RamiParadise]

Argentina should've never been world champions, simple as that. This was a classic case of match fixing in the most disgusting manner possible. The 1986 team was no doubt one of the best at the time and deserving champions to some degree, but they should been stripped of the 1978 World Cup.

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

Anda pa alla XD

[@joekurdish3385]

I can foresee Russia get crowned 2018 world cup.... I guess everyone should know why I say that, with FIFA nowadays and the Russian regime .

[@mauriciominicuci6544]

🇭🇷: oh no no no

[@twilliamspro]

I think if I'd been told to win or Die i'd be high on drugs too

[@MinecraftXpert321]

Yaaas, love these videos

[@donnyannessa654]

Are you saying that the Peruvian players threw the game?

[@elche1976]

No, they just stunk and lost. Excuses for the rest of the losers too.

[@toddreyes2487]

@@elche1976 fuck you

[@death2641]

We don't know also don't listen to that guy el che dude is Argentina

[@PeruvianPotato]

@@elche1976 - Someone who doesn't know about 1970s Peru in football

[@elche1976]

@@PeruvianPotato oh believe me, I've read up on all the allegations invented by the crybaby losers who can't handle what happened. Each one lacking actual evidence. But they sound so cool right? You can be a truth and reality denier. While you look at the tercera: 🇦🇷⭐️⭐️⭐️🇦🇷🏆

[@happyhappy-vv8fd]

Who is here after Argentina win 2022🎉🎉🎉

[@aledragos9613]

wasnt this cup that brazil didnt lose any game and got third and Argentina won having lost a game?

[@n.s.manjunath5473]

Spain lost a game and still won the WC in South Africa.

[@haroldr.1670]

This really is a silly premise by the author of this video, who claims that Argentina's world cup triumph is surely tarnished, all because of the controversy on the political concerns surrounding the tournament. While criticism of the organizers is deserved and it is true that the tournament should probably not have been held in Argentina at that time, to say it tarnishes Argentina's achievement on the pitch is absurd. Would the author also claim that Messi and Argentina's footballing triumph in Qatar was illegitimate as result of the host countries' abysmal human rights record?

[@Caoimhin1909]

No getting away from the brutal junta dictatorship, but I take allegations of match-fixing and intimidation with a big pinch of salt.

[@hinchadelrojo19]

this is simply great. Thanks for the video

[@akshayganesh4144]

What about the 2002 world cup?

[@master-kq3nw]

Argentina had strong team 78

[@johnbuggy9121]

Odd that the Argentinian loss to Italy in the group stages isn't mentioned.

[@JamesCookComedian]

Argentina successfully lobbied for the referee from that game to not referee them again in the tournament. He was due to referee the final, but had it taken off him.

[@johnbuggy9121]

@@JamesCookComedian That is interesting. Thanks!

[@Salman37449]

Somrthing is better than nothing

[@mijaretas]

Yeah.... Italy '34 is too far away for anyone to remember, so is France '38... Do some research on those. Not to mention England '66. The fact is that there are a lot of wold cups that need to be forgotten. The problem is that WC '22 is on the way. And that is the cream of things that shouldn't have happened. So Argentina '78 begins to look alright.

[@rickded2860]

England 66 wasn't as bad as argentina 1978

[@Yeahagreed]

History repeats itself

[@ravindranpillai5155]

Endless rubbish talks

[@ajamocampbell9143]

Another amazing videos the most informative football channel ever. I knew they was controversy surrounding this tournament but my word didn't know it was that bad

[@Tifo]

Very kind sir, thank you - Danny

[@Ruda-n4h]

@@Tifo In the end Argentina were worthy champions - a team built go forward. A lot of this 'evidence' is speculation.

[@joemc9683]

I actually had no idea about this it's quite sickening

[@elche1976]

Because half of it is rumors. Like England fixing their win in 66. Sickening as well.

[@rickded2860]

@@elche1976 go fuck yourself

[@riverpurapasion]

Tifo Football Si supuestamente el Mundial 78 fue comprado. Explicá porque Holanda estrelló el balón en el palo en el último minuto del segundo tiempo. Estuvo ensayado eso? Explicalo por favor. Me parece que en este vídeo hay mucho resentimiento y odio hacia Argentina

[@Sanjay_Singh_Bisht]

when reality hits you.

[@randomstuff7962]

#umaxitgiveaway4 Argentina is more of a loser then France in WW2

[@amsarg]

fuck off

[@monicaaguilar9269]

Gracias por la info

[@zak3271]

Great vid! So interesting. Keep up the good work

[@Tifo]

Cheers Zak glad you enjoyed it - Danny

[@gabrielalvarez4880]

yeah tell me about how Germany could never won the world cup on England too!!

[@toddreyes2487]

Shut the fuck up

[@roomi_]

WOW. THIS BLEW ME AWAY. What a great informative video. One of your best videos. Loved it!!

[@Tifo]

Thanks Roomi! - Danny

[@soumalya1234]

History is a lie.

[@I_Hate_This_Handle_]

@@soumalya1234 and now the lie is history.

[@rafaelf.espindolams]

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