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Originally Posted by bababui
This match goes in the same catagory as
Germany v France 1982
Brazil v France 1986
Italy vs. Chile 1962,
Italy vs. USA 2006.
as matches that will go down in history..but for thwe wrong reasons
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bababui, I know the other three (btw it was West Germany vs. France, but that's being picky I guess), but why was Brazil/France 1986 so infamous?
Also, I know this wasn't disciplinary wise, but there is another game from 1982 - West Germany/Austria in the group stage. The Germans had lost to Algeria in their opener, but because the final two games weren't played at the same time (as it is now), both teams knew before kick-off a 1-0 win for West Germany would send both of them into the next round.
West Germany scored early, and then both teams showed little interest in scoring, knowing that both would go through at the expense of Algeria, and spent the rest of the game mostly passing it between themselves and back to the keeper (no backpass rule in those days).
It was the impotus for the final group games being played at the same time.