1978 World Cup was held in Argentina . We all know that this year, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of China was held, and the New China embarked on a new path. This year, CCTV broadcasted the World Cup in the country for the first time. Although, according to subsequent media reports, CCTV did not have official authorization at that time, but instead stole the public signals of international broadcast satellites, it could not stop the Chinese people's desire for the football world. In an era when TVs were still "rare things", dozens of people surrounded a TV to watch football were everywhere.
The year before the World Cup, China's college entrance examination resumed. In the college entrance examination in 1978, "Which season is the capital of Argentina Buenos Aires during the summer solstice in Beijing?" There are only a few people who answered this question correctly. Yuan Xi, former editor-in-chief of the Reading Edition of the People's Daily, said in an interview that he realized that the seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres were exactly the opposite because he watched the World Cup. He was lucky to answer this geography question correctly in the college entrance examination that had just resumed.
It seems that watching the World Cup matches were still useful in that relatively closed environment at that time.
In fact, it was confirmed that the 1978 World Cup was held in Argentina in the summer of 1966. After all, as a South American power, Argentina and Brazil are the most qualified to host the World Cup.
However, Argentina itself was not doing well, and its economy took a sharp turn for the worse. By the 1970s, the economy had almost collapsed, and the economy took a sharp turn for the worse, which made social contradictions stand out. At 1 a.m. on March 24, 1976, a military helicopter landed at the Argentine Presidential Palace, and a team of soldiers took away the then-Argentine President Isabel Perron.
Two hours later, television and radio stations across Argentina announced with the support of military music background that the new president is General Weidra, the commander-in-chief of the Army. Then the whole country was martial law and entered a state of emergency!
However, the level of military rule was not much higher than that of women, and Argentina's economy continued to deteriorate. To revive the economy, General Weidra decided to bet on the World Cup. The World Cup must not only be held, but also be held in a large and special way, and Argentina must win the championship, which can boost people's confidence and at the same time shift people's attention from the economy to football.
However, due to the Argentine military coup and the domestic economic depression, there are many voices in the world opposing Argentina's World Cup. Last Netherlands star Cruyff refused to participate in this World Cup.
The Argentine military government was very anxious and sent Lacost, the naval general and Argentine football president, to actively mediate. It finally received the support of Brazilian Avilange, then chairman of FIFA, and retained the right to host the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.
Argentina paid a great price for the right to host the World Cup. The military government promised to increase the investment of US$700 million, which is 10 times the original budget for hosting the World Cup and 10% of the Argentine government's annual expenditure!
The military government spent such a big price, Argentina must win the championship, otherwise it would lose too much. The Argentine government has found the unruly " punk " young coach Menotti. The 36-year-old head coach, known as the "football philosopher", is a liberal and leftist. His football philosophy is to be speed, creativity, and the scenes should be good-looking and exciting. This concept is exactly similar to the passionate style of the military government.
In order to win the 1978 World Cup championship, Menotti adopted an "inhumane" approach to Argentine players. He convinced the Argentine Football Association to ban Argentine players under the age of 28 from transferring to play overseas, and the ban can be lifted until the end of the World Cup. The players were sent to hidden places to conduct closed training early.
Due to the huge cost of the World Cup, there are many voices of opposition in Argentina. A large number of students, trade union backbones, and intellectuals took to the streets, while the military government is not ruthless. Data shows that at least 30,000 people in Argentina have "evaporated" from the world.
1978, except for the host Argentina, the host, not peaceful, most parts of the world were able to enjoy peace. Therefore, the teams participating in the World Cup qualifiers this year have historically exceeded 100 teams.
In addition, this World Cup has set up a fair competition award for the first time; the penalty shootout method has been introduced for the first time to determine the outcome of the game; the best player selection is divided into gold, silver, bronze ball awards, etc.
In the end, Argentina, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil, Italy, France, Sweden , Mexico , Hungary, Poland , Scotland , Spain, Austria, France, Iran, Tunisia entered the World Cup.
started the game. In the first round of the group stage, Argentina qualified by 2 wins and 1 loss, but in the second round, they were in the same group as Brazil. At that time, the first round of the game was played in four groups, and the top two qualified. The eight teams were divided into two groups again, and the first group advanced to the final.
Argentina is in the same group as Brazil, Poland, and Peru . Argentina draws Brazil 0:0. Brazil scored 7 points in three games, scored 6 goals, and 5 goals. What is beneficial to Argentina is that after Argentina played against Peru, Argentina played in the first two games, with 4 points, 2 goals and 2 goals. In the last round against Peru, he had to score 5 goals before he could advance to the final (at that time, he did not compare the goal difference, only the number of goals).
In the end, Argentina defeated Peru in in this game 6;0. It was obvious that Peru played casually and even deliberately created an own goal twice, but was blocked by the goal post. What's even more strange is that Peru missed the empty goal twice, and Peru's number one star Velasquez was replaced early in the 52nd minute, which is incredible.
Interestingly, before the Argentina match between Peru started, Argentine President General Weidra accompanied the United States' Kissinger to "friendly visit" the Peru team's locker room. General Weidra even talked about the "Great Unity of Latin America" in front of Peruvian players.
Afterwards, Peruvian media revealed that Argentina used 35,000 tons of grain and $50 million in loan funds to exchange for this victory, but both parties denied it and the media could not bear enough evidence. In the final of
, Argentina played against the Dutch team that lacked Cruyff. Some people said that Cruyff did not participate in the competition to protest in order to boycott the Argentine military coup. Some people also said that Cruyff received threats before the World Cup, that his family was kidnapped and had to withdraw from the national team.
However, even without Cruyff, Argentina still won't win easily. The Dutch repeatedly created opportunities. If Argentine goalkeeper Filor had not been in a brave state and had been able to escape danger many times, Argentina would have lost at home.
Argentina is doing all its strength in the offense again. Finally in the 38th minute, Argentina took the lead at home, and forward Kempes scored a first goal in the penalty area.
Just as Argentina was getting closer and closer to winning the championship, the Netherlands played a role in a substitution in the second half. In the 82nd minute, Naninga, who came on as a substitute, suddenly appeared in the penalty area and received a wonderful pass from his teammate to score, equalizing the score.
And in 90 minutes, Lansen Brenk's shot suffocated almost all Argentines, but the goal post saved Argentina this time.
The two sides tied 1-1, and the game was dragged into overtime. In the overtime stage, Argentina had a helping hand and did not give the Dutch a chance. In the end, the host Argentina defeated the Netherlands 3-1 in overtime in the final, becoming the sixth team to win the World Cup after Uruguay , Italy, Germany, Brazil and England.
However, afterwards, someone revealed that Argentine players took stimulants, but this kind of thing could not be detected during the military government. In the end, the 1978 World Cup ended amid doubts from all parties. The host won the championship and became the most controversial champion in the history of the World Cup. Fortunately, Maradona led Argentina to win the championship again in 1986, which blocked the mouth of Argentina's pseudo-world champion.
