THE 1978 WORLD CUP HELD IN ARGENTINA..

The host country for the 1978 world cup was Argentina.
It was held from june 1 to june 25.
There were a total of 16 teams taking part in the final , from five confedrations.
The number of matches played were 38 games.
The attendance for the tournament were 1,546,151. At 40,688 per match.
The number of goals scored were 102 at2.68 per match.
The top scorer was Mario Kempes who scored a total of 6 goals.
Just before the world cup started the dirty head of ugly politics appeared and nearly spoilt the world cup. The point was Argentina had come under a army coup earlier , and some countries mainly Holland were keen to skip the world cup. But in the end all was settled. But it was not the end of controversies at the games.
Till then in the world cup the country that played the last game had a unfair advantage over the others

as they then knew by how many goals were needed to win their match. After this complaint F.I.F.A. made it a rule to be followed always that the last two games should start at the same time.
In the match between Mexico and Tunisia the game was won by Tunisia ,thus Tunisia became the first African country to win a match at the world cup finals.
West Germany were beaten by Poland 2-0.
The biggest suprise was Austria beating South America giants Brazil.
The Peruvian striker Tefeleo Cubilas scored two goals verses Scotland and a hattrick verses Iran.
Argentina then beat Poland 2-0.Brazil beat Peru 3-0.
The game between Argentina and Peru had its share of controversy as well. The Peruvian team just collapsed to the Argentinans to a score of 6-0.And that to in the second half.It was said that the Peruvian goalkeeper was born in Argentina.
The final was between Holland and Argentina, the Dutch refused to do the opening formality like the shaking of hands as they were the first to object to the world cup due to the coup.And the Argentinans objected to the plaster cast on the Dutch player
Rene Van Kerkhofs hand.
The game was won by Argentina A.E.T the score was 3-1.
So Holland lost their second world cup final as they also lost to West Germany in 1974.
Inthe third place match Brazil beat Italy 3-1.