1966 & 1974 World Cups Were Fixed says Former FIFA President

kobylka68

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These are pretty inflammatory comments.

http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=753029

The 1966 World Cup held in England has been the centre of a number of conspiracy theories over the years. These include England’s quarter final victory over Argentina when the hosts won 1-0 after the South Americans had seen their captain Antonio Rattin controversially handed a straight red card for arguing with the referee.

It has been claimed that there was a plot for England to win the World Cup, and the referee from this game was German, while the official in Germany’s quarter final win over Uruguay was English. The controversy continued in the final with Geoff Hurst’s famous ‘was it over the line?’ goal.

Joao Havelange, who was FIFA President from 1974 until 1998 is certain to have further fuelled these conspiracy theories by openly stating that the 1966 and ’74 World Cups were fixed.

"In the three matches that the Brazilian national team played in 1966, of the three referees and six linesmen, seven were British and two were Germans," Havelange told Folha de Sao Paulo.

"Brazil went out, Pele ‘exited’ through injury [following some rough defensive play], and England and Germany entered into the final, just as the Englishman Sir Stanley Rous, who was the President of FIFA at the time, had wanted.

"In Germany in 1974 the same thing happened. During the Brazil-Holland match, the referee was German, we lost 2-0 and Germany won the title," said Havelange.

"We were the best in the world, and had the same team that had won the World Cup in 1962 in Chile and 1970 in Mexico, but it was planned for the host countries to win.”

World Cup hosts have been at the centre of many conspiracy claims over the year. In 1978 Argentina needed to beat Copa America holders Peru by four clear goals to reach the final ahead of Brazil. They won 6-0 but their were dark rumours that Peru, who had an Argentine-born goalkeeper, had thrown the game. Meanwhile in 2002, minnows South Korea were at the centre of similar claims as they finished fourth after seeing a host of dubious decisions go their way in the victories over Italy and Spain.
 

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Havelange is butthurt after all these years. '78 is more likely the most rigged WC ever, with the Junta being on top of that WC and Argentina making the 4 goals they need against Teofilo's Peru. Nonsense.

Also, some people say that Brazil 78 is even better than Brazil 70.
 

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That is a really disgusting accusation from a Brazilian. Brazil has more world cup victories than any other country, and this guy wants to shit on his countries pride by accusing other countries of rigging the sport.

The 78 Holland team was phenomenal, and some great teams have bad days. A shitty team can beat a great team, when the planets are aligned, and other nonsense takes place. We saw it in WC2006 when Ghana took out the Czech Republic, which was horse crap. But hey, it happened. My point is simply that no matter how good a team is, it can go down badly without anyone rigging the match.

If anyone wants to talk about cup rigging, look no further than the Confederations Cup.
 

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We saw it in WC2006 when Ghana took out the Czech Republic, which was horse crap.

I dont know how the hell can u call the Ghana team that beat the vastly overrated Czech republic "a shitty team", they had a midfield of Stephen Appiah, Michael Essien and Sully Muntari to name but 3, thats £43 million pounds of talent based on their last transfer fees!!! as well as 9-10 players playing in the premier leagues of France,Holland, England, Russia and Scotland not to mention a champions league winner in Samuel Kuffour!
 
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Havelange is butthurt after all these years. '78 is more likely the most rigged WC ever, with the Junta being on top of that WC and Argentina making the 4 goals they need against Teofilo's Peru. Nonsense.

Also, some people say that Brazil 78 is even better than Brazil 70.

Bullshit my columbian friend you assume the 78 WC was fixed your a moron, yea the peru game was iffy but thats peru's fault for having a argentinian born goalie that isn't argentina's fault. We beat TEAM FUTBOL which if anyone saw the game would know they tried there hardest and just couldnt do it, (So to you wasabi they didnt have a bad day and werent the greater team Holland was meant to be second in the only WC they had a chance in) Holland had a equalizer that hit the post but they played a hell of the game and thanks to Mario Kempes we WON :D

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:lolz: the junta rigged the world cup I never heard that bullshit before dont be mad you fool.

Also, some people say that Brazil 78 is even better than Brazil 70.

Who ever said that is also a moron like you, Brazil 70 was way better than Brazil 78.
 
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