What's the worst World Cup scandal of all time?

[SeagullinExile]

On the programme I watched last night, it was alleged that the Junta did indeed pay off part of the Peruvian national debt.

I think they may well have spent a bit more money on some of the referees - there were some appalling decisions against Hungary and France in the group games. Didn't they also get the referee changed for the final?

So Argentina basically bought the WC in 78?

Surely we have our biggest ever WC scandal here?

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

So Argentina basically bought the WC in 78?

Surely we have our biggest ever WC scandal here?

This. The other scandals are chicken feed compared to the current fiasco. How did Argentina manage to "delay" all of their kick offs until the other match had finished?

 

[simmo]

The 2022 World Cup being given to Qatar.

 

[Austrian Gull]

So Argentina basically bought the WC in 78?

Surely we have our biggest ever WC scandal here?

You're probably right but I think they were a decent side who could have won without the help - only Holland were superior IMHO.

They were a good side to watch - Kempes and Luque were on fire and, pre Maradona and the Falklands war, they were quite likeable!

 

[SeagullinExile]

This. The other scandals are chicken feed compared to the current fiasco. How did Argentina manage to "delay" all of their kick offs until the other match had finished?

And lets not forget, they denied probably the best team never to win the WC from winning it in the process!

Good thread, but surely this ends it?!

 

[The Large One]

So Argentina basically bought the WC in 78?

Surely we have our biggest ever WC scandal here?

Other countries have said that England's World Cup win was - if not fixed - a bit moody.

For a start, the England v Portugal semi-final was supposed to have been played at Goodison Park, not Wembley. Joao Havelange, FIFA President at the time, has convinced himself (though he never said anything publicly until 2008) that there was an anti-Brazil conspiracy, based on the fact that the referees for the Brazil matches were either English or German, and the ref for the England v Argentina game was German.

But then, he also said that Brazil lost to Holland in 1974 because the ref was German, ignoring the fact that Brazil were mostly outplayed and pretty brutal. Holland, on the other hand, ran Brazil a merry dance.

And then there is this, in 1934... http://twohundredpercent.net/?p=6870

 

[SeagullinExile]

Other countries have said that England's World Cup win was - if not fixed - a bit moody.

For a start, the England v Portugal semi-final was supposed to have been played at Goodison Park, not Wembley. Joao Havelange, FIFA President at the time, has convinced himself (though he never said anything publicly until 2008) that there was an anti-Brazil conspiracy, based on the fact that the referees for the Brazil matches were either English or German, and the ref for the England v Argentina game was German.

But then, he also said that Brazil lost to Holland in 1974 because the ref was German, ignoring the fact that Brazil were mostly outplayed and pretty brutal. Holland, on the other hand, ran Brazil a merry dance.

And then there is this, in 1934... http://twohundredpercent.net/?p=6870

Wow. What a great article. It just makes you wonder doesn't it?

Cheers for posting

 

[MarioOrlandi]

Not a scandal as such but this rarely gets mentioned and got to be one of worst WC ref decisions of all time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B5C2U4UmO0

See worse at the Amex, not forgetting "Prosser the Tosser" but I digress

 

[edna krabappel]

By no means the worst thing EVER, but nonetheless not a great moment for La Joga Bonito.

 

[edna krabappel]

"Good evening. The game you are about to see is the most stupid, appalling, disgusting, and disgraceful exhibition of football, possibly in the history of the game"



#BattleOfSantiago

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2014/england-warned-world-cup-rivals-3637376



The hand ball is not the worst but Poyet's usual crap is.

So glad we don't suffer the car crash ego anymore

 

[Iggle Piggle]

What with the Schumacher incident and this, the French haven't had the best of it have they? Ah well.........poor old Platini.

Patrick Battiston lost 3 teeth in the Schumacher incident and was knocked into a coma.

By far and away the worst unpunished tackle I have ever seen. The ref was staring right at it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGq7VcaHoqo

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Patrick Battiston lost 3 teeth in the Schumacher incident and was knocked into a coma.

By far and away the worst unpunished tackle I have ever seen. The ref was staring right at it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGq7VcaHoqo

Truly awful

 

[Austrian Gull]

Truly awful

To be fair, he did offer to pay for Battiston's dental treatment!

 

[brakespear]

By no means the worst thing EVER, but nonetheless not a great moment for La Joga Bonito.

That's the one I remember the most, probably not the worst per se in the context of some of the others but it was just so blatant from an otherwise superbly talented player, very distasteful.

That Schumacher 'tackle' runs it very close though (and obviously the physical results were a lot worse). And the 'Anschluss' match was disgraceful.