Argentina accused of fixing 1978 world cup

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A story has been growing over the last week or so about match fixing at the 1978 World Cup and how Argentina progressed with a convenient win over Peru.

That World Cup had two group phases and in the second Argentina needed to win by four goals over Peru to advance at the expense of Brazil.

Peruvian Senator Genaro Ledesma has said that the result was agreed between the dictatorships of both countries before the match started and was part of an agreement sending 13 Peruvian dissidents to Argentina where they were tortured.

There's often been talk about how easy it seemed for Argentina to thrash Peru 6-0 that day, and now the truth seems to be coming to light. Have a look for yourself:

So should Argentina be forced to hand back the victory and have their 1978 World Cup victory erased from the record books? Former striker Leopoldo Luque has since said "With what I know now, I can't say I'm proud of my victory."

This isn't merely fixing a game but fixing it to enable the torture of political dissidents. Time to hand the cup back?
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I am quite frankly amazed at this. Should the WC win be removed from them? I think so.
 
This sort of thing is probably rife all throughout football (you scratch our backs we'll scratch yours sort of arrangements), I still reckon that win against Man Utd that kept West Ham up last day of the season a few years ago was a fix, especially with Man Utd signing Tevez from them a few months later.

I doubt FIFA would want it to get too much attention so I can't see them doing anything.
 
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Didn't United batter West Ham in that match but just couldn't put it in the net? Of course you could argue that could STILL be very well staged, but I doubt it.
 
I watched the clip earlier and saw some pretty spectacular goals but I wouldn't immediately have flagged it up as proving the fix was in. While Peru's defending could have been better for many of the goals it still doesn't prove that they were playing for a certain result - sometimes you just have your team playing a rubbish game of football.

As for the torturing of political dissidents - sounds a bit odd, did Peru really hand over dissidents because it doesn't want to torture its own citizens? Either way it's terrible but in relation to the general crimes of the Argentinian dictatorship at the time (and probably Peru's dictatorship too although I know even less about it) it's not one of the greater issues.
 
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