No match in World Cup history has been more distasteful than the West
Germany - Austria clash in Spain 1982. Because of the format of the
tournament, only a 1-0 win to the Germans meant that both these
neighbour countries would proceed to the next round at the expense of
Algeria. When West Germany took the lead after 10 minutes, both teams
virtually stopped playing. It slowed down to walking pace with neither
of the teams interested in going forward. The neutral Spanish crowd
and the Algerian fans constantly booed and shouted, a German supporter
was so disgusted that he set fire to his national flag on the
terraces. The following day Algeria protested to FIFA that the game
had been fixed and called for both teams to be disqualified, but their
protest was rejected. From the 1986 World Cup onwards, the last round
of matches in the 1st round have been played simultaneously to avoid
scandals like that.
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