Norman Bell
Just doesn't shut up
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Yes re the Austria v West Germany game. In fact i think its because of this game that all final group games in major tournaments now kick off at the same time. It was awful sportsmanship from both countries.
Don’t forget the awful Battiston/Schumaker incident too in this World Cup. Schumacher almost killed him.
This was also the Tournament where a team won it's opening game by 10 - 1 and still did not make it into the next round
Hungary beat El Salvador by that incredible margin and then lost their next two games. Argentina managed 4 points and Belgium 5 to make it into the next phase.
When the draw came out for the opening group stages it was felt that Argentina and Italy would win their groups and Brazil would play Poland and Belgium in the second phase not Italy and bitter rivals Argentina. The original draw had to redone after a massive balls up live on television, FIFA and blithering incompetance, well who would have thought that !