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The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June.
Argentina v Peru was a football match between Argentina and Peru that took place on 21 June 1978 during the 1978 FIFA World Cup within Group B.In order to advance to the knockout stage and beat Brazil by goal difference, Argentina needed to win by four goals.
The 1978 FIFA World Cup final was a football match played to determine the winner of the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The match was contested by hosts Argentina and the Netherlands, in the biggest stadium used in the tournament and in Argentina, the Estadio Monumental in the Argentine capital city of Buenos Aires. The match was won by the Argentine ...
Gerd Müller then scored ten goals for West Germany in 1970, before breaking the overall record when he scored his fourteenth World Cup goal during West Germany's win in the 1974 final. Müller's record stood for more than three decades, until Ronaldo recorded fifteen goals between 1998 and 2006 for Brazil .
Kempes celebrating one of his two goals at the 1978 FIFA World Cup final against Netherlands in Buenos Aires During his club career he won 43 caps for Argentina and scored 20 times. He represented his country in three World Cups in 1974 , 1978 and 1982 , winning the competition in 1978.
Gemmill played 43 times and scored eight goals for Scotland, and captained the team on 22 occasions. The most famous moment of Gemmill's career, when he scored a goal against the Netherlands in a Group D fixture at the 1978 World Cup, is regularly rated as amongst the greatest goals ever scored in a World Cup match.
Group 1 of the 1978 FIFA World Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 2 June and its last matches were played on 10 June. All six group matches were played either at Estadio José María Minella in Mar del Plata, or Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires.
In the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina, Cubillas scored five goals for Peru, finishing co-second highest goal scorer after Mario Kempes. Peru advanced to the second phase of the tournament thanks to goals from Cubillas: he scored two goals in the opening match against Scotland (one of which was an excellent free-kick), [ 27 ] and he then ...