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2nd June 1962: Chile and Italy meet in the World Cup’s violent ‘Battle of Santiago’

2nd June 2023
Tagged as: Chile, FIFA, Football, Italy, Newspaper, Sport, Violence, World Cup

Chile and Italy met in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, which resulted in ‘the most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football possibly in the history of the game’.

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2nd June 1962: Chile and Italy meet in the World Cup’s violent ‘Battle of Santiago’

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