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Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

Apropos the (then upcoming) Iran vs USA game, AFP recently listed the most politically fraught matches in World Cup history. To summarize:

- Mussolini's 'Blackshirts': France v Italy, 1938
- Cold War battle: East Germany v West Germany, 1974
- Maradona's moment: England v Argentina, 1986
- Say it with flowers: Iran v USA, 1998
- An eagle lands: Switzerland v Serbia, 2018

None of these hold a candle to the Chile vs Soviet Union playoff in 1973, which isn't at the World Cup proper but is an insane story.

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

congrats, kid!

i didn't watch your game but saw the news. well done.

If you look at the videos from Federation Square in Melbourne, I'm one of the 8,000 people there. We were actually, genuinely the better team throughout the second half - bring on Argentina.