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After Argentina won the World
Cup in 1978 on home soil, they had four years of preparations for the next
World Cup in Spain in 1982.
Argentina Manager Cesar Luis
Menotti had a backbone of the 1978 winners that he could rely upon but also had
to blood in youngsters to be ready for a couple of years’ time.
Menotti felt Tours in Europe
were essential to prepare the team for the likely European opposition at the
World Cup.
A year after the World Cup
win, Menotti and Argentina embarked on their first preparatory tour of the old
continent in the summer of 1979.
It was there that the
European and global audience were introduced to the teenage Superstar Diego
Maradona, the heir apparent to Pele as the World’s greatest player.
That Tour consisted of
matches against Holland and Scotland, among others.
In the interim time, Maradona
had only enhanced his reputation after leading Argentina to triumph in the U-20
World Cup in 1979.
Menotti had also used the
1979 Copa America as an experiment to try new players and increase his options
along with the U-20 standouts.
For the year 1980, another
Tour of Europe was to take place. Menotti once again underlined the importance
of such tours to prepare for the defense of the World Cup.
This Tour in May 1980 would
consist of matches against England, Republic of Ireland and Austria.
Menotti chose not to select any
foreign-based players, and this meant that 1978 World Cup star Mario Kempes (at
Valencia in Spain), Osvaldo Ardiles (at Tottenham Hotspur in England) and Striker
Daniel Bertoni (at Sevilla in Spain, about to join Fiorentina in Italy) were
discarded.
Ahead of heading to Europe,
from April, Menotti selected a Group to train three days at the Military Camp
of Villa Martelli (Another source stated that the team trained from Monday to
Friday).
In defense Menotti still
relied on 1978 winners such as goalkeeper Ubaldo Fillol, Team Captain Daniel
Passarella, Jorge Olguin and Alberto Tarantini.
Luis Galvan was deemed too
old at this point and Menotti was eyeing Hugo Eduardo Villaverde of
Independiente as his replacement. Though in the end, Villaverde was injured
just before the Tour and missed the matches.
In midfield Americo Gallego
was ever present for Menotti. Besides Maradona already an established
International, Menotti promoted other U-20 World Cup winners Juan Simon, Juan
Barbas, Ramon Diaz, and Gabriel Calderon to the senior team to take part on the
Tour.
In all Menotti picked five, 19–20-year-olds
with the future in mind.
The options upfront were more
of a concern for Menotti since the retirement of Rene Housemann and the injury
to Oscar Ortiz.
The 1978 World Cup winners
Leopoldo Luque and winger Jose Daniel Valencia competed for the striking
positions with U-20 World Cup winners Ramon Diaz and Gabriel Calderon.
Rounding out the squad were
players like Jose Van Tuyne, Victorio Ocaño, Carlos Ischia, Carlos Fren and Santiago Santamaria.
Argentina played one friendly
match before traveling to Europe.
On April 30th at
River Plate’s El Monumental, Argentina took on League of Ireland XI.
Incidentally, no River Plate players took part in this match as they had played
in a Copa Libertadores match just two days prior. Argentina had to do without
Captain Passarella, Tarantini and Luque.
Allegedly some of the
Argentine Press also believed this was the senior Republic of Ireland National
Team.
As expected, this was a match
that Argentina would dominate with Maradona and Gallego in superb form. The
League of Ireland XI just defended and limited the damages to one goal by
Maradona (12th minute).
It was early in this match
that Hugo Villaverde would be injured and miss the Tour.
Photo From: El
Grafico, Issue 3161, 1980
(April 30, 1980,
Argentina 1-League of Ireland XI 0)
Argentina would start its Tour
at Wembley on May 13th facing potential World Cup rival England. It
was a match billed as the clash between two of the best players in the World:
Maradona vs. Keegan.
Argentina had not defeated
England since 1964 and the ill-tempered 1966 World Cup quarterfinal (1-0
England win and Alf Ramsey’s ‘Animals’ remark) was also a back-drop in covering
this match.
Hugo Villaverde’s injury
forced Menotti to make adjustments in defense. Jorge Olguin moved from right
back into the center of defense to partner Passarella, with Van Tuyne taking
the right-back slot. In all seven of the 1978 World Cup winners took part in
this match.
Santamaria made his
International debut upfront (see Note 2 below for the Squad).
It would be a match dominated
by the hosts who take a two-goal lead at either side of halftime through David
Johnson.
Argentina pulled a goal back
through a penalty kick by Passarella (55th minute) after Maradona
had been fouled by Kenny Sansom in the box. Just as Passsarella was about to
take the spot kick, Keegan standing behind him, with
his finger indicated to Clemence that Passarella would kick to the left side.
He was proven right, though Clemence was unable to stop the attempt.
In the 69th
minute, Keegan settled the match with England’s third and reminded the defending
World Cup champions of the task ahead.
Carlos Luis
Ischia made his International debut with Argentina by coming on as a substitute
in the second half.
Given the
history between the sides, this match was peaceful and uneventful on the field.
At the end of the match the English crowd chanted, “You are no
longer Champions”,
The crowd did however applaud Maradona and the sight of him
swapping shirts with Kevin Keegan is one of the most historical images in the
History of the game.
Unfortunately, this was the one and only time the pair faced
each other in an official setting.
There were some stories off the field. While in London, Ubaldo
Fillol had tried to buy Ray Clemence gloves, but could not find adult fitting.
It was also reported that ‘Pata’
Villanueva (Alberto Tarantini’s wife) had been fined £1,000 after being caught shoplifting at Harrod’s for £100 worth of clothes.
She stated that, “It was the biggest mistake
I made in my life” but when she returned to Argentina, she said it had all been
trumped up by the English police to “add to the psychological campaign against
our players”.
It would be another six years before the
sides would meet again, due to the Falklands War in two years’ time. This would
be in 1986 and the ‘Hand of God’, but that is another story.
Photo From: Onze,
Issue 54, June 1980
(May 13, 1980,
England 3-Argentina 1)
Photo From: El
Grafico, Issue 3163, 1980
(Diego Maradona
and Kevin Keegan exchanging jerseys, May 13, 1980, England 3-Argentina 1)
Three days later (May 16th),
Republic of Ireland hosted Argentina at Dublin.
Menotti made two changes from
the previous match, Juan Simon (making his International debut, see Note 2
below for the Squad) started in defense, replacing Van
Tuyne.
In attack,
Ramon Diaz started ahead of Leopoldo Luque.
It would be a
tense defensive match, with Argentina having great difficulty to break through
the Irish defense.
The match was
settled in the 28th minute with Maradona taking a free kick to set
up Valencia with a headed goal.
This match also
marked the International debut of Gabriel Calderon (see Note 2 below for the Squad), who replaced Diaz in the 73rd minute.
Photo From: Onze, Issue 55, July 1980
(May 16, 1980, Republic of Ireland 0-Argentina 1)
Photo From: El Grafico,
Issue 3163, 1980
(May 16, 1980,
Republic of Ireland 0-Argentina 1)
Argentina concluded its Tour on May 21st at Vienna
facing Austria. Menotti once again made two changes and started with the same
lineup as the first match vs. England. Van Tuyne (in defense) and Luque (in
attack) were back in the side ahead of Simon and Diaz.
For the Austrian hosts, this match was billed as Robert Sara’s Farewell
match. By the time he had left the field in the 16th minute,
Argentina had taken a three-goal lead and the match was effectively over as a
contest.
Photo From: El
Grafico, Issue 3164, 1980
(May 21, 1980,
Austria 1-Argentina 5)
Photo From: El
Grafico, Issue 3164, 1980
(May 21, 1980,
Austria 1-Argentina 5)
For the Austrians, the absence of Bruno Pezzey in defense was
sorely felt. He was retained by his West German club Eintracht Frankfurt for
the UEFA Cup Final.
The introduction of defender Heribert Weber for Kurt Welzl in
the 29th minute (after he had been hurt after a collision with
Passarella) made no difference.
Kurt Jara did
pull a goal back in the 20th minute hosts (the best goal of the evening) but in
the second half Maradona scored twice more to complete his hat trick and
Argentina won (5-1).
(Kurt Jara’s
goal, May 21, 1980, Austria 1-Argentina 5)
Victorio Orlando Ocaño made his only
appearance of the Tour by coming on for Tarantini in the 29th
minute. This was his sixth and final match for Argentina.
Ischia, who came on in the 70th
minute, also made his second and final appearance for the National Team.
Cesar Luis Menotti would declare that he
was satisfied with the Tour. However, the critics thought otherwise.
They questioned most particularly the
performance of the defense that was exposed in the match vs. England.
The loss to England and the difficulty to
break down the Republic of Ireland could not be masked with a satisfactory
opening fifteen minutes vs. Austria.
Tarantini had
a difficult time and perhaps the shoplifting incident of his wife affected his
performances.
Fillol and
Luque had a strained relationship with the Argentine Press before the Tour and
that similarly might have affected them.
Juan Barbas
was criticized in comparisons with Ardiles, though Menotti would maintain his
confidence in him.
Ischia and Ocaño missed their
opportunity and would be discarded. Juan Simon would also be discarded and
would have to wait another decade to be recalled by Menotti’s successor Carlos
Bilardo.
Diaz and Calderon earned some points and
remained in the squad until the World Cup, while Luque was starting to lose his
status.
There were two years left to
the World Cup and more experimentations and Tours were on the horizon, most
notably the 1981 Mundialito in Uruguay.
This Tour showed that Menotti still
needed the likes of Ardiles, Kempes and Bertoni and Maradona’s brilliance was
not sufficient without the experience of the foreign-based players.
References:
El Grafico, Issue
3161, 1980
El Grafico, Issue
3163, 1980
El Grafico, Issue
3164, 1980
Onze, Issue 54,
June 1980
World Soccer, May
1980
World Soccer,
June 1980
World Soccer,
July 1980
World Soccer,
August 1980
Argentina squad:
Goalkeepers:
Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Club
Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) (July 21,
1950, San Miguel del Monte, Buenos Aires) (29 years old at the time)
Hector Rodolfo Baley (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) (November 16,
1950, Ingeniero White, Bahia Blanca) (29 years old at the time)
Defenders:
Jorge Mario Olguín(Club
Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) (May 17, 1952, Dolores) (27-28 years old at
the time)
Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate-
Buenos Aires) (May 25, 1953, Chacabuco) (26 years old at the time)
Alberto Cesar Tarantini (Club Atlético River Plate-
Buenos Aires) (December 3, 1955, Ezeiza) (24 years old at the time)
Jose Daniel Van Tuyne (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)
(December 13, 19554, Rosario) (25 years old at the time)
Juan Ernesto Simon (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario) (March 2, 1960,
Rosario) (20 years old at the time)
Victorio Orlando Ocaño (Club Atletico Talleres de
Cordoba-Córdoba) (June 9, 1954, Cordoba) (25 years old at the time)
Midfielders:
Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda
- Buenos Aires) (August 23, 1959, San Martin) (20 years old at the time)
Américo Rubén Gallego (Club
Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario) (April 25, 1955, Morteros) (25 years old
at the time)
Diego Armando Maradona (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires) (October
30, 1960, Lanus-November 25, 2020, Dique Lujan) (19 years old at the time)
Carlos Luis Ischia (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield Buenos Aires) (October 28,
1956, Buenos Aires) (23 years old at the time)
Carlos Guillermo Fren (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) (December 27,
1954) (25 years old at the time)
Strikers:
Santiago Santamaria(Club Atlético
Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario) (August 22, 1952, San Nicolas de los Arroyos-July
27, 2013, Cordoba) (27 years old at the time)
Ramon Angel Diaz (Club
Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) (August
29, 1959, La Rioja) (20 years old at the time)
Leoplodo Jacinto Luque (Club Atlético River Plate-
Buenos Aires) (May 3, 1949, Santa Fe-February 15, 2021, Mendoza) (30
years old at the time)
Jose Daniel Valencia (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba) (October
3, 1955, San Salvador de Jujuy) (24 years old at the time)
Gabriel Humberto Calderon
(Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) (February 7, 1960, Rawson)
(20 years old at the time)
Coach: Cesar Luis Menotti
(November 5, 1938, Rosario) (41 years old at the time)
Team Captain: Daniel Alberto
Passarella
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Le Coq Sportif
Note:
1-These were the players that
took part in the matches or were on the bench during matches. It is possible
other players may have been on the touring party, but this information is not
available.
2-Note: In some sources, the
match vs. League of Ireland XI is regarded as an Official match, therefore Juan
Simon, Gabriel Calderon, Santiago Santamaria, and Carlos Fren are shown to have
made their International debuts in that match.
Photo From:
All Panini World Cup 1982
except:
Calderon (France Panini 1989/90)
Simon (Panini World Cup 1990)
Luque (Panini World Cup 1978)
Santamaria (AGE 74-75)
Menotti (World Cup 78, by Phil Soar)
Photos unavailable for:
Ischia, Ocaño, Fren
Argentina matches during the Tour:
April 30,
1980 (Buenos Aires, Argentina 1-Ireland League XI 0) (Not part of the Tour but
a send-off)
May 13, 1980
(London, England 3-Argentina 1)
May 16, 1980
(Dublin, Republic of Ireland 0-Argentina 1)
Línesmen: José Martínez Bazán, Carlos Cardelino (both Uruguay)
Goalscorers:
(Argentina): Diego Maradona 12
(League of Ireland XI):
None
Summary of goals:
1:0 (12th minute, Argentina): -
Lineups:
Argentina:
1-Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Club
Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)
4-Jorge Mario Olguín (Club
Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)
2-Hugo Eduardo Villaverde
(Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) (Juan Ernesto Simon (Club Atlético
Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario) 4)
3- Victorio Orlando Ocaño (Club Atletico Talleres de
Cordoba-Córdoba)
5-Américo Rubén Gallego (Club
Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)
6-Jose Daniel Van Tuyne (Club
Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)
8-Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing
Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) (Carlos Guillermo Fren (Club
Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) 63)
10-Diego Armando Maradona
(Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires)
7-Gabriel Humberto Calderon
(Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)(Santiago Santamaria(Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)
46)
9-Ramon Angel Diaz (Club
Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)
11-Jose Daniel Valencia (Club
Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)
Coach: Cesar Luis Menotti
Other Substitutes:
Hector Rodolfo Baley
Carlos Luis Ischia (Club
Atlético Vélez Sársfield Buenos Aires)
Lorenzo Ovidio Ojeda (Club
Atlético Huracan- Buenos Aires)
Team Captain: Jorge Mario Olguín
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Le Coq Sportif
Uniform Colors: Light Blue/White Striped Shirts, Black Shorts and White Socks
League of Ireland XI:
1-Alan Paterson (Sligo Rovers Football Club)
2-Eamonn Gregg (Bohemians Football Club-Dublin)
4-Tommy McConville (Dundalk Football Club)
5-Paddy Dunning (Dundalk Football Club) (12-Dermot Keely
(Dundalk Football Club) 64 or 73)
3-Martin Lawlor (Dundalk Football Club)
7-Patrick Nolan (Limerick Football Club)
10-Johnny Walsh (Limerick Football Club) (15-Gary Hulmes
(Limerick Football Club) 59 or 76)
6-Leo Flanagan (Dundalk Football Club)
8-John Minnock (Finn Harps Football Club) (13-Mark Meagan
(Waterford United Football Club) 59 or 76)
9-Liam Buckley (Shamrock Rovers Football Club)
11-Terry Eviston (Bohemians Football Club-Dublin)
Coach: Tommy Jackson
Other Substitutes:
14-Alan Campbell (Shamrock Rovers Football Club)
16-Nick Smyth (Athlone Town Association Football Club)
Team Captain: -
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -
Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts and Green Socks
Photo From: El
Grafico, Issue 3161, 1980
(April 30, 1980,
Argentina 1-League of Ireland XI 0)
Photo From: World
Soccer, July 1980
(League of
Ireland XI squad, April 30, 1980, Argentina 1-League of Ireland XI 0)
Date: May
13, 1980
Competition: Friendly
Result: England
3-Argentina 1
Venue:London-Wembley Stadium, England
Attendance: 92,000
Kick-off Time: -
Referee: Brian Robert McGinlay (Scotland)
Línesmen: David Findlay Taylor Syme and T. Muirhead
(both Scotland)
Goalscorers:
(England): David Johnson 42, 50, Kevin Keegan
69
(Argentina): Daniel Alberto Passarella 55 pen
Summary of goals:
1:0 (42nd minute, England): Coppel’s cross from
the right side near touchline was headed in by Johnson.
2:0 (50th minute, England): Kennedy’s cross from
the left was touched by Fillol, who could not hold onto the ball and Johnson
slid and scored at far post.
2:1 (55th minute, Argentina): Maradona was
fouled by Sansom in the box. Daniel Passarella scored from the ensuing penalty
kick.
3:1 (69th minute, England): Johnson crossed
from the left side, Coppel stopped the ball at the edge of the box, for Keegan
to shoot powerfully past Fillol.
Lineups:
England:
1- Raymond Neal Clemence (Liverpool Football Club)
2- Phillip George Neal (Liverpool Football Club) (12-Trevor John Cherry
(Leeds United Association Football Club)76)
3- Kenneth Graham Sansom (Crystal Palace Football Club-London)
4- Phillip Bernard Thompson (Liverpool Football Club)
5- David Vernon Watson (Southampton Football Club)
6- Raymond Colin Wilkins (Manchester United Football Club)
8- Stephen James Coppell (Manchester United Football Club)
7- Kevin Joseph Keegan (Hamburger Sport Verein e.V. / West Germany)
11- Raymond Kennedy (Liverpool Football Club) (14-Trevor David
Brooking (West Ham United Football Club-London)72)
9- David Edward Johnson (Liverpool Football Club) (16-Garry Birtles
(Nottingham Forest Football Club) 76)
10- Anthony Stewart Woodcock (1.Fussball Club Köln / West
Germany)
Coach: Ronald Greenwood
Other Substitutes:
13-Peter Leslie Shilton (Nottingham Forest Football Club)
15-Peter Simon Barnes (West Bromwich Albion Football Club)
Team Captain: Kevin Joseph Keegan
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks
Argentina:
1-Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)
4-Jorge Mario Olguín(Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)
6-Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)
3-Alberto Cesar Tarantini (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)
2-Jose Daniel Van Tuyne (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)
8-Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) (16-Carlos
Luis Ischia (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield Buenos Aires) 53)
5-Américo Rubén Gallego (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)
10-Diego Armando Maradona (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos
Aires)
7-Santiago Santamaria(Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario) (15-Ramon
Angel Diaz (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) 61)
9-Leoplodo Jacinto Luque (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)
11-Jose Daniel Valencia (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)
Coach: Cesar Luis Menotti
Booked: Daniel Passarella
Other Substitutes:
12-Hector Rodolfo Baley (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)
13- Victorio Orlando Ocaño (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)
14-Carlos Guillermo Fren (Club Atlético Independiente
Avellaneda)
Team Captain: Daniel Alberto Passarella
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Le Coq Sportif
Uniform Colors: Light Blue/White Striped Shirts, Black Shorts and Black Socks
Photo From: Onze,
Issue 54, June 1980
(May 13, 1980,
England 3-Argentina 1)
Photo From: Onze,
Issue 54, June 1980
(May 13, 1980,
England 3-Argentina 1)
Date: May
16, 1980
Competition: Friendly
Result: Republic
of Ireland-Argentina 1
Venue: Dublin -Lansdowne
Road, Republic of Ireland
Attendance: 35,000
Kick-off Time: -
Referee:George Courtney (England)
Goalscorers:
(Republic of Ireland): None
(Argentina): Jose Daniel Valencia
28
Summary of goals:
0:1 (28th minute, Argentina): A free kick
was awarded to Argentina on the left side near the box after a foul on
Maradona. Maradona took the free kick from this left side and Valencia headed
it in.
Lineups:
Republic of Ireland:
1-Gerald Joseph Peyton
(Fulham Football Club-London / England)
2-David Francis Langan (Derby
County Football Club / England)
5-Kevin Bernard Moran
(Manchester United Football Club / England)
4-Pierce O'Leary (Shamrock
Rovers Football Club-Dublin)
3-Christopher William Gerard
Hughton (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)
7-Gerard Anthony ‘Gery’ Daly
(Derby County Football Club / England)
6-Anthony Patrick Grealish
(captain) (Luton Town Football Club / England) (17-Raymond Christopher O'Brien
(Notts County Football Club – Nottingham / England) 46)
8-Gary Patrick Waddock
(Queen's Park Rangers Football Club-London / England) (12-Gerard Joseph Ryan
(Brighton Hove and Albion Football Club / England) 77)
9-Stephen Derek Heighway
(Liverpool Football Club / England)
11-Daniel Joseph ‘Don’ Givens
(Birmingham City Football Club / England)
10-Paul Gerard McGee (Preston
North End Football Club / England)
Coach: Eoin Kevin Joseph
Colin Hand
Team Captain: Anthony Patrick Grealish (Daniel Joseph ‘Don’ Givens
assumed captaincy second half)
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: O’Neill’s
Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks
Argentina:
1-Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Club
Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)
4-Jorge Mario Olguín (Club
Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)
2-Juan Ernesto Simon (Club
Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)
6-Daniel Alberto Passarella
(Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)
3-Alberto Cesar Tarantini (Club
Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)
8-Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing
Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)
5-Américo Rubén Gallego (Club
Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)
10-Diego Armando Maradona
(Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires)
7-Santiago Santamaria (Club
Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)
9-Ramon Angel Diaz (Club Atlético
River Plate- Buenos Aires) (15-Gabriel
Humberto Calderon (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) 73)
11-Jose Daniel Valencia (Club
Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)
Coach: Cesar Luis Menotti
Team Captain: Daniel Alberto
Passarella
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Le
Coq Sportif
Uniform Colors: Light Blue/White
Striped Shirts, Black Shorts and White Socks
Photo From: Onze,
Issue 75, March 1982
(May 16, 1980,
Republic of Ireland 0-Argentina 1)
Photo From: El
Grafico, Issue 3163, 1980
(May 16, 1980,
Republic of Ireland 0-Argentina 1, bottom photos from the match vs. England)
Photo From:
Source unknown (contribution from a blog viewer)
(Argentina squad,
May 16, 1980, Republic of Ireland 0-Argentina 1)
Date: May
21, 1980
Competition: Friendly
Result: Austria
1-Argentina 5
Venue:Vienna-Praterstadion, Austria
Attendance: 72,000
Kick-off Time: 19:30
Referee:Andra Daina (Switzerland)
Línesmen: Georges
Sandoz and Winter (both Switzerland)
Goalscorers:
(Austria): Kurt Jara 20
(Argentina): Santiago Santamaria 2, Leoplodo
Jacinto Luque 10, Diego Armando
Maradona 15, 75, 88
Summary of goals:
0:1 (2nd minute,
Argentina): From middle, Maradona
sent Santamaria through, who rounded around Koncilia to score.
0:2 (10th minute,
Argentina): Luque received a pass at
the edge of box and lobbed over the advancing Koncilia.
0:3 (15th minute,
Argentina): Maradona does a one-two
with Valencia (on the left) and dribbled past Koncilia to score.
1:3 (55th minute,
Austria): Hintermaier took a throw
in on left side to Jara who advanced and from a narrow angle volleyed ast
Fillol.
1:4 (55th minute, Argentina): From middle, Diaz
sent Maradona through, who went on to score.
1:5 (55th minute, Argentina): Ischia crossed
from the left side to Maradona who shot in.
Lineups:
Austria:
1-Friedrich Koncilia (Fußball
Klub Austria Wien)
2-Robert Sara (Fußball Klub
Austria Wien) (12-Gunther Pospischil (Fußball Klub Austria Wien) 16)
3-Erich Obermayer (Fußball Klub
Austria Wien)
5-Roland Hattenberger (Verein für
Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. / West Germany)
4-Reinhold Hintermaier (1.Fußball-Club
Nürnberg - Verein für Leibesübungen e.V.
/ West Germany)
8-Herbert Prohaska (Fußball Klub
Austria Wien)
10-Wilhelm Kreuz (Sportklub VOEST Linz)
11-Kurt Jara (Meidericher Spielverein 02
e.V. Duisburg / West Germany)
6-Kurt Welzl (AZ (Alkmaar Zaanstreek) '67
Alkmaar /Holland) (13-Heribert Weber (Sportklub Rapid
Wien) 29)
9-Johann Krankl (Fútbol Club Barcelona /
Spain)
7-Walter Schachner (Fußball Klub
Austria Wien)
Coach: Karl Stotz
Other Substitutes:
21- Herbert Feurer (Sportklub Rapid
Wien)
14- Josef Degiorgi (Wien
Admira Wacker Sportklub)
15- Felix Gasselich (Fußball
Klub Austria Wien)
16- Gernot Jurtin (Graz Sturm
Sportklub)
Note:
1-Robert Sara’s Farewell
match, replaced in the 16th minute.
Team Captain: Robert Sara (Wilhelm Kreuz assumed captaincy in the 16th minute)
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma
Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks
Argentina:
1-Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (Club
Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)
2-Jose Daniel Van Tuyne (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba)
6-Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate-
Buenos Aires)
4-Jorge Mario Olguín (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)
3-Alberto Cesar Tarantini (Club Atlético River Plate-
Buenos Aires)(13- Victorio Orlando Ocaño (Club Atletico Talleres de
Cordoba-Córdoba) 29)
5-Américo Rubén Gallego (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)
8-Juan Alberto Barbas (Racing
Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)
10-Diego Armando Maradona (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos
Aires)
7-Santiago Santamaria (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario) (16-Ramon
Angel Diaz (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)
70)
9-Leoplodo Jacinto Luque (Club Atlético
River Plate- Buenos Aires)
11-Jose Daniel Valencia (Club Atletico Talleres de Cordoba-Córdoba) (15-Carlos Luis Ischia (Club Atlético Vélez
Sársfield Buenos Aires) 70 )
Coach: Cesar Luis Menotti
Booked: Leoplodo Jacinto
Luque
Other Substitutes:
12-Hector Rodolfo Baley (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)
14-Carlos Guillermo Fren (Club Atlético Independiente
Avellaneda)
Team Captain: Daniel Alberto Passarella
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Le Coq Sportif
Uniform Colors: Light Blue/White Striped Shirts, Black Shorts and White Socks
