June
5, 1977
Argentina
1-West Germany 3
Friendly
Venue: Buenos Aires, Coliseum Boca (La Bombonera) (Club
Atlético Boca Juniors)
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Arnaldo David César
Coelho (Brazil)
Goalscorers: (Argentina): Daniel
Passarella 73
(West Germany): Klaus Fischer 8, 61, Bernd
Hölzenbein 70
Lineups:
Argentina:
1-Hugo
Orlando Gatti (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires) [18 / 0]
4-Vicente Ruben
Pernia (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires) [8 / 0]
2-Jorge Mario Olguín (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires) [15
/ 0]
6-Daniel Alberto Passarella (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) [7 / 3]
3-Jorge
Omar Carrascosa
(Club Atletico Huracán - Buenos Aires) [24 / 0] (13-Alberto Cesar
Tarantini (Club
Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires) [16 / 0] 46th)
8-Osvaldo Cesar Ardiles (Club Atletico Huracán -
Buenos Aires) [22 / 5]
5-Américo Ruben Gallego (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario) [24 /1]
10-Ricardo
Julio Villa (Racing
Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires) [8 / 0] (15-Ricardo
Enrique Bochini (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) [16 / 0] 44th)
7-Daniel Ricardo Bertoni (Club
Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) [9 / 7]
9-Leopoldo Jacinto Luque (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) [15 / 9]
11-Omar Ruben Larrosa (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda) [2 / 0] (14-Óscar Alberto Ortiz (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) [6 / 0] 76th)
Coach:
Cesar Luis Menotti
Booked : Daniel Alberto Passarella 65th,
Hugo Orlando
Gatti 80th
Other
Subs:
Hector
Rodolfo Baley (Club
Atletico Huracán - Buenos Aires)
Daniel
Pedro Killer (Club Atlético Rosario
Central-Rosario)
Juan
Ramón Rocha (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)
Pedro
Alexis González (Club
Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)
Oscar
Víctor Trossero (Club Atlético Union- Santa Fé )
René Orlando Houseman (Club Atletico Huracán -
Buenos Aires)
Rubén
Galvan (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)
Team
Captain: Jorge
Omar Carrascosa (Américo Ruben Gallego assumed captaincy
in the second half)
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform
Colors: Blue and White
Horizontal striped Shirts, Black Shorts, White Socks
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Photo
From: Onze, Hors-Serie, 1978
(Argentina Squad, Top,
left to right : Daniel Alberto Passarella, Américo Ruben Gallego, Jorge Mario Olguín, Vicente Ruben Pernia, Hugo Orlando Gatti, Jorge Omar Carrascosa, Bottom, left to right: Daniel Ricardo Bertoni,
Osvaldo Cesar Ardiles, Leopoldo Jacinto Luque, Ricardo Julio Villa, Omar Ruben Larrosa) |
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Photo
From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer
(Argentina Squad, Top,
left to right : Jorge
Omar Carrascosa, Américo Ruben Gallego, Leopoldo Jacinto Luque, Daniel Ricardo Bertoni, Osvaldo
Cesar Ardiles, Daniel Alberto Passarella, Jorge Mario Olguín, Vicente Ruben Pernia, Hugo Orlando Gatti,
Ricardo Julio Villa, Omar Ruben Larrosa) |
West
Germany:
1-Bernd
Franke (Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V.) [4 / 0]
2-Hans-Hubert ‘Berti’ Vogts (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V.
Mönchengladbach)
[79 / 1]
3-Bernhard
Dietz (Meidericher Spielverein 02 e.V. Duisburg) [13 / 0]
4-Rolf Rüssmann (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen) [2 / 0]
5-Manfred
Kaltz (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.) [6 / 0]
6-Rainer
Bonhof (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach) [23 / 3]
7-Rudiger Abramczik (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen) [3 / 0]
8-Bernd
Hölzenbein (Eintracht
Frankfurt e.V.) [28 / 4]
9-Klaus
Fischer (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen) [3 / 4]
10-Erich
Beer (Berliner Sport-Club Hertha 1892 e.V.) [15 / 3] (18-Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Fußball-Club Bayern
München e.V.) [4 / 0] 70th)
11-Georg
Volkert (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.) [7 / 2]
Coach:
Helmut Schön
Booked: Rudiger Abramczik 75th
Other
Subs:
Josef
‘Sepp’ Maier (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)
Dieter
Burdenski(Sport Verein Werder Bremen
von 1899 e.V.)
Peter
Nogly (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)
Heinz Flohe (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)
Wolfgang-Felix
Magath (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)
Dieter Müller (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)
Franz-Josef ‘Jupp’ Tenhagen (Verein fur Leibesubungen
Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft e.V.)
Team
Captain: Hans-Hubert ‘Berti’ Vogts
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Erima
Uniform
Colors: Green Shirts, White
Shorts , Green Socks
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Photo
From: Onze, July 1977
(West Germany lineup
with Argentina flag, Top, left to right : Hans-Hubert ‘Berti’ Vogts, Bernd Franke, Rainer
Bonhof, Rudiger Abramczik, Georg Volkert, Bottom, left to right: Manfred Kaltz,
Rolf Rüssmann, Bernhard Dietz, Bernd Hölzenbein, Klaus Fischer, Erich Beer ) |
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Photo
From: kicker_WM-Sonderheft_1978
(West German players with Argentina’s flag) |
Notes:
-Match
number 486 for Argentina and number 417 for West Germany
-This
was the 4th meeting between the nations.
-This
was the first match between the nations on Argentinean soil. Two of their
previous three encounters had been on neutral venues both in Europe. (1958 in
Sweden and 1966 in England during the World Cup Finals.)
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Photo
From: Onze, July 1977
(Team Captains Vogts and
Carrascosa) |
-The
previous match between the nations, as well as the previous match on German
soil and Argentina’s only victory up to that point (away and otherwise), was a
Friendly at Munich’ Olympiastadion on February 14, 1973 that Argentina won 3 to
2.
West
German players: Hans-Hubert ‘Berti’ Vogts and Josef ‘Sepp’ Maier were present
that day (on the field and/or the substitutes bench).
The
Germans wore green jerseys for that match as well.
-
West Germany’s previous win, was a World Cup Finals match in Malmoe, Sweden, on June 8, 1958,
that the Germans won 3 to 1.
-The next match between the nations as well as the
next match on German soil, was a Friendly at West Berlin’ Olympiastadion on September 12, 1979
that the Germans won 2 to1.
Argentina
players: Passarella and Gallego and West German players: Dieter
Burdenski, Kaltz, Dietz, Rummenigge, Bonhof and Fischer were present that day (on the
field and/or the substitutes bench).
Americo
Gallego was booked in that match.
Karl-Heinz
Rummenigge scored one of Germany’s goals.
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Photo
From: Onze, July 1977
(Ricardo Villa with
Dietz and Bonhof) |
-The
next match between the nations on neutral soil, as well as Argentina’s next
victory, would be during the Mundialito Tournament at Montevideo’s Estadio
Centenario on January 1, 1981, that Argentina won 2 to 1.
Argentina
players: Olguin, Passarella, Tarantini, Ardiles, Bertoni, Luque and Gallego and West German players: Kaltz,
Dietz, Rummenigge, Bonhof and Magath were present that day (on the field and/or the substitutes
bench).
Kaltz
scored an own goal for Argentina in that match.
Dietz
captained West Germany and Passarella captained Argentina.
-The
next match between the nations on Argentinean soil would be a friendly at
Buenos Aires’s Estadio Antonio Vespuci Alberti (El Monumental) on March 24,
1982 that ended in a one to one tie.
Argentina
players: Baley, Olguin, Passarella, Tarantini and Gallego and West German player: Kaltz
were
present that day (on the field and/or the substitutes bench).
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Photo
From: Onze, July 1977
(Villa, Larrosa and
Bonhof) |
-The
defending World Cup Champions West Germany was on a tour of the continent to
acclimatize to the weather and playing conditions one year ahead of the World
Cup Finals.
They
played four matches in ten days.
June
5, 1977 (Buenos Aires-La Bombonera)
Argentina 1-West Germany 3
June
8, 1977 (Montevideo- Estadio
Centenario) Uruguay 0-West Germany 2 (Goals: Flohe, Dieter Müller)
June
12, 1977 (Rio de Janeiro - Estádio do Maracanã) Brazil 1-West Germany 1 (Goal:
Fischer)
June
14, 1977 (Mexico City-Estadio Azteca) Mexico 2-West Germany 2 (Goals: Fischer
2)
-This
was the first time the Germans were in the Americas since the 1970 Mexico World
Cup.
-Klaus
Fischer scored 5 goals on this tour.
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Photo
From: World Soccer, August 1977
(Berti Vogts and Daniel
Bertoni) |
-West
Germany’s touring squad consisted of:
Goalkeepers:
Josef ‘Sepp’ Maier, Bernd Franke, Dieter Burdenski
Defenders:
Hans-Hubert ‘Berti’ Vogts, Franz-Josef
‘Jupp’ Tenhagen, Manfred Kaltz, Rolf Rüssmann, Peter Nogly, and Bernhard
Dietz
Midfielders:
Rainer Bonhof, Heinz Flohe, Erich Beer, Hannes Bongartz, and Wolfgang-Felix
Magath
Strikers:
Rudiger Abramczik, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Klaus Fischer, Dieter
Müller, Bernd
Hölzenbein, and Georg Volkert
The
off-form Georg Schwarzenbeck and Wolfgang Seel had been replaced by Tenhagen
and Bongartz.
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Photo
From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005
(Daniel Bertoni taking a free kick) |
-Similarly Argentina had invited many
European teams for a mini-World Cup of sorts to prepare for their World Cup.
They
played six matches in over a month period
May
29, 1977 (Buenos Aires-La Bombonera)
Argentina 3-Poland 1 (Goals: Bertoni 2-Luque)
June
5, 1977 (Buenos Aires-La Bombonera)
Argentina 1-West Germany 3
June
12, 1977 (Buenos Aires-La Bombonera)
Argentina 1-England 1 (Goal: Bertoni)
June
18, 1977 (Buenos Aires-La Bombonera)
Argentina 1-Scotland 1 (Goal: Passarella)
June
26, 1977 (Buenos Aires-La Bombonera)
Argentina 0-France 0
July
3, 1977 (Buenos Aires-La Bombonera)
Argentina 1-Yugoslavia 0 (Goal: Passarella)
July
12, 1977 (Buenos Aires-La Bombonera)
Argentina 2-East Germany 0 (Goals: Houseman, Carrascosa)
-Both teams played in a 4-3-3 formation.
Argentina with a flat back four and Germany with Kaltz as Libero.
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Photo
From: World Soccer, April 1978
(Larrosa and Kaltz) |
-The
Match referee, the Brazilian Arnaldo David César Coelho refereed the 1982
World Cup Final between Italy and West Germany on July 11, 1982 that Italy won
3 to 1.
West
German players: Bernd Franke, Kaltz, Fischer,
Rummenigge, and Magath were present that day (on the field and/or the substitutes
bench).
-The
selections of Schake’s Rolf Russman and Klaus Fischer were controversial. They
had been involved in a bribery scandal with Schalke in 1971.
-West
Germany’s previous two friendlies were the first in 7 years that Franz
Beckenbauer was not included.
He
had just transferred to New York Cosmos of NASL. This effectively ended his
international career.
Attempts
were made to include him for the 1978 World Cup squad, but it failed.
As
a result Kaltz was assigned to be the libero for this tour and became the first
in a long list of players that never truly replaced him.
-Georg
Volkert had last played for West Germany in 1969.
-Ulrich
Stilieke was overlooked for this tour and the World Cup, the following year,
after transferring to Spain’s Real Madrid following the end of this 1976/77
season.
-Bernd
Franke started in goal for West Germany as Sepp Maier was injured.
-Both
Managers won the World Cup as Managers; Helmut Schoen in 1974 and Menotti in
1978 and both on home soil.
-Of
all the European teams on tour of South America, the Germans performed the
best.
-This
was the first German lineup in ten years that started with no Bayern Munich
players.
-The
West Germans were clearly superior and fresher as this was their first match of
the tour.
-In
the 8th minute, Volkert crossed from the left that Fischer could not
connect and Abramczik’s shot was deflected off the bar for Fischer to head
home.
-For
the second goal in the 61st minute, Franke gave the ball to Dietz who
launched Abramczik in the wing on the right who crossed for Fischer to head
home.
-For
the third goal in the 70th minute, Kaltz, after a one-two with Beer,
crossed from the right for Holzenbein to head home.
-Passarella
scored Argentina’s consolation goal from a cross by Luque on the left after a
short corner.
-All
four goals were headers.
-
Bochini replaced Ricardo Villa shortly before halftime due to injury.
-Ardiles
and Villa joined Tottenham Hotspur following the 1978 World Cup.
-The
Local press called this match a ‘lesson in football’, as the Germans had
dominated.
The
Argentinean fans even applauded the West Germans for their performance.
In
general Germany’s defense had been tighter.
The
Kaltz and Russman partnership of Libero and stopper was praised.
Theirs
was a difficult task as they were replacing Beckenbauer and an off form Georg
Schwarzenbeck.
-
The German media (Kicker sportsmagazin) contrasted Germany’s professional
attitude on this tour vs. England’s more casual holiday style behavior.
Holzenbein,
Fischer and Abramczik were also praised.
-For
Argentina, Ardiles was praised for his performance.
-Berti
Vogts, Holzenbein, and Bonhof were the only 1974 World Cup winners on the
field, with Sepp Maier injured on the bench.
-From
Argentina’s 1974 squad, only Carrascosa and Houseman were present that day (on
the field and/or the substitutes bench).
-Americo
Gallego assumed captaincy in the second half after Carrascosa was substituted.
-Passarella
was booked in the 65th minute after a foul on Abramczik.
-Shortly
afterwards Abramczik himself was booked after interfering with Tarantini who
was attempting to quickly take a free kick.
-In
the 80th min Fischer was sent clear one on one with only the
goalkeeper to beat. Gatti intentionally fouled him outside of the box and was
booked. By today’s rules he would have been immediately sent off.
-Argentina’s
foreign contingent of Mario Kempes, Ruben Ayala and Carlos Bianchi were not
called up.
-
Vicente Ruben Pernia’s son Mariano played for the Spanish National team in
2006/2007.
Vicente
Ruben Pernia was sent off in Argentina’s match vs. Scotland on June 18th
after he punched Scotland’s William Johnston in retaliation after a foul. He
was eventually dropped from Argentina’s squad.
-Of
this Germany’s touring squad, the following made the World Cup Finals squad the
next year:
Goalkeepers:
Josef ‘Sepp’ Maier, Dieter Burdenski
Defenders:
Hans-Hubert ‘Berti’ Vogts, Manfred Kaltz, Rolf Rüssmann, Peter Bernhard Dietz,
Midfielders:
Rainer Bonhof, Heinz Flohe, Erich Beer
Strikers:
Rudiger Abramczik, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Klaus Fischer, Dieter
Müller, and
Bernd Hölzenbein
-Of
Argentina’s squad, the following made the World Cup Finals squad the next year
and became World Champions:
Hector
Rodolfo Baley, Osvaldo Cesar Ardiles, Daniel Ricardo
Bertoni, Américo Ruben Gallego, René Orlando Houseman, Rubén Galvan, Daniel Pedro Killer, Omar Ruben
Larrosa, Leopoldo Jacinto Luque, Jorge Mario Olguín, Óscar Alberto Ortiz, Daniel Alberto Passarella, Alberto Cesar Tarantini, Ricardo Julio Villa
-Daniel
Bertoni was sent off in Argentina’s match vs. England on June 12th
after he punched England’s Trevor Cherry in retaliation after a foul. He was
suspended for four matches by the Argentine Federation.
-Argentina
Captain Carrascosa, quit the squad and any World Cup hopes before the February
1978 training camp. He asked to be excluded because his wife was expecting a
baby due at the month of the World Cup.
Daniel
Passarella became Aregntina’s captain.
-Hugo
Gatti was also excluded from Argentina’s Finals squad in early 1978. Ubaldo
Fillol became the starting goalkeeper.
-SV
Hamburg’s Manfred
Kaltz, Peter Nogly, Georg Volkert and Wolfgang-Felix Magath won the Cup Winners
Cup trophy that season.
-
Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Berti Vogts and Rainer Bonhof won the Bundesliga
title that season. They were also defeated in the Champions Cup Final vs.
Liverpool that season.
- Heinz Flohe and Dieter Müller won the DfB Pokal with Koln that season.
-Daniel
Passarella and Berti Vogts not only managed their respective nations but also
managed other nations such as Uruguay (for Passarella) and Scotland and
Azerbaijan (for Vogts).
They
both managed their respective nations during the 1998 World Cup.
-West
Germany’s unused substitute Heinz Flohe passed away on June 15, 2013.
-West
Germany Manager Helmut Schön passed away on February 23, 1996.
-Both
teams’ squads were home based.
-
Hugo Orlando Gatti, Vicente Ruben Pernia and Alberto Cesar
Tarantini were playing in their home stadium.
By the time of the World Cup, the Finals squad
contained no Boca Juniors players as by then even Tarantini had departed.
-Unused
Argentina substitute Oscar Víctor Trossero passed away on October 12, 1983,
aged 30.
-Argentina’s
Daniel Passarella and Daniel Bertoni were teammates at Italian Serie A club
Fiorentina from 1982 to 1984.
-Daniel
Bertoni and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge have both scored goals in the Final match of
a World Cup. Bertoni in 1978 and Rummenigge in 1986 vs. Argentina.
-
Argentina’s Daniel Passarella and West Germany’s Karl-Heinz Rummenigge were
teammates at Italian Serie A club Internazionale Milano during 1986/87 season.
They
have both captained their nations during World Cup Final matches. Passarella in
1978 and Rummenigge in 1982 and 1986.
-West
Germany’s Manfred Kaltz, Wolfgang-Felix Magath, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Klaus
Fischer were part of the West German squad that reached the Final of 1982 World
Cup.
Magath
and Rummenigge also were members of the 1986 squad that also reached the Final.
- Jorge Mario
Olguín, Daniel Alberto Passarella, Alberto Cesar Tarantini, Osvaldo Cesar
Ardiles, Américo Ruben Gallego, Daniel Ricardo Bertoni , Hector Rodolfo Baley as well as Manager Cesar Luis Menotti also represented Argentina in the 1982
World Cup.
Daniel Alberto Passarella was also part of the 1986 World Cup
winning squad, though he did not play due to injury.
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