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The Essential Guide for allEngland Fans

2010

Steve Woods


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Shield Crest

Copyright 2010 S. Woods

All rights reserved

ISBN: 978-1-907629-02-0

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Published byShieldCrest,

UK: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP22 5RR

www.shieldcrest.co.uk

This book shall not, by way of trade or otherwise,be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated

without the prior consent of the copyright holderor the publisher in any form of binding or coverother than that in which it is published and withouta similar condition including this condition beingimposed on the subsequent purchaser


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A Must-Have Book for All England Fans

Unique Easy-to-Follow Charts for 2010Keep Your Own Daily Records of all Events and

Create Your Own Match Reports

A Brief Look at World Cup History andHow England Can Win the World Cup Again

Additional copies can be purchased on-line at:

www.shieldcrest.co.uk/book_world_cup_companion.html


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Saturday 30 July, 1966

Were well into injury time now at the end of 90 minutes. Its still England 2West Germany 1. The referee blows for a foul. Surely that should be Charltonsfree kick, not Helds! The Germans take the free kick. It goes to Weber.whoscores. Its 2-2.

Ten minutes into extra time now, and its Ball to Hurst, who hits the ballagainst the crossbar! Well, both Hurst and Hunt think the ball crossed the line

before it bounced back into play. The referee is consulting his linesman. andpoints to the centre-circle! Its a goal. Its England 3 West Germany 2.

Into the last minute of the match and its Hurst going forward. He shoots, andits a goal. WHAT a goal! Its 4-2 to England.

And there goes the whistle. Its all over, and ENGLAND are the WORLDchampions!


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Contents

Introduction

1. A Brief History of the World Cup 1

The Beginnings1930 Host: Uruguay1934 Host: Italy1938 Host: France1950 Host: Brazil1954 Host: Switzerland1958 Host: Sweden1962 Host: Chile1966 Host: England1970 Host: Mexico1974 Host: West Germany1978 Host: Argentina1982 Host: Spain1986 Host: Mexico1990 Host: Italy1994 Host: United States1998 Host: France2002 Hosts: Japan/South Korea2006 Host: GermanyWorld Cup Goals 1930 to 2006

2. Teams to Look Out for This Year, PastAchievements, and Other World Cup Facts 59

HostsEurope and South AmericaThe Big Four

World Cup WinnersWorld Cup Final AppearancesCountries That Have Finished in the Top Four


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3. How England Can Win the World Cup Again 68

EnglandQuarter-finalsNow, to Win the World Cup Again!Entering TournamentsAttitude and LuckRefereeing DecisionsThe England ManagerWeather Conditions and AltitudeThe Penalty Shoot-out CompetitionEnglands Route to the Final This Time

4. The 2010 Tournament 79

IntroductionEnglands MatchesTournament Group MatchesThe Knock-out Stages ChartKnock-out Stages: Notes

Awards

5. Which is Your Second Choice Team? 113

BrazilA Traditional Team or an UnderachieverThe Celeste

6. An Alternative World Cup History(and How it Might Have Been) 114

RegretsEnglish RegretsAlternative World Cup History

7. Play the Game at Home 119

PredictionsPrediction GameRe-write History


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Introduction

Football is the beautiful game! The style of football employed by anational team often epitomises and is influenced by the culture ofthat country. Brazilian football is flamboyant and exciting. TheGermans play a workmanlike game being very efficient, and havinga never-give-up spirit. Italy is usually rock solid in defence.

Every four years the best of world football, and sometimes theworst of football, is paraded on the world stage at the World Cup.The sporting worlds number one event is an emotional affair. Thisis partly because only one team can be the outright winner, and alsobecause other teams give and achieve and entertain so much, butmainly because football isemotional. So whichever team wins thisyear, one can bask in the brilliance of players from all teams, andapplaud the positive approach employed by teams that make upwhat always turns out to be a colourful spectacle.

Although it is essentially for England football fans, this book alsocelebrates the contributions made to World Cup history by othergreat teams such as Uruguay, Argentina, Italy, Czechoslovakia,Hungary, Germany, Sweden, Brazil, Holland, and others. Itprovides a brief history of the World Cup from the early yearsleading up to the first tournament in 1930 and to each of thesubsequent tournaments. It explains the format employed in eachtournament, and lists facts and scores. The book takes a close lookat which teams are most likely to win the 2010 tournament, anddiscusses what Englands chances of success are and why.

The book also provides an easy-to-follow guide to this yearstournament. Group details are provided as well as tables that can beupdated as each match unfolds. There is also space for matchreports, details, and statistics to be added as a permanent personalrecord. An easy-to-use knock-out stages chart is also provided, witha link from the group stage. Again, there is space for match reports,etc. You can also record your pre-tournament predictions.


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Whether you are following England to South Africa, followingEnglands progress by way of media, or perhaps following anotherteam, some very useful information is provided. The book can becarried with you wherever you go, used for quick reference whilewatching matches, or consulted when with friends. It is invaluablein keeping your personal tournament records up to date, enablingyou to record events as they happen. It is a book that you can keep

forever.

In addition, if you have ever dreamt of re-writing World Cuphistory, here is your chance. By using the historical informationprovided in the book, you can do this. The book also provides onepossible alternative World Cup history. It shows what might havehappened had some decisions both on and off the field of play beendifferent.

Finally there is a game that you can play at home or during yourlunch break. Details of this are explained towards the end of thebook.

Enjoy the book, and enjoy the World Cup!


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The Beginnings

ootball as we know it, was first played in England. The FA

Cup, the worlds oldest association football tournamentbegan in 1871. The first ever recognised international match

was held between Scotland and England in Glasgow on 30November 1872. The match ended 0-0.

It was a Dutch banker, C. Hirschman, who in the early twentiethcentury tried to persuade the English FA to guide and control theinternational game. He wanted the English FA to sponsor an

international tournament, but the FA did not see any advantages ofhaving an international body. Eventually the FederationInternationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in 1904in Paris, but the FA did not send a representative to FIFA until 1906.

Shortly after World War One, British teams withdrew fromFIFA partly out of an unwillingness to play against countries theyhad been at war with. The British associations rejoined FIFA in1924.

The only world-wide international football competition was inthe Olympic Games but was only for amateurs, yet many countrieswere adopting professionalism. Britain did not send a football teamto the 1924 Paris Olympics because of the amateur question. TheFA asked FIFA to accept its definition of amateurism, but FIFArefused, and Britain also withdrew its football team from the Amsterdam Olympics of 1928. Both the 1924 and the 1928

Olympic titles were won by Uruguay. In 1928 Britain withdrewfrom FIFA again, and did not re-join until 1946 when FIFA invitedit to return. As a consequence, England missed the first three WorldCup tournaments.

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FIFA decided that a world football tournament outside theOlympics was needed; that many countries where professionalismwas now recognised could no longer be represented by their best

players without it. One of the men who encouraged FIFA membercountries to vote for its own tournament was the Frenchman JulesRimet. Eventually it was agreed that there would be a tournamentand that it should take place in 1930. Uruguay was chosen as hostand had agreed to pay all travel and accommodation expenses. So in1930, although known as the FIFA World Championship, the firstWorld Cup took place. It was nearly sixty years since that very firstinternational match between Scotland and England had taken place,

but both these countries would not be competing in Uruguay.

1930 Host: Uruguay (Winner: Uruguay)

The very first World Cup tournament took place over a shorterperiod of time than we are used to now; just seventeen days.Conversely though, it took much longer for teams to travel todestinations than is now the case and consequently not all the bestnames in football were in attendance, and only four European

teams participated. Lengthy boat journeys from Europe to thesouthern continent of America, and having to be away for nearlytwo months, was considered to be too much for most countries.Until just a couple of months before the tournament was due tobegin, there had been no European entrants, and Belgium, France,Romania, and Yugoslavia decided very late on to send teams, threeof the teams travelling on the same boat together.

There had been no need for a qualifying tournament, and onceall thirteen teams that had wanted to be in Uruguay were gatheredthere, the draw for the tournament took place. The teams weredivided into four groups, the teams in each group being required tocompete in a round-robin competition. The winner of each groupwould then progress to the semi-finals. Only three stadia were to beused throughout the tournament, and all of them were in thecapital, Montevideo.

On 13 July 1930, the first ever World Cup matches heralded thestart of what has now become the worlds greatest sporting event.In the Pocitos stadium, France met Mexico. The honour of scoring


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the very first World Cup goal went to Lucient Laurent of France,and his team went on to beat Mexico that day 4-1.

Controversy erupts in most World Cup tournaments, and 1930 was no different. The Brazilian official for the France versusArgentina match blew for full-time six minutes early just as France was on the attack being 0-1 down. With Argentine supportersflooding on to the pitch, chaotic scenes followed as the refereerealising his mistake brought the teams out again to conclude theremaining time. There was no further score.

Four teams qualified for the semi-finals, and coincidently, both

matches finished with exactly the same scores. Argentina beat theUnited States 6-1, and Uruguay beat Yugoslavia 6-1. There was nothird / fourth play-off, but the United States took third place over Yugoslavia because of its superior results. So, the final would becompeted between two of the seeded teams; Uruguay the hosts, andArgentina.

The very first World Cup final took place on 30 July 1930 at the

Centenario stadium, Montevideo. It was an emotional affair. Anestimated thirty-thousand Argentines had crossed the River Plateinto Uruguay hoping to see their team gain revenge for defeat toUruguay in the Olympic football final two years earlier.

The expectant fans saw Argentina win the toss for the right touse its type of match-ball during the first half, and by half-timeArgentina was ahead 2-1. But in the second half, the Celeste fought

back with two goals that put the home team in front. Then, as thematch entered the last remaining minutes, Hector Castro, who hadlost an arm in a boyhood accident, removed any doubt about theoutcome of the match with a goal to make it Uruguay 4 Argentina 2.

Jose Nasazzi became the first captain to lift the FIFA WorldCup trophy which had been designed by Frenchman Abel Lafleur.It was Uruguays centenary year, and its football team was not onlydouble Olympic champions, but also world champions, and apublic holiday followed.


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Group 1: Final Table

Pld W D L F A PtsArgentina 3 3 0 0 10 4 6

Chile 3 2 0 1 5 3 4France 3 1 0 2 4 3 2Mexico 3 0 0 3 4 13 0


Pld W D L F A PtsYugoslavia 2 2 0 0 6 1 4Brazil 2 1 0 1 5 2 2

Bolivia 2 0 0 2 0 8 0


Pld W D L F A PtsUruguay 2 2 0 0 5 0 4Romania 2 1 0 1 3 5 2Peru 2 0 0 2 1 4 0


Pld W D L F A PtsUnited States 2 2 0 0 6 0 4Paraguay 2 1 0 1 1 3 2Belgium 2 0 0 2 0 4 0

Semi-finals

Argentina 6 United States 1Uruguay 6 Yugoslavia 1

FinalUruguay 4 Argentina 2

The leading goal-scorer in the 1930 tournament was GuillermoStabile El Filtrador of Argentina with 8 goals. Despite losing inthe final, Argentina scored the most goals with 18. A total of 70goals were scored at the tournament, an average of 3.89 per match.Both Bolivia and Belgium failed to score, and the unfortunateBelgian team had to travel all the way back to Europe having lost


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both its matches, but at least it competed! Interestingly, thetournament saw no draws in any of its eighteen matches.


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222 Teams to Look Out for This Year,

Past Achievements, and Other WorldCup Facts

Hosts

he World Cup finals have been held in Mexico, Italy, France,and Germany all on two occasions. It is due to be held inBrazil for a second time in 2014. England is bidding to host

its second World Cup in 2018 or 2022, and FIFA will make adecision on the venue for these two tournaments in December2010. No country has hosted the World Cup more than twice. Theother countries that have hosted the World Cup finals are Uruguay,

Switzerland, Sweden, Chile, Argentina, Spain, USA, andJapan/South Korea.

This year it is the turn of South Africa to be host.

Europe and South America

No team from outside Europe and South America has ever reached

the World Cup final. This reflects the dominance of those twocontinents in international football. In addition, on only twooccasions has a team outside Europe and South America reachedthe last four of a World Cup tournament. The United Statesfinished third in 1930 and South Korea finished fourth in 2002.

The Big Four

At least one of the big four teams in World Cup history, generallyalways threatens to win the World Cup. The big four teams of World Cup history are undoubtedly Brazil, Italy, Germany and Argentina which between them have notched up fourteen World

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Cup wins from only eighteen tournaments. The big four haveappeared twenty-four times in a World Cup final (including Brazilsfinal game in 1950). At least one of the big four has appeared in

every World Cup final, and since 1966 only two other countries,(the Netherlands and France,) has appeared in a final.

Despite this dominance of the final by the big four, it isinteresting and perhaps a little surprising to note that the WorldCup final has only ever been repeated twice; that is, with the sametwo teams playing. The 1990 final was a repeat of the 1986 finalbetween West Germany and Argentina. The 1994 final between

Brazil and Italy was a repeat of the 1970 final.

World Cup Winners

To win the World Cup, a country must first enter a team. Brazil,with the best record of all in terms of World Cup wins, is the onlycountry to have participated in all eighteen World Cuptournaments. Brazil will begin its nineteenth campaign in South

Africa as one of the favourites.

Only seven countries have ever won the World Cup. All sevenare either European or South American. The seven are, inalphabetical order, Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany,Italy, and Uruguay. Although Spain and the Netherlands have neverwon the World Cup, they remain two of the great underachievers,and have teams that could win this time. Generally, the World Cup

tends not to throw up an upset in terms of the overall winner, andtherefore it is likely that one of these nine will win the World Cup inSouth Africa, the outsiders of this group of nine being Uruguay.The past record of these nine countries from 1966 to 2006 is givenbelow, and spaces have been left for you to complete 2010.


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Home-soil Finalists

1930 Uruguay won1934 Italy won

1950 Brazil (lost in the final match)1958 Sweden (lost in the final)1966 England won1974 West Germany won1978 Argentina won1998 France won

West Germany / Germany has also been a dominant country inWorld Cup history. Since the Second World War every World Cup

final except for two, has involved either Germany, or Brazil, orboth as was the case in 2002. Neither of the two appeared in the1978 final or the 2006 final, and their meeting in the 2002 final wasthe first time the two countries had ever met in the World Cup.Prior to the Second World War, neither country appeared in anyfinal. It is perhaps not surprising that both Germany and Brazilhave played the most World Cup matches; ninety-two each. Brazilhas scored the most goals; 201 although Germany is not far behind

with 190. It would not be a surprise if one of these teams featuredin the 2010 final.

Brazil or Germany Tends to Reach the World Cup Final

1950 Brazil 1-2 Uruguay *1954West Germany 3-2 Hungary1958 Brazil 5-2 Sweden1962 Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia

1966 England 4-2West Germany1970 Brazil 4-1 Italy1974West Germany 2-1 Holland1978 1982 Italy 3-1West Germany1986 Argentina 3-2West Germany1990West Germany 1-0 Argentina1994 Brazil 0-0 Italy1998 France 3-0 Brazil

2002 Brazil 2-0 Germany2006


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How England Can Win the WorldCup Again

England

f course, Englands glory year was 1966. Geoff Hurst wasone of the heroes and remains the only player ever toscore a hat-trick in a World Cup final. He scored three of

the four goals that helped England beat West Germany. So farthough, England can only be considered as one of themiddleweights of World Cup history and it would take more thansuccess in 2010 to change that. If England can find the net moreoften especially in the more important matches, regularly reach thelast four of tournaments, and perhaps win the World Cup in 2010and again in 2018 on home soil, then it could be considered one ofthe big four or big five of the football world. England has todish up the fabulous football it is capable of doing but in allsituations and against all teams, if it is to succeed.

Quarter-finals

Since England first entered the World Cup in 1950, England hasusually gone out of World Cup tournaments at the quarter-finalsstage. In addition, it has usually gone out to a previous World Cup winning country, (Germany three times, Argentina twice, Braziltwice, and Uruguay once.)

The other countries responsible for Englands exit are as follows.In 1950 Spain beat England to reach the final pool, and in 1958 itwas the Soviet Union that beat England in a play-off match. And ofcourse, most of us remember the Portuguese in 2006. Englandsexit at the quarter-finals stage in seven of its twelve campaigns islisted below.

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The England Manager

England managers have been heavily criticised in the past. Some

have suggested that Brian Clough was one of the greatest Englandmanagers that never managed England; that had he been selected,he would have taken England on to glory as he did his club teams.

Another that was never given the opportunity to manageEngland was Jack Charlton. He was a World Cup winner withEngland in 1966 and proved that he could well manage a WorldCup team with the Republic of Ireland in 1990. His team finally

bowed out of the tournament that year in the quarter-finals to Italy,but not before putting the host under pressure and playing the sortof football that the Italians were not used to. The Irish lost, butonly to a single Schillaci goal.

Perhaps now, England has a manager that will be able to bringall the right ingredients to the squad in time for the World Cup thisyear. Perhaps in Fabio Capello, England has the manager that willhelp the team go on to success in 2010 and beyond. He hasgenerated a winning mentality, commands great respect, and is agreat disciplinarian. His attention to detail is to be applauded andhis fearlessness is one important ingredient that might just help togenerate a bright new future for England.

Weather Conditions and Altitude

Weather conditions and altitude problems have also been used as

reasons for Englands lack of success in the past, but South Africaswinter, should suit the England players and their style of football. The first two matches are evening kick-off times which will alsohelp. The team will be based, and will have trained, at altitude inRustenburg. This will greatly assist.

If England was to win Group C, it would be an advantage. Allremaining matches would be in the evening. One would be in

Rustenburg, and two in Johannesburg only seventy miles from theEngland base. Should England finish second in Group C, there would be two afternoon matches and longer journeys to contendwith en route to the final. Details of Englands group matches, and


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possible knock-out stage matches are listed in this book in thesection covering the 2010 tournament. The associated table in thatsection lists the matches, dates, venues, average temperatures,

altitude, and distance from the team base in Rustenburg.

Whatever course England takes in this years tournament, theteam will be able to play a fast game and get into attackingpositions. Opposing players will be closed down quickly, andEngland will be quick on the break.

But there is another aspect of the game that England mustconcentrate on.


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444 The 2010 Tournament

Introduction

his years tournament kicks off on 11 June and concludes on11 July. As it unfolds, you will be able to keep your own up-

to-date record of events on the pages that follow. Inaddition, this section of the book provides details of groups,matches, dates, times, the knock-out stages, and more.

Englands Matches

Of particular interest to England fans are Englands matches. Thetable below provides details of Englands group matches, and

possible knock-out stage matches. It lists dates, match times(afternoon or evening), venues, average temperatures and relativehumidity in June / July, altitude, and distance from the team base inRustenburg.

The first three rows in the table provide details of the threegroup matches against the United States, Algeria, and Slovenia.

The next four rows in the table provide details of Englandsmatches should England win Group C. In this case, all remainingmatches would be in the evening, one would be in Rustenburg, andtwo in Johannesburg only seventy miles from the England base.

The last four rows in the table provide details of Englandsmatches should England finish second in Group C. There would betwo afternoon matches and longer journeys to contend with en

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Tournament Group Matches

For the wider picture, the four teams, and the six scheduled

matches, in each group, A to H, are listed below. The kick-off timesprovided for all the group matches and knock-out stage matches aregiven in British Summer Time (BST) which is one hour behindSouth Africa Standard Time (SAST). So a kick-off time in SouthAfrica of 8.30 pm would be 7.30 pm in England.

As each match is played, there is space for you to add anyinformation you wish. You might list the players, goal-scorers and

times, number of attempts on goal, corners, fouls, yellow and redcards, and you might want to make a note of any major incidents.Add the final score, and if you wish to, write up your own matchreport. Attendances can also be added.

Then you can fill in the group tables. A fresh table is providedfor you to complete after each match, and a final table can becompleted following the last two matches in each group. The

positions of teams in groups are determined in the usual manner.Points are the first determinant followed by goal difference andthen by the number of goals scored. For any teams that are stilllevel, positions are determined by points accumulated, goaldifference achieved, and goals scored, in matches between theteams that are still level.

As the group stage unfolds, and as discussions arise about which

teams need to do what to qualify, you might wish to consider thefollowing guide. The guide applies to round-robin groups of fourteams with a total of six matches to be played in the group, andwith only the top two teams qualifying.

Guide to Calculating Which Teams Need to do What toQualify

In some instances, if a team wins its first two games in a group itmight not necessarily finish in one of the top two qualifyingpositions. However, two wins are always sufficient if any othermatch in the group is a draw.


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GROUP GBrazil Ivory CoastNorth Korea Portugal

Ivory Coast v Portugal (15 June 3 pm)

Match ReportTable After One Match

Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts

Brazil v North Korea (15 June 7.30 pm)

Match ReportTable After Two Matches

Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts1111

Brazil v Ivory Coast (20 June 7.30 pm)

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Portugal v North Korea (21 June 12.30 pm)

Match Report

Table After Four MatchesTeam Pld W D L F A GD Pts

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Portugal v Brazil (25 June 3 pm)

Match Report

North Korea v Ivory Coast (25 June 3 pm)

Match Report

Group G: Final Table (After All Six Matches)

Sixteen TeamsQualify for theSecond Round(Teams 1-16)


Team 13 3Team 14 3

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An Alternative World Cup History(and How it Might Have Been)

housands of incidents and decisions over the years have allmade World Cup history what it is. Nothing can alter whatin reality has already happened, but if you could re-run the

last eighteen tournaments again and make some alterations, what

would they be? How might World Cup history read today if youcould re-write it?

Regrets

This World Cup Companion book is essentially for England fans,but if you are Italian for example, you might also suggest a fewalterations to history. If Italy had only been better prepared for the

penalty shoot-out competition against Brazil in the 1994 final, Italyand not Brazil might now lead the World Cup winner rankings withfive World Cup wins.

Had Uruguay entered the 1934 tournament to defend its title, itmight have won, and with its World Cup triumph in 1950, Uruguaywould have had three World Cup victories twenty years before archrivals Brazil achieved it. Many Uruguayans have looked back with

regret.

Brazil has little to regret. Nevertheless, it would have beenuseless saying that to the Brazil fans of 1950 following defeat toUruguay.

Germany too has little to regret, but for all those appearances inthe final that could not be converted into World Cup wins.

The Netherlands was the team of the 1970s but lost in the 1974World Cup final to hosts West Germany, and then in the 1978 final

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