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  • June 6th 1978 (19:15)
    Buenos Aires, Estadio Monumental
    FRANCE - ARGENTINA
    1-2 (0-1)
    
         GOALS             45'  0-1  Daniel Passarella (penalty)
                           60'  1-1  Michel Platini (assist - Bernard Lacombe)
                           73'  1-2  Leopoldo Luque (assist - Osvaldo Ardiles)
    
    
         REFEREE           Jean Dubach (Switzerland)
         LINESMEN          Cesar Guerrero Orozco (Peru)
                           Werner Winsemann (Canada)
    
         YELLOW CARDS      88'  Didier Six (FRA)
    
         RED CARDS         -
    
         ATTENDANCE        77,216
    
    
    
    
         FRANCE                                AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
         21 GK Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes (-58) 26   23 May 1952   FC Nantes
          2 DF Patrick Battiston                21   12 Mar 1957   Metz
          3 DF Maxime Bossis                    22   26 Jun 1955   FC Nantes
          6 DF Christian Lopez                  25   15 Mar 1953   Saint Etienne
          8 DF Marius Tresor (c)                28   15 Jan 1950   Olympique Marseille
          9 MD Dominique Bathenay               24   13 Feb 1954   Saint Etienne
         11 MD Henri Michel                     30   27 Oct 1947   FC Nantes
         15 MD Michel Platini                   22   21 Jun 1955   AS Nancy
         17 FW Bernard Lacombe                  25   15 Aug 1952   Lyon
         18 FW Dominique Rocheteau              23   14 Jan 1955   Saint Etienne
         19 FW Didier Six                       23   21 Aug 1954   RC Lens
    
         Substitutes
          1 GK Dominique Baratelli        (+58) 30   26 Dec 1947   OGC Nice
    
         Coach: Michel Hidalgo                  45   22 Mar 1933
    
    
    
         ARGENTINA                             AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
          5 GK Ubaldo Fillol                    27   21 Jul 1950   River Plate
          7 DF Luis Galvan                      30   24 Feb 1948   Talleres
         15 DF Jorge Olguin                     26   17 May 1952   San Lorenzo
         19 DF Daniel Passarella (c)            25   25 May 1953   River Plate
         20 DF Alberto Tarantini                22   03 Dec 1955   (no club)
          2 MD Osvaldo Ardiles                  25   03 Aug 1952   Huracan
          6 MD Americo Gallego                  23   25 Apr 1955   Newell's Old Boys
          9 FW Rene Houseman                    24   19 Jul 1953   Huracan
         10 FW Mario Kempes                     23   15 Jul 1954   Valencia (SPA)
         14 FW Leopoldo Luque                   29   03 May 1949   River Plate
         21 FW Jose Valencia              (-63) 22   03 Oct 1955   Talleres
    
         Substitutes
          1 MD Norberto Alonso       (-72)(+63) 25   04 Jan 1953   River Plate
         16 FW Oscar Ortiz                (+72) 25   08 Apr 1953   River Plate
    
         Coach: Cesar Luis Menotti              39   05 Nov 1938
    
    
    
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