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  • June 6th 1978 (13:45)
    Mar Del Plata, Estadio Mar Del Plata
    HUNGARY - ITALY
    1-3 (0-2)
    
         GOALS             34'  0-1  Paolo Rossi
                           36'  0-2  Roberto Bettega (assist - Franco Causio)
                           60'  0-3  Romeo Benetti
                           81'  1-3  Andras Toth (penalty)
    
    
         REFEREE           Ramon Barreto (Uruguay)
         LINESMEN          Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)
                           John Gordon (Scotland)
    
         YELLOW CARDS      26'  Sandor Zombori (HUN)
                           64'  Gyozo Martos (HUN)
    
         RED CARDS         -
    
         ATTENDANCE        32,000
    
    
    
    
         HUNGARY                              AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
         21 GK Ferenc Meszaros                 28   11 Apr 1950   Vasas Budapest
          3 DF Istvan Kocsis                   28   06 Oct 1949   Honved Budapest
          4 DF Jozsef Toth                     26   02 Dec 1951   Ujpest Dozsa
          6 DF Zoltan Kereki (c)               24   13 Jul 1953   Haladas Sombathely
         12 DF Gyozo Martos                    28   15 Dec 1949   Ferencvaros
          5 MD Sandor Zombori                  26   31 Oct 1951   Vasas Budapest
         10 MD Sandor Pinter                   27   18 Jul 1950   Honved Budapest
         13 MD Karoly Csapo                    26   23 Feb 1952   Tatabanyai BSK
         18 MD Laszlo Nagy               (-46) 28   21 Oct 1949   Ujpest Dozsa
          7 FW Laszlo Fazekas            (-46) 30   15 Oct 1947   Ujpest Dozsa
         17 FW Laszlo Pusztai                  32   01 Mar 1946   Ferencvaros
    
         Substitutes
         16 MD Istvan Halasz             (+46) 26   12 Oct 1951   Tatabanyai BSK
         19 FW Andras Toth               (+46) 28   05 Sep 1949   Ujpest Dozsa
    
         Coach: Lajos Baroti                   63   19 Aug 1914
    
    
    
         ITALY                                AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
          1 GK Dino Zoff (c)                   36   28 Feb 1942   Juventus
          2 DF Mauro Bellugi                   28   07 Feb 1950   Bologna
          3 DF Antonio Cabrini           (-75) 20   08 Oct 1957   Juventus
          5 DF Claudio Gentile                 24   27 Sep 1953   Juventus
          8 DF Gaetano Scirea                  25   25 May 1953   Juventus
          9 MD Giancarlo Antognoni             24   01 Apr 1954   AC Fiorentina
         10 MD Romeo Benetti                   32   20 Oct 1945   Juventus
         14 MD Marco Tardelli                  23   24 Sep 1954   Juventus
         16 MD Franco Causio                   29   01 Feb 1949   Juventus
         18 FW Roberto Bettega           (-84) 27   27 Dec 1950   Juventus
         21 FW Paolo Rossi                     21   23 Sep 1956   Vicenza
    
         Substitutes
          4 DF Antonello Cuccureddu      (+75) 28   04 Oct 1949   Juventus
         19 FW Francesco Graziani        (+84) 25   12 Dec 1952   AC Torino
    
         Coach: Enzo Bearzot                   50   26 Sep 1927
    
    
    
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