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Argentina 0-1 Italy - June 10, 1978 / World Cup 1978

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World Cup 1978 - Group A

Estadio Monumental - Buenos Aires - Argentina

June 10, 1978

77 260

Argentina

0 - 1

Italy

67'

Roberto Bettega (right foot) Assist by Paolo Rossi

logo Argentina ARG

6' - Substitution Mauro Bellugiis substituted by Antonello Cuccureddu

logo Argentina ARG

67' - Goal Roberto Bettega

73' - Substitution Oscar Ortizis substituted by René Houseman73

73' - Substitution Giancarlo Antognoniis substituted by Renato Zaccarelli

logo Italy ITA

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Argentina

0 - 1

Italy

Argentina Italy

Team line-ups

Argentina

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Kempes

Mario Kempes

Argentina

B.date15/07/1954

Age23 years

H1m82

positionStriker

21Valencia

Jose Daniel Valencia

Argentina

B.date03/10/1955

Age22 years

positionMidfield

4Bertoni

Daniel Bertoni

Argentina

B.date14/03/1955

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

16Ortiz73

Oscar Ortiz

Argentina

B.date08/04/1953

Age25 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

6Gallego

Américo Gallego

Argentina

B.date25/04/1955

Age23 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

2Ardiles

Osvaldo Ardiles

Argentina

B.date03/08/1952

Age25 years

H1m69

positionCentre Midfield

20Tarantini

Alberto Tarantini

Argentina

B.date03/12/1955

Age22 years

H1m79

positionCentral defender

7Galván

Luis Galván

Argentina

B.date24/02/1948

Age30 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

19Passarella

Daniel Passarella

Argentina

B.date25/05/1953

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

15Olguin

Jorge Olguin

Argentina

B.date17/05/1952

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

5Fillol

Ubaldo Fillol

Argentina

B.date21/07/1950

Age27 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
5	G	Ubaldo Fillol		27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Daniel Passarella		25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Alberto Tarantini		22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Luis Galván		30	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Jorge Olguin		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Oscar Ortiz	73	25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Osvaldo Ardiles		25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Jose Daniel Valencia		22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Américo Gallego		23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	F	Daniel Bertoni		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Mario Kempes		23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Italy

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Bettega67

Roberto Bettega

Italy

B.date27/12/1950

Age27 years

H1m84

positionForward

Rossi

Paolo Rossi

Italy

B.date23/09/1956

Age21 years

H1m77

positionStriker

Antognoni73

Giancarlo Antognoni

Italy

B.date01/04/1954

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

Benetti

Romeo Benetti

Italy

B.date20/10/1945

Age32 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Causio

Franco Causio

Italy

B.date01/02/1949

Age29 years

H1m72

positionRight central midfielder

Cabrini

Antonio Cabrini

Italy

B.date08/10/1957

Age20 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Tardelli

Marco Tardelli

Italy

B.date24/09/1954

Age23 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gentile

Claudio Gentile

Italy

B.date27/09/1953

Age24 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

Bellugi6

Mauro Bellugi

Italy

B.date07/02/1950

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Scirea

Gaetano Scirea

Italy

B.date25/05/1953

Age25 years

H1m78

positionSweeper

Zoff

Dino Zoff

Italy

B.date28/02/1942

Age36 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dino Zoff		36	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaetano Scirea		25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mauro Bellugi	6	28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Claudio Gentile		24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Antonio Cabrini		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marco Tardelli		23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Giancarlo Antognoni	73	24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Romeo Benetti		32	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Franco Causio		29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paolo Rossi		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roberto Bettega	67	27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
9	F		René Houseman	73	24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Antonello Cuccureddu	6	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D		Renato Zaccarelli	73	27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Oscar Ortiz

René Houseman

OUT

Daniel Bertoni

Leopoldo Luque

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

César Luis Menotti

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Menotti vs Italy

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 10, 1978

Menotti vs Bearzot

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 10, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Enzo Bearzot

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

63 %

Bearzot vs Argentina

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 10, 1978

Bearzot vs Menotti

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 10, 1978

Referee

Abraham Klein

0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Argentina2 matches	General total	Italy6 matches	5 victories	0 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Argentina1 match	Season total	Italy2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 25, 1979					Latest figure on July 05, 1982

Videos

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Comments

Key figures

Italy keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 18/05/1978). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/09/1976-17/11/1976 time period (4 matches).

Argentina keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Italy running (since 15/06/1961). It's a record streak. The first of history

Argentina keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win vs Italy at home running (since 15/06/1961). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArgentina 3-1 Bulgaria29/03/1978

VArgentina 2-0 Romania05/04/1978

VArgentina 3-1 League of Ireland XI19/04/1978

VArgentina 3-0 Uruguay03/05/1978

VArgentina 2-1 Hungary02/06/1978

VFrance 1-2 Argentina06/06/1978

Overall

VArgentina 2-0 Romania05/04/1978

VArgentina 3-1 League of Ireland XI19/04/1978

LUruguay 2-0 Argentina25/04/1978

VArgentina 3-0 Uruguay03/05/1978

VArgentina 2-1 Hungary02/06/1978

VFrance 1-2 Argentina06/06/1978

Current form

Away

LPortugal 2-1 Italy22/12/1976

VFinland 0-3 Italy08/06/1977

LGermany 2-1 Italy08/10/1977

LEngland 2-0 Italy16/11/1977

VBelgium 0-1 Italy21/12/1977

LSpain 2-1 Italy25/01/1978

Overall

VBelgium 0-1 Italy21/12/1977

LSpain 2-1 Italy25/01/1978

DItaly 2-2 France08/02/1978

DItaly 0-0 Yugoslavia18/05/1978

VItaly 2-1 France02/06/1978

VHungary 1-3 Italy06/06/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	10	3
Unbeaten streak	13	3
Drawless streak	10	13
Scoring streak	10	3
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	4
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	9	2
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Leopoldo Luque	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Paolo Rossi
Leopoldo Luque	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Daniel Passarella	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Daniel Passarella	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Osvaldo Ardiles	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Franco Causio
Osvaldo Ardiles	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Leopoldo Luque	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Paolo Rossi

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

1 gf

9 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

5 matches

1 v

1 d

3 l

3 gf

10 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

9 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

5 matches

3 v

1 d

1 l

10 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	June 24, 1956
Home	1 - 0	June 24, 1956

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	June 22, 1966
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

June 19, 1974 - Coupe du Monde 1974

Argentina

1 - 1

Italy

June 22, 1966 - Rencontres amicales 1966

Italy

3 - 0

Argentina

June 15, 1961 - Rencontres amicales 1961

Italy

4 - 1

Argentina

June 24, 1956 - Rencontres amicales 1956

Argentina

1 - 0

Italy

December 05, 1954 - Rencontres amicales 1954

Italy

2 - 0

Argentina

Best historical scorers against Italy

	René Houseman	1 goal	1974 - 1974
	Norberto Conde	1 goal	1956 - 1956

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1954. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Argentina

Omar Sivori	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Ezio Pascutti	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Amleto Frignani	1 goal	1954 - 1954
Bruno Mora	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Carlo Galli	1 goal	1954 - 1954
Francisco Lojacono	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1954. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Italy

Mario Kempes	1 match	1974 - 1974
Angel Labruna	1 match	1956 - 1956
Enrique Chazarreta	1 match	1974 - 1974
Norberto Conde	1 match	1956 - 1956
Juan Hector Guidi	1 match	1956 - 1956
José Yudica	1 match	1956 - 1956

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1954. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Argentina

Giovanni Viola	2 matches	1954 - 1956
Enrico Albertosi	2 matches	1961 - 1966
Giacinto Facchetti	2 matches	1966 - 1974
Tarcisio Burgnich	2 matches	1966 - 1974
Gianni Rivera	2 matches	1966 - 1974
Ardico Magnini	2 matches	1954 - 1956