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THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO
At the 1962 World Cup the “Battle of Santiago”, with an unprecedented brawl on the pitch that makes the game go down in history as the most violent ever. Fouls from the penal code not sanctioned, revenge, continuous impropriety. The English commentator David Coleman, before the recorded commentary of the match, presents it like this: “Good afternoon. The meeting you are about to attend is the most stupid, frightening, unpleasant and shameful football exhibitionprobably in the history of this sport ”
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