Although Argentina were the defending champions, they had struggled through the group stage, finishing behind Cameroon and Romania, but advanced as the highest-ranked third-place finisher. Brazil, meanwhile, topped their group, winning all three matches.
They met in the first knockout round at Turin's Stadio Delle Alpi, where Brazilian defender Branco helped keep Diego Maradona in check. But during a pause in play, Branco drank from a water bottle handed to him by a member of the Argentinian staff. He later complained that he began feeling drowsy and was unable to keep up with Maradona, who completed a brilliant run with a pass to set up Claudio Caniggia (pictured) for the winning goal. Argentina eventually advanced all the way to the final, where they fell to West Germany 1-0.
Later, Maradona claimed that the water bottle Branco had been given was dosed with tranquilizers. Branco threatened to sue the Argentine Football Association, but they denied any knowledge of the event. Since dubbed the "holy water" scandal, it has added fuel to the already-intense rivalry between the two nations.
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ReplyDeleteAll bullshit. All lies and lies. Brazil lost as usual because they did not play well as it happens with Brazil.
ReplyDeleteI watched the match...Brazil should have won by at least 3goals to nil...but a combination of bad luck and anxiety in from of goal robbed them and maybe cheating from Argentina...I won't put it pass them...the only honourable and honesty team from Argentina was the 1986 team that won the world cup...even then they had the hand of God scsndal
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