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      • Number of participating teams: 16 Top scorer: Argentina’s Mario Kempes (6 goals) Number of games: 38 Total goals scored: 102 Average goals per game: 2.68 Highest scoring game: West Germany’s 6-0 win over Mexico on June 6 and Argentina’s 6-0 win over Peru on June 21 Total attendance: 1,610,215 Average attendance: 42,374 MAN OF THE TOURNAMENT
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  2. May 6, 2024 · Here is their captivating story in stats. 48. Argentina had gone 48 years without being on the World Cup podium until 1978 – the longest span between a country finishing in its top three. The ...

  3. Jun 7, 2020 · A hotel from hell, furious fans, a failed drugs test and perhaps the greatest victory in Scottish football mark out Argentina 1978 as the biggest debacle in Scotland's World Cup...

  4. Scotland qualified for the 1978 FIFA World Cup with victories over Czechoslovakia and Wales. During the build-up to the tournament, MacLeod fuelled the hopes of the nation by stating that Scotland would come home from Argentina with a medal.

  5. Jun 5, 2018 · Ally MacLeod hyped up Scotland's hopes in 1978, but his squad fell short in Argentina

  6. Nov 15, 2005 · The story of Scotland's participation in the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, from manager Ally MacLeod's pre-tournament optimism to the drama of games against Peru, Iran and Holland.

  7. MENDOZA, Jun. 11, 1978 (AMP) — Argentina 78 : Scotland defeated the Netherlands by a score of 3-2 (halftime: 1-1), in a World Cup group stage game on Sunday afternoon at the Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza. Archie Gemmill scored dual goals.

  8. The match was contested by hosts Argentina and the Netherlands, in the biggest stadium used in the tournament and in Argentina, the Estadio Monumental in the Argentine capital city of Buenos Aires. The match was won by the Argentine squad in extra time by a score of 31.

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