Originally Posted by Tasty1

Can't be worse than this when French was stolen the Finals by a killer goalkeeper. And where Germany and Austria made a deal how much they would score (both went already further). The French should have gotten a penalty and schumacher a red card and the Germans and Austrians disqualified.

"Group 2 saw one of the great World Cup upsets on the first day with the 2–1 victory of Algeria over reigning European Champions West Germany. In the final match in the group, West Germany met Austria in a match later dubbed as the "Disgrace of Gijón". Algeria had already played their final group game the day before, and West Germany and Austria knew that a West German win by 1 or 2 goals would qualify them both, while a larger German victory would qualify Algeria over Austria, and a draw or an Austrian win would eliminate the Germans. After 10 minutes of all-out attack, West Germany scored through a goal by Horst Hrubesch. After the goal was scored, the two teams kicked the ball around aimlessly for the rest of the match. Chants of "Fuera, fuera" ("Out, out") were screamed by the Spanish crowd, while angry Algerian supporters waved banknotes at the players." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disgrace_of_Gij%C3%B3n


"Schumacher's action has been described as "one of history's most shocking fouls""