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The Guardian·16 days ago

France deliver knockout punch to Paraguay in the Battle of Philadelphia

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“Good evening.

The game you are about to see is the most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football in the history of the game.” Were David Coleman still around, then perhaps the highlights package of France 1-0 Paraguay at the Geopolitics World Cup would have received similar words to Chile 2-0 Italy back in 1962.

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