The Battle of Santiago and other low points in soccer history
May 15th, 2008 by sharps
After our game tonight we we’re discussing some of the more spactacular events in Football’s (Soccer’s) history. I was surprised that not everyone had heard of the infamous Battle of Santiago (not to be confused with the naval battle of the same name).There really was nothing good about the game between Italy and 1962 World Cup hosts Chile - the first foul was just 12 seconds into the game and the first sending off occurred after just 12 minutes. Things rapidly deteriorated from there. Video of the lowlights below.
The 1962 Chile and Italy game was played before the introduction of Red and Yellow cards so it’s difficult to compare how bad it really was compared to modern games. Interestingly the first ever player to get a Red Card was also from Chile - Carlos Cazsely - during the 1974 World Cup.
A little bit of research turned up the most Red Cards handed out in any game was in 1993 between Sportivo Ameliano and General Caballero in Paraguay. A total of 20 cards were handed out after a 10 minute scuffle - which ultimately caused the game to end early.
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