Football World Cup 1974 / Argentina

This article covers the Argentine national team at the 1974 World Cup in Germany .

qualification

Argentina qualified for the World Cup in a group of three. Opponents were Paraguay and Bolivia .

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Argentina	9: 2	7: 1
2	Paraguay	8: 5	5: 3
3	Bolivia	1:11	0: 8

September 9, 1973	Buenos Aires	Argentina	-	Bolivia	4: 0 (2: 0)	Brindisi 30 ', 43', Ayala 66 ', 75'
16th September 1973	Asunción	Paraguay	-	Argentina	1: 1 (1: 1)	Arrua 41 ', Ayala 33'
23rd September 1973	La Paz	Bolivia	-	Argentina	0: 1 (0: 1)	Fornari 17 '
7th October 1973	Buenos Aires	Argentina	-	Paraguay	3: 1 (1: 1)	Ayala 32 ', 57', Guerini 89 ', Escobar 22'

Argentine squad

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Daniel Carnevali	UD Las Palmas	December 04, 1946	5	0	0	0
12	Ubaldo Fillol	CA River Plate	07/21/1950	1	0	0	0
21st	Miguel Ángel Santoro	CA Independiente	02/27/1942	0	0	0	0
Defense
5	Ángel Bargas	FC Nantes	October 29, 1946	3	0	1	0
7th	Jorge Carrascosa	CA Huracan	08/15/1948	2	0	0	0
9	Rubén Glaria	CA San Lorenzo	03/10/1948	3	0	0	0
14th	Roberto Perfumo	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	10/03/1942	4th	0	2	0
16	Francisco Sá	CA Independiente	25.10.1945	5	0	0	0
19th	Néstor Togneri	Estudiantes de La Plata	11/27/1942	0	0	0	0
20th	Enrique Wolff	CA River Plate	02/21/1949	5	0	0	0
midfield
6th	Miguel Brindisi	CA Huracan	10/08/1950	5	1	0	0
8th	Enrique Chazarreta	CA San Lorenzo	07/29/1947	1	0	0	0
10	Ramón Heredia	Atlético Madrid	02/26/1951	6th	1	1	0
11	René Houseman	CA Huracan	07/19/1953	6th	3	1	0
15th	Aldo Poy	CA Rosario Central	09/14/1945	0	0	0	0
18th	Roberto Telch	CA San Lorenzo	11/06/1943	4th	0	0	0
attack
2	Rubén Ayala	Atlético Madrid	01/08/1950	6th	1	0	0
3	Carlos Babington	CA Huracan	09/20/1949	5	1	3	0
4th	Agustín Balbuena	CA Independiente	09/01/1945	4th	0	0	0
13	Mario Kempes	CA Rosario Central	07/15/1954	6th	0	0	0
17th	Carlos Squeo	Racing Club Avellaneda	06/04/1948	2	0	0	0
22nd	Héctor Yazalde	Sporting Lisbon	05/29/1946	3	2	0	0
Trainer
	Vladislao cap		07/05/1934

Argentine games at the 1974 World Cup

Preliminary round

• Argentina 2-3 Poland - Goals: 0-1 Lato (6th min.), 0-2 Szarmach (8th min.), 1: 2 Heredia (62nd min.), 1-3 Lato (64th min.) .), 2: 3 Babington (67th min.)
• Argentina 1-1 Italy - Goals: 1-0 Houseman (19th min.), 1-1 Perfumo (34th min. - own goal)
• Argentina 4-1 Haiti - Goals: 1-0 Yazalde (14th min.), 2-0 Houseman (18th min.), 3-0 Ayala (58th min.), 3-1 Sanon (63rd min .) .), 4: 1 Yazalde (67th min.)

The fourth goal by Yazalde in the 67th minute against Haiti was the decisive goal that put Argentina one goal ahead of Italy in the second final round as group runners-up behind Poland .

Second final round (Group A)

• Argentina 0-4 Netherlands - goals: 0-1 Cruyff (11th min.), 0-2 Krol (25th min.), 0-3 Rep (72nd min.), 0-4 Cruyff (90th min.) .)
• Argentina 1-2 Brazil - Goals: 0-1 Rivelino (31st min.), 1-1 Brindisi (34th min.), 1-2 Jairzinho (48th min.)
• Argentina 1-1 GDR goals: 0-1 strike (14th min.), 1: 1 Houseman (20th min.)

Argentina were eliminated as the bottom of the group.

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