 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Kukakavadzana kwakapoteredza World Cup ya1978 kwaiva kwokuti Argentina yakanga yaitwa coup détat nemautohurumende yaro yezvematongerwe enyika makore maviri chete mukombe usati waitwa, iyo yakaisa hurumende yeudzvinyiriri inozivikanwa seNational Reorganization Process. Asingasviki gore rimwe World Cup isati yaitwa, muna September 1977, Gurukota rezvemukati menyika General Albano Harguindeguy, akataura kuti vanhu 5.618 vakanga vachangobva kutsakatika. Chikoro chakakurumbira cheHigher School of Mechanics of the Navy chinozivikanwa nechidimbu chayo chinonzi ESMA chakabata vasungwa vemusasa wevasungwa veDirty War uye avo vakabatwa vakabatwa vachinzi vaigona kunzwa mheremhere yevanhu panguva yemitambo yakaitirwa kuRwizi Plates Monumental Stadium, iri mamaira chete kure; zvichikurudzira kudzokorora kwaHitler naMussolini vanonzi vezvematongerwo enyika vezvemitambo panguva ye1936 Berlin Olimpiki uye 1934 FIFA World Cup. Nemhaka yemhirizhonga yezvematongerwe enyika, dzimwe nyika, zvikurukuru Netherlands, dzakarangarira pachena kana dzaifanira kutora rutivi muchiitiko chacho. Pasinei neizvi, mapoka ose pakupedzisira akapinda pasina ganhuriro. Zvisinei, kunyanya, nyeredzi yeDutch Johan Cruyff, uyo akakunda Golden Ball mu 1974 FIFA World Cup yapfuura, akaramba kutora chikamu mu 1978 World Cup, kunyange zvazvo akambotora chikamu mu 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification. Mhosva dzokuti Cruyff akaramba kutora rutivi nemhaka yezvitendero zvematongerwe enyika dzakarambwa naye makore 30 gare gare - iye nemhuri yake vakanga vave vanyajambwa vokuedza kubiwa mwedzi mishomanana mutambo usati waitika. Matsotsi anoverengeka akapinda mumba make muBarcelona usiku ndokumusunga iye nemhuri yake nepfuti. Kukakavadzana kwakawanda kwakakomberedza vakokwa, Argentina, sezvo mitambo yavo yose mumutambo wokutanga yakatanga usiku, zvichipa vaArgentina mukana wokuziva kuti vakamira kupi muboka. Iyi nhau yaizomuka zvakare muSpain 1982, iyo yakakurudzira FIFA kuchinja mitemo kuitira kuti mitambo miviri yekupedzisira yeboka muNdebe dzeNyika dzakazotevera dzaizotambwa panguva imwe chete. 