Keep Your Shirt On: July 23, 1966
The 1966 World Cup quarter-final match behind Argentina and England produced some incredible scenes, none more infamous than the image of Argentinan captain Antonio Rattin refusing to leave the field after being sent off by officials for chastising the German referee. The match was full of hostility from the outset and continued after Rattin’s ejection. The rivarly behind Argentina and England as burned ever since—only worsened by Maradona’s “Hand of God” play.
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