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The '''Battle of Santiago''' ({{lang-it|Battaglia di Santiago}}, {{lang-es|Batalla de Santiago}}) is the name given to a particularly unsavoury and infamous ] match during the ]. It was a game played between host ] and ] on 2 June 1962 in ].<ref name="guardian">{{cite news | title=The Knowledge (November 6, 2003) | work=Guardian Online (UK) | url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/news/theknowledge/0,,1079146,00.html | accessdate=26 June 2006 | location=London | first=Scott | last=Murray | date=6 November 2003}}</ref> The referee was ] who later went on to invent yellow and red cards.<ref></ref> The '''Battle of Santiago''' ({{langx|it|Battaglia di Santiago}}, {{langx|es|Batalla de Santiago}}) was a ] match during the ], played between the hosts ] and ] on 2 June 1962 in ].<ref name="guardian">{{cite news | title=Battle of Santiago |first=Scott |last=Murray |date=6 November 2003 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/news/theknowledge/0,,1079146,00.html |accessdate=26 June 2006 |location=London}}</ref> It gained its nickname from the level of violence seen in the game, in which two players were sent off, numerous punches were thrown and police intervention was required four times. The referee was ], who later went on to invent ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/developing/refereeing/news/newsid=80623.html |title=Ken Aston – the inventor of yellow and red cards |date=15 January 2002 |website=FIFA.com |accessdate=21 October 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606022246/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/developing/refereeing/news/newsid=80623.html |archivedate=6 June 2008}}</ref>


==Details== ==Background==
In this Group B clash, already heightened tensions between the two football teams were exacerbated by the description of ] in crude terms by two Italian journalists, {{Interlanguage link|Antonio Ghirelli|it}} and Corrado Pizzinelli; they had written that Santiago was a backwater dump where "the phones don't work, taxis are as rare as faithful husbands, a cable to Europe costs an arm and a leg and a letter takes five days to turn up", and its population as prone to "malnutrition, illiteracy, alcoholism and poverty. Chile is a small, proud and poor country: it has agreed to organise this World Cup in the same way as ] agreed to send our air force to bomb London (they didn't arrive). The capital city has 700 hotel beds. Entire neighbourhoods are given over to open prostitution. This country and its people are proudly miserable and backwards."<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HV4i32LWwXwC&q=chile+vs+italy+1962+the+phones+don%27t+work&pg=PA115 |title=How to Win the World Cup |first=Graham |last=McColl |date=10 June 2010 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1-4070-5732-3 |page=115 |accessdate=21 October 2017 |via=Google Books}}</ref> Chilean newspapers fired back, describing Italians in general as fascists, mafiosos, oversexed, and, because some of ]'s players had recently been involved in a doping scandal, drug addicts.<ref name="US Soccer Players">{{cite web |url=http://www.ussoccerplayers.com/the-battle-of-santiago |title=The Battle of Santiago |first=Ken |last=Pendleton |date=16 March 2007 |website=US Soccer Players |accessdate=21 October 2017}}</ref> The Italian journalists involved were forced to flee Chile, while an Argentinian scribe mistaken for an Italian in a Santiago bar was beaten up and hospitalised.<ref name="guardian"/>
In this Group 2 clash, already heightened tensions between the two football teams were exacerbated by the description of ] in crude terms by two Italian journalists.<ref name="guardian"/> Chile's organization and preparation of the tournament had been severely disrupted by the ], the strongest earthquake ever recorded in human history. Italian articles were used and magnified by local newspapers to inflame the Chilean population. The journalists, Antonio Ghirelli and Corrado Pizzinelli, had to leave the country before the World Cup fearing for their own safety: a few days before the match an Argentinian journalist, mistaken for an Italian, was beaten up in a bar in Santiago.


Chile's organisation of and preparation for the tournament had been severely disrupted by the ], the strongest earthquake ever recorded in human history. Articles in the Italian papers '']'' and '']'' were saying that allowing Chile to host the World Cup was "pure madness"; this was used and magnified by local newspapers to inflame the Chilean population. The British newspaper the '']'' wrote "The tournament shows every sign of developing into a violent bloodbath. Reports read like battlefront despatches. Italy vs Germany was described as 'wrestling and warfare.'"<ref name="sbrntn180322th"> Retrieved January 22, 2022.</ref>{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
The first foul occurred within 12 seconds of the kick-off.<ref name="guardian"/> Italy's ] was sent off in the twelfth minute after a foul on ], but refused to leave the pitch and had to be dragged off by policemen. Landa retaliated with a punch few minutes later, but he was not sent off.


==Match==
English referee ] overlooked a punch by Chilean ] to Italian ], which had come in retaliation for being fouled seconds earlier. When David kicked Sanchez in the head a few minutes later, he was sent off.


===Summary===
In the violence that continued, Sanchez broke ]'s nose with a left hook, but Aston did not send him off. The two teams engaged in scuffles and spitting, and police had to intervene three more times. Chile won the match 2–0 (74' Ramírez; 88' Toro).
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The first foul occurred within 35 seconds of kick-off.<ref></ref> Italy's ] was sent off in the eighth minute after a foul on ], but refused to leave the pitch and had to be dragged off by policemen.<ref></ref> In the ensuing scramble, Chilean outside-left ] broke ]'s nose with a left hook punch, but English referee ] did not notice the foul as he was busy telling Ferrini to leave the field.<ref></ref> In the 38th minute of the first half, Sánchez slapped Italian right-back ] in the face, in retaliation for being fouled seconds earlier. Although the linesman was only a few metres away, Sánchez escaped punishment again. When David attempted to kick Sánchez in the head a few minutes later, he was sent off.<ref name="guardian"/><ref name="US Soccer Players" /> The two teams engaged in scuffles and spitting, and police had to intervene three more times.<ref></ref>


Chile won the match 2–0, with a headed goal from ] and a low long-range shot from ], both in the last 16 minutes.<ref></ref>
When highlights from the match were shown on British television a couple of days later (not the same night, because film of matches still had to be flown back), the match was famously introduced by BBC sports commentator ] as "the most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football, possibly in the history of the game."<ref name="guardian"/>


Aston, who had now refereed both of Chile's matches, never oversaw a World Cup match again, becoming a senior member of the refereeing committees of the ] and ] championships.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
==Match details==
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In his work ''The Complete Book of the World Cup'' (Harper Sport), Cris Freddi described the match as "…a horror show, the last of the three great World Cup slugfests." On the same day, ] beat ] 3–1 with both teams having a player sent off – ] and ] – and Freddi wrote of their opening match against ]: "Chile responded with some grim tackling, a feature of this World Cup. Aston booked ] then ] but should have sent both off when they came to blows a few minutes later."{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
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When highlights from the match were shown on British television a couple of days later (not the same night, because film of matches had to be flown back to the UK), the match was introduced by BBC sports commentator ] as "the most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football, possibly in the history of the game."<ref name="sbrntn180322th"/><ref> Retrieved January 22, 2022.</ref> Stones were thrown at some Italian players at their training camp.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
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Coleman also observed that it was the first meeting between the sides and "we hope it will be the last."<ref name="sbrntn180322th"/> However, the sides were drawn together at the ] and met at ]'s ] ground with Italy winning 2&ndash;0. The rematch also featured unsportsmanlike play but to a lesser degree.<ref> Retrieved January 22, 2022.</ref>{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
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Latest revision as of 05:43, 29 December 2024

This article is about an association football match. For real battles and other uses, see Battle of Santiago.

Football match
1962 FIFA World Cup
Group 2
Italy's Giorgio Ferrini being removed from the pitch by Carabineros de Chile policemen
Chile Italy
Chile Italy
2 0
Date2 June 1962
VenueEstadio Nacional, Santiago de Chile
RefereeKen Aston (England)
Attendance66,057

The Battle of Santiago (Italian: Battaglia di Santiago, Spanish: Batalla de Santiago) was a football match during the 1962 FIFA World Cup, played between the hosts Chile and Italy on 2 June 1962 in Santiago. It gained its nickname from the level of violence seen in the game, in which two players were sent off, numerous punches were thrown and police intervention was required four times. The referee was Ken Aston, who later went on to invent yellow and red cards.

Background

In this Group B clash, already heightened tensions between the two football teams were exacerbated by the description of Santiago in crude terms by two Italian journalists, Antonio Ghirelli [it] and Corrado Pizzinelli; they had written that Santiago was a backwater dump where "the phones don't work, taxis are as rare as faithful husbands, a cable to Europe costs an arm and a leg and a letter takes five days to turn up", and its population as prone to "malnutrition, illiteracy, alcoholism and poverty. Chile is a small, proud and poor country: it has agreed to organise this World Cup in the same way as Mussolini agreed to send our air force to bomb London (they didn't arrive). The capital city has 700 hotel beds. Entire neighbourhoods are given over to open prostitution. This country and its people are proudly miserable and backwards." Chilean newspapers fired back, describing Italians in general as fascists, mafiosos, oversexed, and, because some of Inter Milan's players had recently been involved in a doping scandal, drug addicts. The Italian journalists involved were forced to flee Chile, while an Argentinian scribe mistaken for an Italian in a Santiago bar was beaten up and hospitalised.

Chile's organisation of and preparation for the tournament had been severely disrupted by the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the strongest earthquake ever recorded in human history. Articles in the Italian papers La Nazione and Corriere della Sera were saying that allowing Chile to host the World Cup was "pure madness"; this was used and magnified by local newspapers to inflame the Chilean population. The British newspaper the Daily Express wrote "The tournament shows every sign of developing into a violent bloodbath. Reports read like battlefront despatches. Italy vs Germany was described as 'wrestling and warfare.'"

Match

Summary

One of the countless disputes between the Italian footballers and the referee Aston

The first foul occurred within 35 seconds of kick-off. Italy's Giorgio Ferrini was sent off in the eighth minute after a foul on Honorino Landa, but refused to leave the pitch and had to be dragged off by policemen. In the ensuing scramble, Chilean outside-left Leonel Sánchez broke Humberto Maschio's nose with a left hook punch, but English referee Ken Aston did not notice the foul as he was busy telling Ferrini to leave the field. In the 38th minute of the first half, Sánchez slapped Italian right-back Mario David in the face, in retaliation for being fouled seconds earlier. Although the linesman was only a few metres away, Sánchez escaped punishment again. When David attempted to kick Sánchez in the head a few minutes later, he was sent off. The two teams engaged in scuffles and spitting, and police had to intervene three more times.

Chile won the match 2–0, with a headed goal from Jaime Ramírez and a low long-range shot from Jorge Toro, both in the last 16 minutes.

Aston, who had now refereed both of Chile's matches, never oversaw a World Cup match again, becoming a senior member of the refereeing committees of the 1966 and 1970 championships.

In his work The Complete Book of the World Cup (Harper Sport), Cris Freddi described the match as "…a horror show, the last of the three great World Cup slugfests." On the same day, Yugoslavia beat Uruguay 3–1 with both teams having a player sent off – Vladimir Popović and Ángel Rubén Cabrera – and Freddi wrote of their opening match against Switzerland: "Chile responded with some grim tackling, a feature of this World Cup. Aston booked Eschmann then Rojas but should have sent both off when they came to blows a few minutes later."

Aftermath

When highlights from the match were shown on British television a couple of days later (not the same night, because film of matches had to be flown back to the UK), the match was introduced by BBC sports commentator David Coleman as "the most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football, possibly in the history of the game." Stones were thrown at some Italian players at their training camp.

Coleman also observed that it was the first meeting between the sides and "we hope it will be the last." However, the sides were drawn together at the 1966 World Cup and met at Sunderland's Roker Park ground with Italy winning 2–0. The rematch also featured unsportsmanlike play but to a lesser degree.

Details

Chile 2–0 Italy
Ramírez 73'
Toro 87'		 Report
Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 66,057Referee: Kenneth Aston (England)
Chile Italy

GK1Misael Escuti
RB2Luis Eyzaguirre
CB5Carlos Contreras
CB3Raúl Sánchez
LB4Sergio Navarro (c)
RH8Jorge Toro
LH6Eladio Rojas
OR7Jaime Ramírez
IR9Honorino Landa
IL10Alberto Fouilloux
OL11Leonel Sánchez
Manager: Fernando Riera
GK12Carlo Mattrel
RB18Mario David Red card 41'
CB19Francesco Janich
CB4Sandro Salvadore
LB16Enzo Robotti
RH20Paride Tumburus
LH21Giorgio Ferrini Red card 8'
OR7Bruno Mora (c)
IR9José Altafini
IL8Humberto Maschio
OL11Giampaolo Menichelli
Manager: Paolo Mazza

Linesmen:
Leo Goldstein (Israel)
Fernando Buergo Elcuaz (Mexico)

See also

References

  1. ^ Murray, Scott (6 November 2003). "Battle of Santiago". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 June 2006.
  2. "Ken Aston – the inventor of yellow and red cards". FIFA.com. 15 January 2002. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  3. McColl, Graham (10 June 2010). How to Win the World Cup. Random House. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-4070-5732-3. Retrieved 21 October 2017 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Pendleton, Ken (16 March 2007). "The Battle of Santiago". US Soccer Players. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  5. ^ Burnton, Simon. "World Cup stunning moments: The Battle of Santiago," The Guardian, Thursday 22 March 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  7. Azzurri Almanac: Battle Scars
  11. Italy v Chile World Cup 1962 The Battle of Santiago – YouTube (via broodje80). Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  12. Gillan, Tony. "When the World Cup came to Roker Park and it ended in disaster for Italy," Sunderland Echo, Sunday 11 July 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.

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