Chile 1 - 0 Soviet Union
WC 1974 qualifiers play-offs · 1973-00-00 Referee: Rafael Hormazabal Diaz

Perfect grass

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The Chilean team did show up, if only to claim victory by default, They even scored a goal. To please the audience the Brazilian team Santos was asked to stand in for a friendly. Santos beat Chile 5-0.

report

This is from the FIFA report after they visited the National Stadium:
As mentioned before, the stadium is at present being used as a clearing station and the people in there are not prisoners but only detainees whose identity has to be established..... the stadium is under military guard and entry is only with a special pass. Inside the outer fencing everything appears to be normal and gardeners are working on the gardens. Inside the stadium itself the seats and pitches were empty and the remaining detainees were in the dressing room and other rooms. The grass on the pitch is in perfect conditions were the seating arrangements.... Outside the stadium approximately 50-100 people were waiting for news of their relatives who were still detained.

(from David Goldblatt: The Ball is Round. Goldblatt cites from a book by Sugden and Tomlinson)

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