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World Cup > WC 1978 Argentina

PERU – IRAN 4-1

Date: 11-06-1978
Stage: first round


Place: CORDOBA
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5) 
Commentary: english
My rating: ***
Notes: Cubillas,Cueto,Chumpitaz,Oblitas

MATCH SUMMARY

Sunday, 11 June 1978, 16:45

Estadio Chateau Carreras, Córdoba
Attendance: 25,000

Meteo: Clear, mild, 15°C

PERU

Ramón Quiroga
Jaime Duarte
Rodolfo Manzo
Rubén Díaz
Héctor Chumpitaz (c)
Juan José Muñante
César Cueto
Teófilo Cubillas
José Velásquez
Roberto Chale
Juan Carlos Oblitas

Coach: Marcos Calderón (PER)

67′ ↓Rodolfo Manzo ↑Germán Leguía

IRAN

Nasser Hejazi
Andranik Eskandarian
Mohammad Panjali
Hassan Nazari
Mohammad Panahi
Ali Parvin (c)
Hassan Rowshan
Alireza Azizi
Nasser Nouraei
Ghafour Jahani
Mohammad Sadeghi

Coach: Heshmat Mohajerani (IRN)

Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (POL)

Goals:
2′ José Velásquez, PER
36′ Teófilo Cubillas (penalty), PER
39′ Teófilo Cubillas (penalty), PER
41′ Hassan Rowshan, IRN
79′ Teófilo Cubillas, PER

Match overview

Peru advanced to the second round with a convincing 4-1 win over Iran. Cubillas scored a hat-trick, including two penalties, in a dominant display.

Trivia

This was Iran’s final match in their World Cup debut. Cubillas finished the group stage as one of the tournament’s top scorers.

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