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{{Short description|World Cup final, held in Argentina}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox football match
| title = 1978 FIFA World Cup final
| image = 
| caption = 
| event = [[1978 FIFA World Cup]]
| team1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| team1association = {{flagdeco|ARG|1861|size=30px}}
| team1score = 3
| team2 = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
| team2association = {{flagdeco|NED|size=30px}}
| team2score = 1
| details = After [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]]
| date = 25 June 1978
| stadium = [[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti|Estadio Monumental]]
| city = [[Buenos Aires]]
| referee = [[Sergio Gonella]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
| attendance = 71,483
| weather = 
| previous = [[1974 FIFA World Cup final|1974]]
| next = [[1982 FIFA World Cup final|1982]]
}}
The '''1978 FIFA World Cup final''' was a [[association football|football]] match played to determine the winner of the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]]. The match was contested by hosts [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] and the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], on 25 June in the biggest stadium used in the tournament and in Argentina, the Estadio Monumental in the Argentine capital city of [[Buenos Aires]]. The match was won by the Argentine squad in extra time by a score of 3&ndash;1. [[Mario Kempes]], who finished as the tournament's top scorer, was named the man of the match. The Netherlands lost their second World Cup final in a row, both times to the host nation, after losing to West Germany in [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]. This was also the second World Cup tournament in a row and the third time in the last four tournaments, that the title was won by the host nation. It was the only World Cup final between [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]] and [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] that did not feature Germany or Brazil.

==Route to the final==
{| style="width:100%;text-align:center"
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#99CCFF"
!colspan="2"|Argentina
!Round
!colspan="2"|Netherlands
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|Result
||[[1978 FIFA World Cup#Group stage|First round]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|{{fb|HUN}}
|[[1978 FIFA World Cup Group 1#Argentina vs Hungary|2–1]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 1
|{{fb|IRN|1964}}
|[[1978 FIFA World Cup#Group 4|3–0]]
|-
|{{fb|FRA|1974}}
|[[1978 FIFA World Cup Group 1#Argentina vs France|2–1]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 2
|{{fb|PER}}
|[[1978 FIFA World Cup#Group 4|0–0]]
|-
|{{fb|ITA|1946}}
|[[1978 FIFA World Cup Group 1#Argentina vs Italy|0–1]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 3
|{{fb|SCO}}
|[[1978 FIFA World Cup#Group 4|2–3]]
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{fb|ITA|1946}}
|3||3||0||0||6||2||+4||'''6'''
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|'''{{fb|ARG|1861}}'''
|3||2||0||1||4||3||+1||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|FRA|1974}}
|3||1||0||2||5||5||0||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|HUN}}
|3||0||0||3||3||8||−5||'''0'''
|}
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Final standing
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{fb|PER}}
|3||2||1||0||7||2||+5||'''5'''
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|'''{{fb|NED}}'''
|3||1||1||1||5||3||+2||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|SCO}}
|3||1||1||1||5||6||−1||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|IRN|1964}}
|3||0||1||2||2||8||−6||'''1'''
|}
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#c1e0ff"
|Opponent
|Result
||[[1978 FIFA World Cup#Second round 2|Second round]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|{{fb|POL|1928}}
|[[1978 FIFA World Cup#Group B|2–0]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 1
|{{fb|AUT}}
|[[1978 FIFA World Cup Group A#Austria vs Netherlands|5–1]]
|-
|{{fb|BRA|1968}}
|[[1978 FIFA World Cup#Group B|0–0]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 2
|{{fb|FRG}}
|[[1978 FIFA World Cup Group A#Netherlands vs West Germany|2–2]]
|-
|{{fb|PER}}
|[[1978 FIFA World Cup#Group B|6–0]]
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Match 3
|{{fb|ITA|1946}}
|[[1978 FIFA World Cup Group A#Italy vs Netherlands|2–1]]
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|'''{{fb|ARG|1861}}'''
|3||2||1||0||8||0||+8||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|BRA|1968}}
|3||2||1||0||6||1||+5||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|POL|1928}}
|3||1||0||2||2||5||−3||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|PER}}
|3||0||0||3||0||10||−10||'''0'''
|}
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Final standing
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|'''{{fb|NED}}'''
|3||2||1||0||9||4||+5||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|ITA|1946}}
|3||1||1||1||2||2||0||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|FRG}}
|3||0||2||1||4||5||−1||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|AUT}}
|3||1||0||2||4||8||−4||'''2'''
|}
|}

==Match==

===Summary===
[[File:Kempes versus Holanda3.JPG|thumb|[[Mario Kempes]] scoring the first goal of the match]]
The start of the final was mired in controversy, as the Dutch accused the Argentines of using stalling tactics to delay the match, causing tension to build in front of a hostile [[Buenos Aires]] crowd. The host team eventually came out five minutes late after the audience was whipped into a frenzy. The Argentines also questioned the legality of a plaster cast on [[René van de Kerkhof]]'s wrist, despite him having worn it in earlier games without objections, causing the Dutch to threaten to walk off the pitch; the Italian referee, [[Sergio Gonella]], upheld the complaints and forced Van de Kerkhof to apply extra bandage.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19780626&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=2 goal Kempes sinks the Dutch |date=26 June 1978|work=Glasgow Herald |page=23|access-date=30 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2009/02/19/1116924/where-are-they-now-argentinas-1978-world-cup-winners|title=Where are they now: Argentina 1978 |date=9 February 2009|work=Goal.com|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221105850/http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2009/02/19/1116924/where-are-they-now-argentinas-1978-world-cup-winners|archive-date=21 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/jonathanstevenson/2010/05/the_story_of_the_1978_world_cu.html|title=The story of the 1978 World Cup |date=18 May 2010|work=BBC Sport|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513031533/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/jonathanstevenson/2010/05/the_story_of_the_1978_world_cu.html|archive-date=13 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In retaliation, the Netherlands team refused to attend the post-match ceremonies.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/news/1998/07/04/philjones_04/ CNN/SI - World Cup France '98 - The Netherlands pay back controversial loss to Argentina - Saturday July 4, 1998] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020210064841/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/news/1998/07/04/philjones_04/ |date=February 10, 2002 }}</ref>

The match itself saw a number of fouls, and a hostile atmosphere. Ticker tape and confetti in the stadium worked its way onto the pitch. [[Mario Kempes]] scored the first goal of the match, slotting under [[Jan Jongbloed]] from 12 yards out. The Netherlands almost equalised when [[Rob Rensenbrink]] latched onto to a headed pass from René van de Kerkhof, but the shot was kept out by the boot of [[Ubaldo Fillol]]. The Dutch eventually equalised when René van de Kerkhof's cross found substitute [[Dick Nanninga]], who headed home the equaliser. The Dutch could have won the game in the final minutes, when Rensenbrink latched onto a long ball poking a shot past Fillol, but the shot bounced off the post, and the match went to extra time. Kempes netted the eventual winner in the 105th minute after running into the box, evading two Dutch sliding tackles as he did so. Kempes' shot was saved by Jongbloed and Kempes jumped to avoid him, but the ball bounced off of Jongbloed and hit Kempes twice, first in the knee, then in the foot, before bouncing off Jongbloed's head, all before Kempes had even landed. The ball bounced high in the air, and two Dutch defenders came rushing to clear the ball from the open goal. Although the goal was officially given to Kempes, the replay from behind the goal showed that the ball might have come off [[Wim Suurbier]] last.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

[[Daniel Bertoni]] sealed the game in the second half of extra time after Kempes made a long run into the box, and was tackled by a Dutch defender. The ball ricocheted several times before landing at the feet of Bertoni, who had a clear sight of goal inside the box. Jongbloed was unsighted by the ricochet, and was thus out of position, allowing Bertoni to slot in easily.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/2EwfHjbeNV8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140706233317/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwfHjbeNV8&feature=autoshare Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwfHjbeNV8| title = 1978 WORLD CUP FINAL: Argentina 3-1 Netherlands | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Details===
<section begin=Final />{{footballbox
|date=25 June 1978
|time=15:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARG|1861}}
|score=3–1
|aet=yes
|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/argentina1978/matches/match/2198
|team2={{fb|NED}}
|goals1=[[Mario Kempes|Kempes]] {{goal|38||105}}<br />[[Daniel Bertoni|Bertoni]] {{goal|115}}
|goals2=[[Dick Nanninga|Nanninga]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Monumental (Buenos Aires)|River Plate Stadium]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance=71,483
|referee=[[Sergio Gonella]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
}}<section end=Final />
<section begin=Lineups />
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{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''5''' ||[[Ubaldo Fillol]]
|-
|RB ||'''15'''||[[Jorge Olguín]]
|-
|CB ||'''7''' ||[[Luis Galván]]
|-
|CB ||'''19'''||[[Daniel Passarella]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|LB ||'''20'''||[[Alberto Tarantini]]
|-
|DM ||'''6''' ||[[Américo Gallego]]
|-
|CM ||'''2''' ||[[Osvaldo Ardiles]] || {{yel|40}} || {{suboff|66}}
|-
|AM ||'''10'''||[[Mario Kempes]]
|-
|RW ||'''4''' ||[[Daniel Bertoni]]
|-
|LW ||'''16'''||[[Oscar Alberto Ortiz]] || || {{suboff|75}}
|-
|CF ||'''14'''||[[Leopoldo Luque]]
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF ||'''1''' ||[[Norberto Alonso]]
|-
|GK ||'''3''' ||[[Héctor Baley]]
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||[[Rubén Galván (footballer)|Rubén Galván]]
|-
|MF ||'''9''' ||[[René Houseman]] || || {{subon|75}}
|-
|MF ||'''12'''||[[Omar Larrosa]] || {{yel|93}} || {{subon|66}}
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="3"| [[César Luis Menotti]]
|}
|valign="top"|[[File:ARG-NED 1978-06-25.svg|300px]]
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''8''' ||[[Jan Jongbloed]]
|-
|SW ||'''5''' ||[[Ruud Krol]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || {{yel|15}}
|-
|RB ||'''6''' ||[[Wim Jansen]] || || {{suboff|73}}
|-
|CB ||'''22'''||[[Ernie Brandts]]
|-
|LB ||'''2''' ||[[Jan Poortvliet]] || {{yel|96}}
|-
|RM ||'''13'''||[[Johan Neeskens]]
|-
|CM ||'''9''' ||[[Arie Haan]]
|-
|LM ||'''11'''||[[Willy van de Kerkhof]]
|-
|RF ||'''10'''||[[René van de Kerkhof]]
|-
|CF ||'''16'''||[[Johnny Rep]] || || {{suboff|58}}
|-
|LF ||'''12'''||[[Rob Rensenbrink]]
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Adrie van Kraay]]
|-
|DF ||'''17'''||[[Wim Rijsbergen]]
|-
|FW ||'''18'''||[[Dick Nanninga]] || || {{subon|58}}
|-
|GK ||'''19'''||[[Pim Doesburg]]
|-
|DF ||'''20'''||[[Wim Suurbier]] || {{yel|94}} || {{subon|73}}
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="3"|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Ernst Happel]]
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%;font-size:90%"
|-
|style="width:50%;vertical-align:top"|
'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]'''
<br />[[Ramón Barreto]] ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])
<br />[[Erich Linemayr]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
<includeonly>|}</includeonly><section end=Lineups />
|style="width:50%;vertical-align:top"|
'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes
*30 minutes of [[Overtime (sports)|extra time]] if scores level
*Replay on 27 June if scores still level
*Five [[Substitute (association football)|substitutes]] named, maximum of two used
|}

==See also==
*[[Argentina–Netherlands football rivalry]]
*[[Argentina at the FIFA World Cup]]
*[[Netherlands at the FIFA World Cup]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080911231509/http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/goldkeep/Holland78/Argntna.htm 1978 FIFA World Cup Final holland78.net]
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