Argentina bought their way to the 1978 World Cup

During this time Argentina was going through an unpopular dictatorial regime which was becoming more and more unpopular. This was one of the reasons as to why Argentina paid the Peruvian government with 14,000 tons of grain and other loans in order to have the Peruvian National Football team sell themselves out and let themselves be defeated 6-0 in a game that left many doubtful. The Peruvian government through the “Condor Plan” was also was given help in getting rid of the opposition, thirteen of which were sent to secret prisons in Argentina whom were eventually freed with the help of the relatives and the international community. The government of France paid for the tickets to have the prisoners flown out of Argentina whom eventually came back to Peru at the end of the Peruvian dictatorship of Francisco Morales Bermudez.