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GERMANY VS ALGERIA : A brief history and the revenge of the Disgrace of Gijon * Algeria is one of three teams in the world that Germany have never beaten. The other two are East Germany (does not exist anymore) and Egypt in 1954. Algeria beat Germany 2-0 at home in a friendly in 1964 and won 2-1 in the opener for both teams at the 1982 World Cup in Spain. * Algeria won 2-1 in the opener for both teams at the 1982 World Cup in Spain. However, in their third group game in 82 in Gijon, Germany scored in the 10th minute and for the next 80 minutes the Germans and the Austrians pushed the ball around without any real effort to score since that result allowed both to advance at the expense of Algeria. The game has come to be known as the Disgrace of Gijon Coach Low, however, dismissed any notion of a grudge match, stating: I find it irritating when I read that this is a match about vengeance. Most of the players on my team werent even born. Why should Algeria want to punish us? Its incomprehensible for me.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:55:03 +0000

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