The Disgrace of Gijón is the name given to a
1982 FIFA World Cup football match played
between West Germany and Austria at the El
Molinón stadium , Gijón , Spain, on 25 June
1982. The match was the last game of the
first-round Group 2, with Algeria and Chile
having played the day before. With the
outcome of that match already decided, a win
by one or two goals for West Germany would
result in both them and Austria qualifying at
the expense of Algeria, who had beaten West
Germany in the first game. West Germany took
the lead after 10 minutes, thereafter the
remaining 80 minutes was by
few serious attempts by either side to score.
Both sides were accused of match-fixing
although FIFA ruled that neither team broke
any rules. As a result of this, and similar events at the previous World Cup in Argentina, FIFA revised
the group system for future tournaments, so
that the final two games in each group would
be played simultaneously