The former midfielder of the USSR national team and Spartak Moscow, ex-general director of the club Sergey Shavlo, in an interview with our newspaper, spoke about the possibilities of returning the red-whites to the leading positions and predicted Zenit a victory in tomorrow's match over Rubin.
- Sergei Dmitrievich, Spartak, after the victory over Anji, approached Zenit at a distance of two victories (although Sergei Semak's team has a game in hand with Rubin). Has the game crisis of the Red-Whites been overcome with the arrival of a new coach?
- Now new trends are visible in the game, with Kononov it is built differently training process. Emphasis has been placed on technical equipment footballers. Kononov says that now “Spartak shows only 20 percent of what he wants to see. The team is going in the right direction, we need to start playing quickly, with one touch, which was already visible in the match against Anji. In Dagestan, the game was brought to its logical conclusion. When all the players recover, Spartak will add an order of magnitude more.

Spartak have chances in Spain if they play well in defense

- But all these changes will occur, albeit in the not very distant, but in the future. And Spartak has a key game in Spain with Villarreal in three days. How likely do you see an away victory and reaching the 1/16 finals of the Europa League?
- Spartak players understand the importance of this game. But the fatigue factor can play its role, because the last month the team has been working in an extremely busy mode. There were a lot of matches: the Russian Cup, the championship, the Europa League. Now there will be a short pause (clean three days), I hope that the players will recover. The main thing is that Fernando, the football player who determines the game of Spartak, is in order. In the future, I pin my hopes on Zobnin, who underwent surgery. Spartak is in a positive mood now, but one must understand that Villarreal will act aggressively at home. Fast technical aggressive football awaits Spartak in Spain. Therefore, a lot depends on how reliable the team will act in defense. If we play clearly, then there will be chances. If we make mistakes, which were enough this season, it will be difficult. After all, not only Spartak realizes that if they win, they move on, but Villarreal also understands that if they lose, they are relegated. This additionally warms up the degree of the upcoming game. I hope for an interesting confrontation and that Spartak will make every effort to go further.

Paredes needs to be dealt with.

- Do you think now "Zenith" the strongest team Russia? Do you have an understanding of what Sergei Semak wants to achieve from the team, who is still only at the beginning of his journey?
- I think that the team was assembled under Mancini. A certain playing style has developed. It’s just that Sergei Bogdanovich first figured out who in what position could bring more benefit. There was a search of players in Zenit, they said goodbye to someone. Zenit started very briskly, scored points, but at some point slowed down. Dzyuba plays a major role in attack, but he got a little tired after the World Cup, and many now know how he plays, they try to keep him tight. If Artyom doesn't get help from his partners, if he can't interact with them, then not everything works out for him in attack.
Zenit makes a lot of mistakes in defense, unforgivable mistakes that lead to defeats. Semak is trying to make a playing team. He has enough players, so it only remains to decide who is completely devoted to the game and corresponds in terms of level. Surely it is necessary to deal with some players who want to leave for other championships, with Paredes the same. If they offer good money, they may have to let him go.
In the spring we will see a rested Zenit and an interesting fight awaits us, because Krasnodar is very close. Spartak and CSKA are also not far behind, they will try to catch up. Rostov can also be considered one of the contenders for European cups. Karpin's team is solid, it is strong with a tight game in defense, but let's see how the Rostovites go through the whole season. Despite the defeat from Krylia, I think they played well in the first part of the championship.

Krasnodar is an upstart, but with a good game

- Which of the three teams poses the greatest threat to Zenit: Spartak, CSKA or Lokomotiv? We do not take Krasnodar into this calculation, because it is very close.
- There is a constant confrontation between Moscow and St. Petersburg. In recent seasons, the championship was won by Lokomotiv, Spartak and CSKA. Of course, Zenit wants to become a champion, to regain the title. For a long time, the St. Petersburg team has not won the championship, so they will struggle to maintain the existing gap from their pursuers. Spartak and CSKA are experienced teams, they know how to win the championship. Krasnodar is an upstart, but has good game. The three named teams have an interesting game on this moment they know how to score.
CSKA, Spartak and Lokomotiv have quality players and know what it's like to win the championship. Much depends on how the season resumes, how the teams prepare. It is difficult for me to single out one of the Zenit pursuers, because in fact, so far everyone is nearby. It is important that Spartak will host many teams at home in the spring. And with Krasnodar, and with Zenit, and with CSKA we have to play at home. Although we should not forget that this year Spartak does not always win at home, because in the fall there was a series of four home defeats, which I don’t remember at all before. I hope that Kononov draws conclusions and this will not happen again. I wish the fans that the fight in the spring will be interesting and intense.
- Zenit plays at home against Rubin on Sunday. Out of 16 matches, the team of Kurban Berdyev finished 10 in a draw. Will we have another draw?
- If Kazan didn't have so many draws, they would probably be higher in standings would score more points. Semak adopted some qualities from Berdyev. Calmness, which is inherent in him, for example. Semak knows how to control himself, soberly look at what is happening and analyze. It is difficult to guess what kind of game will be in St. Petersburg. One thing is clear: without the quality of the line-up like Zenit, the guests will play defensively. They will hope for fast attacks, for which there are performers. Even without Azmun, there are players who are able to shoot in a counterattack.
Well, Zenit, of course, will try to win the last home match in the year - waiting for us interesting game. A lot depends on who scores first, but I prefer Zenit.
Konstantin Romin.

List of matches for England's most principled rivals

Matches of principal rivals on the football field always arouse great interest and excitement. The players of both teams give their best to football fields more than 100 percent, and football fans ready to go with your favorite team and support it in any other city. Such football matches It is customary to call the derby - a meeting of the most principled rivals. Football portal today oursoccer will tell its readers about the most fundamental English derbies. After all, in the homeland of football, the most ardent fans in the world, which only adds spice to the fundamental competition.

Matches between the two London teams have always aroused great interest from the fans. Since 1930, the number of spectators at matches has been constantly growing. In 2000, Chelsea London received a significant financial investment and the competition became even fiercer. These teams played their first match in November 1907. Already at that time, about 65,000 fans came to watch the teams play. One of the main confrontations between the capital teams is called London derby.

Another principled rivalry between the two London clubs was named - North London derby. This confrontation involves two clubs from the northern part of the capital of England - Arsenal and Tottenham. For the first time these teams met each other on November 19, 1887, in friendly match. The first game in the national championship took place on December 4, 1909, the match ended with the victory of the London Arsenal with a score of 1: 0. In 1913, the gunners moved to new stadium, which was very close to the Tottenham stadium. Since then, the teams have become principal rivals.

West Ham United and Millwall football club confrontation has been named East London derby. The feud between the fans of these clubs began in the early 20th century. Already in 1906, the first fight between fans of both teams took place. Both clubs are located in neighboring areas, which gives sharpness to their rivalry. In 1926, there was a general strike in England, and West Ham fans supported it. However, the population living in the area where Millwall was based did not support this strike, which caused anger from the neighbors. Since then, the confrontation between these teams has been considered one of the most violent in Europe. A film was made about the fans of the West Ham football club - Green Street Hooligans.

Derby between two football clubs from the city of Liverpool, which is located in the county of Merseyside is called - Merseyside derby. At present, the confrontation between these clubs has become more friendly and is not of a violent nature. In many families living in Liverpool, you can meet fans of both one and the other team.

One of the most fundamental conflicts football teams England is the rivalry between Manchester United and Liverpool, which is called the North West Derby. Both teams are located in the North West of England, hence the name. The clubs are among the most titled teams in England. The rivalry between the teams dates back to when the two cities of Manchester and Liverpool were vying for dominance in the North West of England. The rivalry between the teams is also of interest to football fans. Since 1964, there has not been a single transfer from Manchester to Liverpool or vice versa. Players who played for both clubs did not get into the other team directly.

The confrontation between the football clubs Manchester United and Leeds United was called the confrontation of roses or derby roses. The history of the name of this derby originates from the enmity of two cities - Lancashire and Yorkshire. So from history, everyone knows the war of the scarlet and white roses in the 15th century. Since then, hostility between these cities began. From the beginning of the 70s of the twentieth century, hooligan groups began to appear in England and violent skirmishes between the two groups began to arise constantly. Law enforcement agencies were not always able to cope with the fans, and often after the matches of these teams, many ended up in hospital beds.

The confrontation between two teams from Manchester - Manchester United and Manchester City in England is called Mancunian derby (Manchester derby). Both teams are located in the same city, which undoubtedly arouses great interest in the game of these teams. Manchester United played their first match on November 12, 1881, United won 3-0. Before the Second World War, the teams were on friendly terms, often the fans of one of the teams came to support the other at the stadium. However, since the 1950s, relations between the clubs began to deteriorate. And in the 70s of the twentieth century it became super cruel. Currently, both clubs are the leading teams in England and the game between them is of great interest to football fans from all over the world.

East Anglian Derby (Norwich City - Ipswich Town)

The confrontation between two football teams - Norwich City and Ipswich Town, is called East Anglian derby. Sometimes the confrontation between the two teams is jokingly called " Old farm derby". Matches between these clubs are always held in great tension and arouse the interest of fans. Often, fans of both teams arrange fights between themselves.

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At the end of the article about the most significant confrontations between football teams from England, I would like to supplement it with a few more derbies:

Aston Villa - Birmingham City (Birmingham Derby)

West Bromwich - Wolverhampton Wolverhampton (black country derby)

Newcastle - Sunderland - (Tyne Wear Derby)

Middlesbrough – Newcastle (Tyne Tees Derby)

Fulham v Chelsea (West London Derby)

Leeds v Chelsea (London-Yorkshire derby)

Leicester City – Coventry City (M69 Derby)

Reading – Swindon Town (M4 Derby)

Cardiff City – Swansea City (Welsh Derby)

Barnet – Wimbledon (Northern Line Derby)

Shrewsbury Town – Hereford United (Derby A49)

Derby County – Nottingham Forest (East Midlands Derby)

Leyton Orient – ​​Cambridge United (M11 Derby)

Gallam Sheffield (Oldest football derby in the world)

Farnborough – Aldershot Town (Rushmoor Derby)

Notts County – Nottingham Forest (Nottingham Derby)

Bristol Rovers – Bristol City (Bristol Derby)

Peterborough United – Cambridge United (Cambridgeshire Derby)

Bradford Park Avenue – Bradford City (Bradford Derby)

Burnley v Blackburn Rovers (East Lancashire derby)

Southend United – Colchester United (Essex Derby)

Grimsby Town - Scunthorpe United (North Lincolnshire Derby)

Cardiff City – Bristol City (Severnside Derby)

Portsmouth – Southampton (South Coast Derby)

Bradford City v Leeds United (West Yorkshire Derby) Forward

June 14, 2016 marks forty-seven years since the start of one of the most curious military conflicts of the 20th century - the "Football War" between El Salvador and Honduras, which lasted exactly a week - from July 14 to 20, 1969. The immediate cause for the outbreak of conflict was the loss of the team of Honduras to the team of El Salvador in the play-off matches of the qualifying stage of the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Despite the "frivolous" cause, the conflict had rather deep reasons. Among them are the issues of demarcation of the state border - El Salvador and Honduras disputed certain territories from each other, and the trade advantages that the more developed El Salvador had in the framework of the organization of the Central American Common Market. In addition, the military juntas that ruled both countries saw the search for an external enemy as a way to distract the population from pressing internal problems.

Let's find out the details of this conflict...

It is well known that football in Latin America has always stood and stands in a special place. However, considering the history of the development of this conflict, it should be noted that the football confrontation was not in itself the true cause of the tragedy. Many previous events slowly but inevitably led to the sad end of relations between the two Central American states, but it was precisely the final qualifying match between the teams of these countries was the last straw that overflowed the flaming bowl.

There are a number of theories regarding the appearance of the name of the state of Honduras, but none of them today has scientific confirmation. According to one legend, the name of the country comes from a phrase Columbus uttered in 1502 during his fourth and last voyage to the New World. His ship managed to survive in a strong storm, and the famous navigator said: “I thank God that he gave us a chance to get out of these depths” (Gracias a Dios que hemos salido de estas honduras). This statement gave the name to the nearby Cape Gracias a Dios (Cabo Gracias a Dios) and the area to the west of it - the country of Honduras (Honduras).

El Salvador, being a small in area, but the most densely populated Central American state, had a developed economy in the second half of the last century, but experienced a shortage of land suitable for cultivation. The main part of the land in the country was controlled by a narrow circle of landowners, which led to a "land hunger" and the resettlement of peasants in a neighboring country - Honduras. Honduras was territorially much larger, not so densely populated and economically less developed.

Relations between neighbors began to escalate in the early sixties, when numerous immigrants from El Salvador began to occupy and cultivate neighboring lands, illegally crossing the border in different places and in fact taking away work from the indigenous inhabitants of the country, thereby causing their well-founded discontent. By January 1969, the number of such defectors, seekers a better life on the territory of Honduras, according to various estimates, amounted to from one hundred to three hundred thousand people. The prospect of dominance in the economy and the dominance of the Salvadorans gave rise to strong public irritation, fearing for the possible territorial redistribution of the lands illegally seized by the Salvadorans, the nationalist organizations of Honduras since 1967 have tried in every possible way to draw the attention of the authorities to the current situation by organizing strikes and rallies, as well as holding mass civil actions . In parallel with this, the peasant population of Honduras more and more urgently demanded the reform of agriculture and the redistribution of land throughout the country. The dictator of the classical type, Osvaldo López Arellano, who came to power through a coup, seemed smart to look for the extreme in the person of immigrants from El Salvador who were objectionable to the majority of the country's inhabitants.

A couple of years later, Arellano, with his mediocre management, finally drove the country's economy into a corner. The main cause of all economic problems in Honduras, the decline in wages and high level Unemployment became again uninvited neighbors from El Salvador. In 1969, the authorities refused to renew the 1967 immigration treaty, and in April of the same year, the country's government passed a law according to which all immigrants who cultivate land without legal documentary evidence of ownership were deprived of their property and could be expelled from the country to any moment. It should be noted that at the same time, this legislative act bypassed the lands of oligarchs and foreign companies, among which one of the largest at that time was the American corporation United Fruit Company.

The United Fruit Company, or United Fruit Company, was a powerful American corporation that shipped tropical fruits from the Third World to the United States and Europe. The company was founded on March 30, 1899 and had the support of the ruling circles of the United States. Its heyday came at the beginning and middle of the last century, when it controlled many agricultural territories and transport networks in Central America, the West Indies, Ecuador and Colombia. Of the main patrons, it is worth noting the Dulles brothers (CIA Director Allen Dulles and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles) and President Eisenhower. The company provided strong influence on the political and economic development of a number of Latin American states and was a typical example of the impact of a transnational corporation on the life of the "banana republics".

United Fruit Company's current successor is Chiquita Brands International. On March 14, 2007, the company was fined $25 million by the US Department of Justice on charges of collaborating with Colombian military groups that are on the list of terrorist organizations.

The heat of passions was also facilitated by the Honduran print media, in which articles about immigrants constantly appeared, depicting them as cruel, illiterate, humiliating the local population of illegal migrants. At the same time, seeing a serious threat quiet life wealthy Salvadorans in the return of homeless and unemployed compatriots to their homeland, the media of El Salvador published articles about the disenfranchised position of their immigrants in Honduras, their mistreatment and increasing murders in neighboring territory. As a result, relations between the two border states became extremely strained, suspicions and hatred grew.

Fearing for own lives, having lost their income from cultivating land, Salvadorans began to return back to their homeland. A display of refugees and their frightening stories filled the TV screens and the pages of the Salvadoran newspapers. Rumors circulated everywhere about the violence of the Honduran military expelling immigrants. By June 1969, the number of returnees reached sixty thousand, and the mass exodus created a tense situation on the Salvadoran-Honduran border, where things sometimes came to armed clashes.

At the same time, the Salvadoran public services were not ready for the arrival of such a large number of refugees, at the same time the political situation sharply worsened, discontent intensified in society, threatening to lead to a social explosion. In order to regain the support of the population, the government needed success in the confrontation with the Republic of Honduras.

Soon the political elite of the country announced that the lands owned by Salvadoran immigrants in Honduras would become part of El Salvador, thus increasing its territory by one and a half times. Local print media immediately began to present the resettlement of their compatriots “deceived by the government of Honduras” as expulsion from their lawful lands.

The conflict came to its climax when the teams of the two warring neighbors agreed on the results of the draw in the qualifying stage of the world football championship. A special love, a kind of religion, with which every inhabitant of Latin America, from yard punks to political leaders, relates to football, contributed to the fact that the mood of the fans at any moment could develop into both a stormy celebration and a dangerous brawl. In addition, in anticipation of the start qualifying games During the World Cup, the print media of both countries fomented the growing political conflict in every possible way, not hesitating in expressions and adding fuel to the extremely heated situation between the ruling circles and the population of El Salvador and Honduras.

When on June 8, 1969, in Tegucigalpa (the capital and at the same time the largest city of Honduras), during the first qualifying match, the Honduras national team won thanks to the only ball that hit the gates of the Salvadorans in the extra time appointed by the judge, the fury of the fans of the losing team resulted in a serious clash. As a result of the conflict that seized the stands and the playing field, a local landmark almost burned down - central Stadium capital of Honduras.

After the first match on June 15, the return match took place at the opponent's stadium in San Salvador (respectively, the capital of El Salvador). And although the hosts won a convincing victory, defeating the national team of Honduras and scoring three unanswered goals, this revenge could not be called clean. On the eve of the match, the Honduran athletes, according to their own stories, did not sleep because of the noise and unrest in the street. Moreover, that night, practically in their underwear, they had to leave their own rooms and go outside. The hotel was engulfed in flames on one side. It is not surprising that in the morning the sleepy athletes were completely unprepared to fight on the field.

The riots that began after the match forced the losing team of Honduras, who quite rightly feared for their lives, under heavy guard of the military in armored personnel carriers, hastily run away. A whole wave of pogroms and arson swept through San Salvador, and hundreds of victims turned to hospitals in the capital in those days. Not only ordinary citizens of El Salvador were attacked, but even two vice-consuls of the country. The exact number of those who died that day could not be precisely established. Of course, the events that took place further complicated relations between the countries. A few hours after the end of the match in San Salvador, the President of Honduras filed an official note of protest, and the border between the states was closed. On June 24, 1969, the mobilization of reservists was announced in El Salvador, and on the 26th, a decree was issued declaring a state of emergency in the country.

However, football was not over yet. The “draw” formed after the first two matches, according to the existing rules, required an additional third fight, which was decided to be held on neutral territory, namely, in Mexico. It is worth adding that the print media of both countries at that time were already openly calling on their compatriots for military action. It is quite logical that the largest stadium in Mexico City on June 27, the day of the last and decisive match, has turned into a real field that is not at all a sports battle. Many hoped that this football match would be able to put an end to the long-term conflict of neighbors. But, alas, it turned out quite the opposite. After the end of the first half, the Honduras team was leading with a score of 2:1, but during the second forty-five minutes, the Salvadorans managed to catch up with their rivals. As a result, the fate of the fight was again decided by extra time.

The emotions of the fans at that time reached extreme emotional tension, and when the El Salvador striker scored the decisive goal, as a result of which his team went to the next qualifying stage of the championship, leaving the Hondurans overboard, events in the stadium and beyond began to develop rapidly and resembled a broken dam . Unimaginable chaos reigned everywhere, everything and everyone was beaten. Instead of hopes for a peaceful resolution of the conflict, the match completely eliminated this possibility. On the same day, the rival countries of the competition broke off diplomatic relations, mutually accusing each other. Politicians once again skillfully used football battles in their own interests.

After the mobilization announced in El Salvador, in the shortest possible time, from peasants trained and armed by an anti-communist organization called ORDEN, about sixty thousand people were put under arms. They were led by eleven thousand people (together with the National Guard) of the regular army of El Salvador. It is worth noting that these troops were well equipped and trained. They were trained by CIA instructors to fight left-wing rebels. Against the background of a really powerful "mother infantry" aviation of El Salvador - FAS (Fuerza Aegea Salvadorena) looked weak. There were only thirty-seven aircraft that Honduras received from the United States, and even fewer trained pilots - thirty-four people. They tried to solve the problem of the shortage of pilots by recruiting mercenaries, but only five people were found. There were huge problems with the materiel, since all the aircraft were quite outdated.

On July 14, 1969, at 5:50 am, the real fighting, during which Salvadoran aviation, consisting of eleven propeller-driven aircraft and five twin-engine bombers, attacked several targets at once along the border with Honduras. Panic began in the country: shops were closed en masse, and residents, having collected the necessary belongings, were looking for bomb shelters and any basements, for fear of falling under shelling. The Salvadoran army successfully advanced along the main roads connecting the countries and in the direction of the islands belonging to Honduras in the Gulf of Fonseca. At 23:00, the Honduran military forces were ordered to strike back.

An interesting fact is that by the time the hostilities began, the aviation of both sides consisted of American aircraft from the Second World War, half of which had long since been out of order for technical reasons. The "football war" was the last battle in which propeller-driven aircraft with piston engines took part. Air sorties were made by the F4U Corsair, P-51 Mustang, T-28 Trojan, and even Douglas DC-3 bombers converted into bombers. The condition of the aircraft was very deplorable, these models did not have mechanisms for dropping bombs and they were thrown manually directly from the windows. There was no question of accuracy, the shells rarely hit their intended targets.

The command of Honduras was well aware that the rapidly launched offensive of El Salvador, blocking the main highways and the rapid advance of enemy troops inland could lead to their complete defeat. And then it was decided to organize a series of air raids on the main oil terminals and the enemy's oil refinery. The calculation was correct, deepening eight kilometers deep into the territory of a neighbor and capturing the capitals of two departments by the evening of July 15, the Salvadoran troops had to stop the offensive, because they simply ran out of fuel, and new supplies became impossible due to thoughtful bombing.

According to some reports, the very stadium in Tegucigalpa, which hosted the first qualifying match between the teams of the warring countries, was designated as the ultimate goal of the advance of the Salvadoran troops.

The very next day after the outbreak of hostilities, the Organization of American States tried to intervene in the conflict, calling on the warring parties to reconcile, end the war and withdraw Salvadoran troops from the territory of Honduras. El Salvador initially responded with a categorical refusal, demanding from the opposite side an apology and reparations for the damage caused to its citizens, as well as further security guarantees for Salvadorans living in neighboring, now hostile, territory. However, on July 18, due to the impossibility of further advancement of the Salvadoran troops and the creation of a stalemate, a truce was nevertheless reached, the parties, under the threat of economic sanctions, made concessions, and two days later the fire was completely ceased. Until the 29th, El Salvador became stubborn and refused to withdraw troops. The withdrawal of troops took place only after serious threats from the Organization of American States to impose economic sanctions and the decision to place special representatives in Honduras to monitor the security of Salvadoran citizens. With the onset of August, the Salvadorans began to withdraw their troops from the territory of the neighboring state, which continued almost until the middle of the month. And tensions between the countries persisted until 1979, when, finally, a peace agreement was signed by the heads of El Salvador and Honduras.

The "football war" was also the last military conflict in which propeller-driven aircraft with piston engines fought against each other. Both sides used American aircraft from World War II. The state of the Salvadoran air force was so deplorable that the bombs had to be manually dropped.

The settlement of the dispute over the border lands was referred to the international court, but the process was extremely slow with occasional unfriendly gestures on both sides. international Court made a decision only thirteen years after the war. Two-thirds of the land in dispute was awarded to Honduras. The territories in the Gulf of Fonseca were only distributed in 1992: the island of El Tigre went to the Hondurans, and Meangherita and Meangerita to El Salvador.

Despite the agreements reached that the further stay of the Salvadorans on Honduran territory will take place in order to avoid repressions under the vigilant control of international observers, it is not necessary to talk about the victory of El Salvador in this incomprehensible and senseless war. In fact, the war was lost by both sides. According to various sources, the number of dead citizens of both sides ranged from two to six thousand people, but at the same time, hundreds of thousands of residents were left in the open air and without any means of subsistence. The consequences, despite the transience and short duration of the military confrontation, turned out to be extremely difficult not only for these countries, but for the whole of Central America. The border became closed, bilateral trade activity ceased, and the Central American Common Market became an organization that exists only on paper. It is clear that this has further exacerbated the already difficult economic situation of Honduras and El Salvador. The already terrible economy of both countries was almost completely destroyed.

However, the end of the battles marked the beginning of an arms race throughout the region. In particular, in 1975, the Salvadorans acquired a batch of jet-powered Hurricanes from Israel, and Honduras embarked on the path of strategic partnership with the United States, having received huge military assistance from the latter. Among other things, their Air Force acquired F-86 Saber jet fighters and T-37 Dragonfly attack aircraft.

On May 31, 1970, when the World Cup kicked off in Mexico, the El Salvador team, which emerged victorious in the playoffs, was accompanied by a large crowd of fans, among whom were participants in the Hundred Hour War. The Salvadoran team ended up in the same group as the USSR and, ironically, performed extremely unsuccessfully. They suffered three devastating defeat, failed to score a single goal, but conceded nine goals, two of which were scored by Anatoly Fedorovich Byshovets. Soon after the start of the championship, the El Salvador team was going home - to a new hot spot on the planet.

The consequences of their own aggressive actions, which caused the termination of trade relations with Honduras, the collapse of the economy, the increase in spending on reforming the army, as well as the return of thousands of refugees from neighboring territory, backfired for El Salvador with a large-scale civil war that broke out in the country in the eighties. Honduras has passed a similar fate, but the country still remains one of the poorest in the entire region, for example, in 1993, over seventy percent of the population was below the official poverty level. In the 1980s, several “leftist” groups “earned” to the fullest in the country, carrying out many terrorist attacks against Americans and odious figures of the regime. http://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/sixflags/48226.html
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Another strange war - and here. Let's also remember

Football matches between the national teams of England and Argentina have long gone beyond purely football confrontations. So where did it start and why is this irreconcilable rivalry so maintained?

Football confrontation between Argentina and England

England 3-1 Argentina

• Year: 1962.

The first official match of these teams took place at the world championship in Chile in the second round of the group stage. In the first match, the Argentines beat the Bulgarians 1:0, while the British lost to the Hungarian team 1:3.

But in the face-to-face confrontation (by the way, the Soviet referee Nikolai Latyshev judged that meeting), the England team turned out to be stronger - 3:2. In the third round, both teams played goalless draws, and in the final standings, the British became the second, ahead of the Argentina national team in terms of the best difference between goals scored and conceded.

England 1-0 Argentina

• Year: 1966.
• Match status: World Cup quarter-finals.

But this match started scandals. In the 35th minute, West German referee Rudolf Kreitlein sent off Argentina captain Antonio Rattin for allegedly swearing at him. Why supposedly? Yes, because after the match it turned out that the German did not understand the Spanish language in which Rattin addressed him.

Further more. The Argentinean refuses to leave the fields and is expelled with the help of the police, and leaving, Rattin defiantly wipes his hands on the corner flag - and this is the flag of Britain! The stands are already indignant here. In the 78th minute, the hosts put the squeeze on the bloodless opponent, and Geoffrey Hurst, the future hero of the final match, scored a goal. Moreover, according to the players of the Argentina national team, the goal was scored from offside.

It all ended with the ban of the British coach Alf Ramsey on the exchange of T-shirts with the Argentine "animals" (as he put it at the post-match conference), and a mass brawl of football players. And in Argentina, this match is still called nothing more than "theft of the century."

Argentina 2-1 England

• Year: 1986.
• Match Status: World Quarterfinal.

In 1982, the Falkland Islands war broke out between England and Argentina, and four years later these teams met on the football field.

And at the very beginning of the second half, England remained with ten men - they fouled in the center of the field against David Beckham, who, lying down, slightly hooked Simeone with his foot. The acting talents of the Argentine were enough to convince the Dane Kim Milton Nielsen to get a red card out of his pocket.

The result - the defeat of England in the penalty shootout.

England 1-0 Argentina

• Year: 2002.
• Match status: group stage world championship.

Four years later, the British personally managed to take revenge - in the second round match, the England team won, and Beckham scored the only goal from the penalty spot.

Revenge turned out to be all the more sweet because Argentina in the end could not leave the group.

This match was the last official meeting of these teams to date. If only they met again, no one would be bored.

One of the most important goals for the existence of various fan groups (firms) is the need to confront the firms of competing clubs. Clarification of relations occurs most often on the territory of stadiums, but is not limited to sports arenas. Moreover, the largest and most famous fan groups have long formulated a code of rules that govern "mahachi" (an equal number of opposing sides, no cold and hot weapons, the moment the fight ends, and much more). However, not all companies follow the fan code.

Fan groups can become irreconcilable enemies according to different reasons. Most often - the neighborhood in the same city. A little less often - a regular fight for titles between teams, and consequently, constant skirmishes between fans of these clubs. But perhaps the most explosive are the confrontations of groups based on differences in religion, politics, ethnic differences. Below is a list of the most irreconcilable teams and fans:

1. Serbian (moreover - Belgrade) Red Star and Partizan. Here stand out "Delie" from the first and "Grobari" from the second. There is reason to believe that these firms are almost the most dangerous in Europe.
2. Scottish (Glasgow) Celtic and Rangers. Here the basis of antagonism was the belonging to the Protestants of some, to the Catholics - others.
3. Russian (Moscow) "Spartak" and "CSKA". Here there is a confrontation between the "Phratry" and "Red blue warriors", repeatedly ending in violent fights, a hospital, and occasionally a funeral for the participants.
4. Real Madrid (Ultras Sur) and Catalan Barcelona (Boixos Nois). The most striking and "bloody" episode is a pig's head thrown towards Luis Figo.

We must not forget about the Roman derbies, and the Milan ones, and the war between Boca Juniors and River Plate is widely known and does not require any additional introduction.

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