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ALL HAIL THE GROUP OF DEATH

WORLD CUP
SAM TODD REPORTS ON A FOOTBALL STAPLE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY BUT COULD BE UNDER THREAT…

Classic: Paolo Rossi gets away from Junior in Italy’s 3-2 win against Brazil in 1982

FEW concepts capture the World Cup imagination like the ‘Group of Death’.
Coined by Mexican journalists as ‘El Grupo de la Muerte’ during the 1970 tournament to describe a pool so stacked with talent that at least one heavyweight is doomed to an early knockout, these brutal groupings have delivered some iconic clashes.
However, as ...

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