Doubts persist, however, regarding Argentina’s 6-0 second-round

win over Peru. The hosts and Brazil reached the round’s final day
with the same number of points, but Brazil had scored an extra
goal.
The "verdeamarela" played several hours before Argentina and
beat Poland 3-1. The hosts knew that result when they went onto
the pitch for their game, which they needed to win by 4-0.
Argentina thrashed Peru in a clash in which many saw football
betrayed.
No proof ever emerged, but suspicion was massive, and many
talked openly of bribes and political influence at the highest levels.
"In football you win and you lose. When you win with dignity you
need to be able to lose just the same,” retired Peruvian footballer
Teofilo Cubillas told dpa.
"No one expected that result, us least of all. These things happen
in football, but I will never accept people saying that we played to
lose. I was there,” said the best player in the history of Peruvian
football.