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Of course this angered the dictator Mobutu and half an hour later a further team meeting was called. The president was on the line and Kidumu as the team captain had to pick up the phone. "The president was angry. A strike? He said he would be watching the match the next day on TV. He told me he
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he falsified the game. Kazadi, our goalkeeper, later confessed it. Brazil had to win by at least three goals to qualify and they arranged it. You should rewatch those last two goals. A blind wench could have stopped those balls."
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1345:8 May 1946 (aged 28)
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30:on one occasion in
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2641:
2637:
2630:
2605:
2603:
2602:
2590:
2587:
2578:
2576:
2570:
2564:
2563:
2562:
2561:
2550:
2547:
2521:
2514:
2510:
2506:
2499:
2495:
2491:
2484:
2480:
2476:
2469:
2465:
2461:
2454:
2450:
2446:
2439:
2435:
2431:
2427:
2423:
2416:
2398:
2396:
2395:
2383:
2380:
2371:
2369:
2363:
2357:
2356:
2355:
2354:
2343:
2340:
2321:
2314:
2310:
2306:
2299:
2274:
2272:
2271:
2259:
2256:
2247:
2245:
2239:
2178:
2176:
2175:
2135:
2133:
2132:
2092:
2090:
2089:
2049:
2047:
2046:
1996:
1978:
1968:
1966:
1953:
1936:
1926:
1924:
1911:
1894:
1884:
1882:
1869:
1852:
1842:
1840:
1827:
1810:
1800:
1798:
1785:
1768:
1758:
1756:
1743:
1728:
1718:
1716:
1703:
1686:
1676:
1674:
1661:
1644:
1634:
1632:
1619:
1602:
1592:
1590:
1577:
1560:
1550:
1548:
1544:Dimbi Tubilandu
1535:
1518:
1508:
1506:
1493:
1476:
1466:
1464:
1460:Mantantu Kidumu
1451:
1434:
1424:
1422:
1418:Uba Kembo Kembo
1409:
1392:
1382:
1380:
1367:
1350:
1340:
1338:
1325:
1308:
1298:
1296:
1292:Massamba Kilasu
1283:
1266:
1256:
1254:
1241:
1224:
1214:
1212:
1199:
1182:
1172:
1170:
1157:
1140:
1130:
1128:
1115:
1098:
1088:
1086:
1073:
1043:Blagoje Vidinić
1035:
1024:
1022:
1021:
1019:
1014:
978:
976:
975:
943:
941:
940:
908:
906:
905:
900:Goals Conceded
872:
861:
836:
834:
833:
826:
801:
799:
798:
791:
766:
764:
763:
727:
666:
652:
645:
638:
619:
612:
605:
591:
577:
563:
549:
535:
521:
514:
508:Did not qualify
495:
481:
479:
463:
457:Did not qualify
444:
425:
411:
405:Did not qualify
392:
354:
340:
338:
322:
308:
294:
280:
266:
252:
238:
224:
205:
171:
147:
123:
48:
17:
12:
11:
5:
3988:
3986:
3978:
3977:
3972:
3967:
3957:
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3950:
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3919:
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3899:
3894:
3889:
3884:
3879:
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3869:
3864:
3859:
3854:
3849:
3844:
3839:
3834:
3829:
3824:
3819:
3814:
3809:
3804:
3799:
3797:Czech Republic
3794:
3789:
3784:
3779:
3774:
3768:
3766:
3760:
3759:
3757:
3756:
3750:
3748:
3742:
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3723:
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3713:
3708:
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3698:
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3690:
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3597:
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3577:
3572:
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3562:
3557:
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3546:
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3504:
3499:
3494:
3489:
3484:
3479:
3473:
3471:
3465:
3464:
3462:
3461:
3459:All-time table
3456:
3450:
3447:
3446:
3443:FIFA World Cup
3440:
3438:
3437:
3430:
3423:
3415:
3406:
3405:
3403:
3402:
3397:
3392:
3391:
3390:
3385:
3375:
3374:
3373:
3368:
3363:
3358:
3349:
3347:
3343:
3342:
3340:
3339:
3331:
3329:
3325:
3324:
3322:
3321:
3318:
3315:
3312:
3309:
3306:
3302:
3300:
3296:
3295:
3293:
3292:
3287:
3281:
3279:
3275:
3274:
3272:
3271:
3266:
3261:
3256:
3251:
3246:
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3236:
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3221:
3216:
3211:
3206:
3201:
3196:
3189:
3184:
3179:
3172:
3166:
3164:
3156:
3155:
3153:
3152:
3146:
3144:
3141:FIFA World Cup
3136:
3135:
3133:
3132:
3127:
3126:
3125:
3120:
3109:
3107:
3103:
3102:
3100:
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3092:
3082:
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3080:
3069:
3067:
3063:
3062:
3060:
3059:
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3051:
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3044:
3043:
3038:
3033:
3027:
3025:
3021:
3020:
3013:
3011:
3010:
3003:
2996:
2988:
2980:
2979:
2950:
2925:
2904:
2879:
2856:
2855:
2853:
2850:
2849:
2848:
2843:
2836:
2833:
2830:
2829:
2826:
2820:
2819:
2816:
2814:Mwanza Mukombo
2810:
2809:
2806:
2800:
2799:
2796:
2790:
2789:
2786:
2780:
2779:
2776:
2770:
2769:
2766:
2760:
2759:
2756:
2750:
2749:
2746:
2740:
2739:
2736:
2734:Tshimen Bwanga
2731:
2727:
2726:
2723:
2720:
2706:
2705:Record players
2703:
2693:Nicolae Rainea
2690:
2687:
2675:
2672:
2671:
2625:
2620:
2617:
2616:
2599:
2596:
2571:
2568:
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2525:
2410:
2409:
2392:
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2364:
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2359:
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2341:
2329:
2326:
2325:
2294:
2289:
2286:
2285:
2268:
2265:
2240:
2237:
2235:
2233:
2232:
2215:
2214:
2209:
2206:
2203:
2200:
2197:
2194:
2191:
2188:
2172:
2171:
2166:
2163:
2160:
2157:
2154:
2151:
2148:
2145:
2129:
2128:
2123:
2120:
2117:
2114:
2111:
2108:
2105:
2102:
2086:
2085:
2080:
2077:
2074:
2071:
2068:
2065:
2062:
2059:
2043:
2042:
2037:
2032:
2027:
2022:
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2012:
2007:
2002:
1995:
1992:
1989:
1988:
1976:
1974:
1964:
1962:Otepa Kalambay
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1947:
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1932:
1922:
1917:
1909:
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1904:
1892:
1890:
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1863:
1862:
1850:
1848:
1838:
1833:
1825:
1821:
1820:
1808:
1806:
1796:
1794:Mafuila Mavuba
1791:
1783:
1779:
1778:
1766:
1764:
1754:
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1741:
1737:
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1726:
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1390:
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1378:
1373:
1365:
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1360:
1348:
1346:
1336:
1331:
1323:
1319:
1318:
1306:
1304:
1294:
1289:
1281:
1277:
1276:
1264:
1262:
1252:
1247:
1239:
1235:
1234:
1222:
1220:
1210:
1208:Tshimen Bwanga
1205:
1197:
1193:
1192:
1180:
1178:
1168:
1166:Mwanza Mukombo
1163:
1155:
1151:
1150:
1138:
1136:
1126:
1121:
1113:
1109:
1108:
1096:
1094:
1084:
1079:
1071:
1067:
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972:
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936:
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927:
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868:
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830:
829:
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819:
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811:
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748:
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629:
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560:
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546:
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531:
511:
510:
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492:
491:
474:
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422:
421:
408:
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402:
389:
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385:
382:
379:
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370:
367:
364:
351:
350:
333:
332:
319:
318:
305:
304:
291:
290:
277:
276:
263:
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249:
248:
235:
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221:
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215:
202:
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198:
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186:
183:
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177:
170:
167:
146:
143:
139:Nicolae Rainea
122:
119:
47:
44:
28:FIFA World Cup
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15:
13:
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3290:African Games
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3078:Zaire results
3076:
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2969:on 2019-03-30
2968:
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2963:Tifo Football
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2887:ROY GACHUHI.
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2869:. Vanity Fair
2868:
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2794:Mambwene Mana
2792:
2791:
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2782:
2781:
2775:
2772:
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2765:
2762:
2761:
2755:
2754:Mwamba Kazadi
2752:
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1878:Kalala Ntumba
1874:
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1856:
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2893:Nation.co.ke
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2744:Mwepu Ilunga
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2569:22 June 1974
2362:18 June 1974
2351:West Germany
2238:14 June 1974
2211:
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2125:
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1920:Etepe Kakoko
1902:AS Vita Club
1836:Ekofa Mbungu
1818:AS Vita Club
1752:Kafula Ngoie
1694:AS Vita Club
1670:Mafu Kibonge
1652:AS Vita Club
1610:AS Vita Club
1568:AS Vita Club
1442:AS Vita Club
1274:AS Vita Club
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3852:Netherlands
3754:New Zealand
3643:El Salvador
3580:Ivory Coast
3527:South Korea
3512:North Korea
3095:Top scorers
2784:Boba Lobilo
2679:Parkstadion
2598:0 – 3
2540:Parkstadion
2391:9 – 0
2267:0 – 2
1712:Mialo Mwape
1502:Babo Kabasu
1250:Boba Lobilo
760:Group stage
685:Group stage
366:Group stage
132:John Motson
3959:Categories
3633:Costa Rica
3066:Statistics
2973:2019-09-16
2919:2016-03-31
2898:2016-04-02
2873:2016-03-31
2852:References
2467:Katalinski
2378:Yugoslavia
2221:Yugoslavia
2056:Yugoslavia
1986:TP Mazembe
1969:1948-11-12
1927:1950-11-22
1885:1949-01-07
1843:1948-11-24
1801:1949-12-15
1776:TP Mazembe
1759:1945-11-11
1719:1951-12-30
1677:1945-02-12
1635:1948-10-31
1593:1948-11-04
1551:1948-03-15
1509:1950-03-04
1467:1946-11-17
1425:1947-12-27
1383:1947-10-10
1358:TP Mazembe
1341:1946-05-08
1299:1950-12-22
1257:1950-04-10
1232:TP Mazembe
1215:1949-01-04
1190:TP Mazembe
1173:1945-12-17
1148:TP Mazembe
1131:1949-08-22
1106:TP Mazembe
1089:1947-03-06
985:Yugoslavia
808:Yugoslavia
732:World Cup
87:Yugoslavia
72:March 1974
3696:Argentina
3487:Indonesia
3477:Australia
3299:Rivalries
3090:Most caps
2691:Referee:
2658:Valdomiro
2643:Rivellino
2628:Jairzinho
2552:Referee:
2482:Bogićević
2345:Referee:
2208:−14
1526:AS Bilima
1316:AS Bilima
882:Opponent
738:Opponent
145:Aftermath
127:Rivellino
54:dictator
3907:Slovenia
3902:Slovakia
3892:Scotland
3872:Portugal
3787:Bulgaria
3726:Paraguay
3716:Colombia
3688:CONMEBOL
3653:Honduras
3620:CONCACAF
3565:DR Congo
3560:Cameroon
3308:Cameroon
3123:Call-ups
2835:See also
2725:Matches
2558:Colombia
2512:Petković
2337:Dortmund
2281:Scotland
2229:Scotland
2142:Scotland
1944:CS Imana
1860:CS Imana
1484:CS Imana
1400:CS Imana
950:Scotland
787:Dortmund
773:Scotland
750:Scorers
725:By Match
488:DR Congo
182:Position
36:Scotland
3932:Ukraine
3882:Romania
3837:Iceland
3832:Hungary
3822:Germany
3812:England
3802:Denmark
3792:Croatia
3777:Belgium
3772:Austria
3736:Uruguay
3721:Ecuador
3701:Bolivia
3658:Jamaica
3610:Tunisia
3595:Senegal
3590:Nigeria
3585:Morocco
3550:Algeria
3378:Women's
3320:Tunisia
3317:Nigeria
3106:Players
3085:Records
3041:Coaches
3036:History
3024:General
2722:Player
2711:Vidinić
2697:Romania
2668:79'
2653:66'
2638:12'
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2414:Bajević
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2297:Lorimer
1994:Group 2
1056:Player
891:Losses
744:Result
70:and in
52:Zairian
46:Context
3927:Turkey
3917:Sweden
3897:Serbia
3887:Russia
3867:Poland
3862:Norway
3842:Israel
3827:Greece
3817:France
3706:Brazil
3668:Panama
3663:Mexico
3628:Canada
3555:Angola
3507:Kuwait
3395:Futsal
3352:Men's
3305:Angola
3050:Venues
2623:Report
2612:Brazil
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2437:Džajić
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40:Brazil
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3711:Chile
3648:Haiti
3575:Ghana
3570:Egypt
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3502:Japan
3482:China
3314:Ghana
3311:Congo
3118:Squad
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1062:Caps
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1017:Squad
885:Wins
681:Total
347:Zaire
179:Round
60:Zaire
3764:UEFA
3731:Peru
3638:Cuba
3605:Togo
3497:Iraq
3492:Iran
3371:U-17
3366:U-20
3361:U-23
3269:2023
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