Italy 2 - 1 France: 1978 World Cup Matchday 1 (1978-06-02) | CupIntel

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1978
Italy vs France

Matchday 1Group 1

Italy vs France

Italy

2 - 1

1978-06-02 Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Match Context

Tournament: World Cup 1978
Round: Matchday 1
Status: Finished
Match No.: 2

Italy history France history

Data Source

Match and tournament data is based on CupIntel normalized OpenFootball snapshots. Historical scorer, squad, and venue detail varies by edition. See methodology.

Scorer identities are unavailable for this match in the canonical snapshot.

Score Breakdown

Full-Time2 - 1

No recorded scorer data

The canonical snapshot does not include goal records for this match.

Estadio José María Minella

Mar del Plata

Related Group Matches

Argentina 2 - 1 Hungary Argentina 2 - 1 France Italy 3 - 1 Hungary Argentina 0 - 1 Italy

Argentina vs Hungary Argentina vs France

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