In 1978, in Argentina, a brutally repressive regime staged the World
Cup, football’s most glamorous competition. On the pitch, it was
as if nothing was wrong. Elsewhere, political opponents were being
murdered by the state. Does this sound at all familiar?
As we wait for kick-off at Russia 2018, Esquire looks back on one
of the darkest episodes in Fifa’s enduringly twisted history
The dirty game
By Will Hersey
86 Esquire — June 2018