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Infopedia UK kumoaa tuon legendan seuraavasti:
Football War
Popular name for a five-day war between El Salvador and Honduras which began
on 14 July 1969, when Salvadorean planes bombed Tegucigelpa. Its army
entered Honduras, but the Organization of American States arranged a
ceasefire, by which time about 2,000 lives had been lost.
The war is so called because of the mistaken belief that it followed a
dispute after a World Cup qualifying match between the two countries. In
fact, it arose because of densely populated El Salvador's desire for
Honduran territory.
Grolier sanoo samasta sodasta:
In 1969 a brief war broke out between Honduras and El Salvador as a result
of the friction caused by the large number of Salvadoran immigrants in
Honduras.
Eli eipä ainakaan vielä ole tainnut jalkapallo olla sodan syynä, mutta ehkä
jo seuraavien kisojen jälkeen...
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