El partido más extraño de la historia de Rusia

In 1973, one of the strangest episodes in the history of football and World Cup qualifiers occurred. Chile and the Soviet Union were scheduled to play a playoff to qualify for the 1974 World Cup, but the political tension of the Cold War transformed the match into an unprecedented event. The USSR refused to play at the National Stadium in Santiago, and what followed produced one of the most surreal images ever seen in football: a team scoring a goal with no opponent and an empty net. This is the story of the day Russia failed to appear for the World Cup playoff. 00:00 The Strangest Playoff in History 02:46 Chile and the Soviet Union on the Road to the World Cup 05:24 The Stadium at the Center of Controversy 07:24 FIFA Makes a Decision 09:30 The USSR Refuses to Play 11:37 Match Day 13:35 The Goal Without a Contestant 15:47 The Legacy of a Historic Image