Originally Posted by
Noelys Guitar
A lot of controversy at the time because Chile was being ruled in 1972 by a Military Dictatorship. And the Chile football stadium was being used as an open prison by the Junta. I can remember Giles being interviewed about playing Chile. RTE's football coverage (both Radio and TV)at that time was woeful. Thye did eventually show some very brief highlights of the Chile about a week after the game took place. From a football perspective these Games kick started the Giles era. We had reached an all time low in the 71 European Qualifyer away to Austria (Tuohy was in charge)6-0 to the Austrian's. Then Giles came in and the optimism grew. And that South American tour eventually led to the 3-0 against Russia at Dalymount IMO. We looked and played like a real international team and not the previous shambles of the 70/71 years
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