The Football War

Three matches, one war — El Salvador vs Honduras, 1969.In June 1969, three World Cup qualifying matches between El Salvador and Honduras preceded four days of armed conflict, thousands of deaths, and a chain of consequences that lasted decades. This is the Football War — what caused it, what happened, and what FIFA did about it. The answer to the last question is nothing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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