Ernst Happel
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Ernst Franz Hermann Happel was an Austrian football player and manager.
Happel in a commemorative banner
Team Austria of 1958 with the following players – from left to right, standing; Walter Horak, Ernst Happel, Karl Koller, Alfred Körner, Paul Halla, Walter Schleger; crouched: Helmut Senekowitsch, Gerhard Hanappi, Rudolf Szanwald, Franz Swoboda and Johann Buzek.
Plaque at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna
1978 FIFA World Cup final
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The final match of the 1978 FIFA World Cup, the eleventh edition of FIFA's football compilation for men's national teams, was played at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 25 June 19
Ernst Happel
…Cup in 1970, and the Dutch championship in 1971. At the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, Happel was coach of The Netherlands national team and reached the final against the Argentina national team. Always a man of few words, Happel's pre-match pep talk is said to have consisted of just one sentence: "Gentlemen…
Mario Kempes scoring the first goal of the match