The Estadio Monumental, also known as Estadio River Plate and currently known as Mâs Monumental for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located in the B
View of the stadium in 2024
The stadium under construction, 1937
Entrance to the stadium on the day of its inauguration
View of the stadium before the remodeling for the FIFA World Cup 1978. Only one tier of the Sivori stand had been built by then
1978 FIFA World Cup
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The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina
Estadio Monumental (Buenos Aires)
…capacity reached 90,000. The stadium was remodelled and finally completed to meet the original project after Argentina was awarded the right to host the 1978 World Cup. River Plate was lent money by the Military Government in charge of the country at the time but they struggled to meet repayments due to the changes…
France (wearing local Club Kimberley shirt) v Hungary
Tunisia at the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification in Cairo.
Teófilo Cubillas's free kick for a Peru goal v Scotland
Mario Kempes saving Argentina goal with his hand so the referee awarded a penalty kick to Poland