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- ↑ "Technical Study Report" (PDF). FIFA. 1977. p. 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ↑ "Tunisia 1977: USSR hold their nerve to win". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ BDFutbol
