Football by @gnnr

Tonight by sheer chance I heard a nice little play on Radio 4 called The Traitor of the Zazalcara - about a fictional match at the 1978 World Cup between Italy and Uruguay which the two teams attempted to rig so they could both qualify. Although fictional, it is almost certainly based on the Austria-West Germany game at the 1982 World Cup; it’s a comedy at heart, and the odd cheap stereotype aside, gives a warm, human twist on a classic story of gamesmanship. There aren’t many good football comedies, so catch it on iPlayer while you can.