Rules of the Game: The player making a throw-in may not touch the ball again until it has touched another player.
Rules of the Game: An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a teammate.
Rules of the Game: The ball is in play at all other times, including when it rebounds from a goalpost, crossbar or corner flag post and remains in the field of play.
The mascot for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina was a boy character named Gauchito.
Substitutions were allowed for the first time in the 1970 World Cup.