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El Salvador vs Honduras: The return fixture
Steve Bunce tells Caroline Barker the dark tale of a football match that sparked a war.
It happened when El Salvador and Honduras played in a two-leg qualifier to decide which nation went to the World Cup in Mexico.
The games led to personal sacrifices and death and one hundred hours of warfare before the dispute was settled.
This clip is originally from Bunce's Tales of the Extraordinary, 3 November 2017.
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