*Incredible ROOKIE JERSEY! Mario Kempes #10 Argentina National Team MATCH WORN SHIRT for FIFA WORLD CUP 1974 Qualifiers match vs Bolivia played at Bolivia, September 23, 1973! THE PHANTON TEAM HISTORIC MATCH READ!

Story: The phantom team is known as the Argentine team that trained in parallel with the regular team for several weeks at an altitude of 2,500 m in preparation to play at the Hernando Siles stadium against Bolivia for the 1974 World Cup qualification . The match was played on September 23, 1973. It is remembered for being one of the few occasions in which Argentina beat Bolivia as a visitor. The victory practically qualified Argentina for the 1974 World Cup.
For the 1974 World Cup , CONMEBOL had 3.5 of the 16 total places available for the World Cup. One place was assigned directly to Brazil, as the current champion of the competition, so a total of 8 teams competed for 2.5 places.
The teams were divided into three groups, two of three and one of two. The winner of each group of three automatically qualified for the World Cup, while the winner of the group of two teams had to play a play-off with a UEFA representative. Group 2 consisted of Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia.
Argentina was eliminated from the previous World Cup after losing to Bolivia away and drawing with Peru in Buenos Aires. This is the only elimination of this team in the qualifying stage so far. Argentina had ambitions of hosting the 1978 World Cup, but two consecutive eliminations would make it unlikely.

Bolivia had Ovidio Messa as its only big name and had not participated in a World Cup since 1950. However, it played its home games at the Hernando Siles stadium, located at 3,577 m above sea level , which gave it an important advantage, since its players (unlike the visitors) were acclimatised to the lack of oxygen. Argentina had only managed one victory in this stadium, in 1965. In the most recent precedent, in 1969 in La Paz, Bolivia had won 3-1.

 *Provenance: Collection of former Argentina National Team Player*

Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi ( born 15 July 1954) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker or attacking midfielder. A prolific goalscorer, he finished as La Liga's top goalscorer twice with Valencia where he amassed 116 goals in 184 league games. He is regarded as one of the best players of all time.

At international level, Kempes was the focal point of Argentina's 1978 World Cup win where he scored twice in the final and received the Golden Boot as top goalscorer. He also won the Golden Ball for the player of the tournament, making him one of only three players to have won all three awards at a single World Cup, along with Garrincha in 1962 and Paolo Rossi in 1982.
Kempes won South American Footballer of the Year, Onze d'Or European footballer of the Year and World Cup Golden Ball in 1978. In 2004, he was named as one of the Top 125 greatest living footballers as part of FIFA's 100th anniversary celebration. Kempes was nicknamed El Toro and El Matador.

Shirt details: Neck tag blurred (Industria Argentina). Numbers stiched in leather material