Well, I said probably because I've never got to see a single match from that world cup besides a few fouls on Pele vs. Portugal and the Garc.. uh... Hurst ball that counted as a goal. You can't deny they had a good side though... Banks, Bobby Moore, Carlos and Bobby Charlton, Nobby Stiles, Roger Hunt and of course Hurst.
20 years from now a kid may say Korea was better than Italy, but then I believe it'll be much easier to access the information by then (like video clips of the errors and such) than it is now, and he'll be able to see what happened.
As for screwings... (some may not be big, but still...)
Arg vs. Fra, 1930. Ref ends second half at 39 mins, and after a bit of confusion (some players had already taken a shower) 6 mins had to be played. No goals though. (Arg won 1-0)
Bra vs. Cze, 1962. Garrincha was sent off in the previous match, which would mean he'd miss the final. He was allowed to play though. Fortunately for the Czechs, he had fever on the day and barely played. Brazil still won 3-1
Bra vs. Cze, 1938. Both sides were screwed here, as they had to travel a lot. The match was held in Bordeaux, and the Czechs had to come from Le Havre (521 km). Brazil had to come from Strasbourg (758 km - 12 hours)
Bra vs. Yug, 1950. Brazil played their three previous matches in Rio and Sao Paulo (400 km between them). Yugoslavia had to play in Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre and Rio. (BH ---1712 km ---> PA ---1553 km ---> Rio, in 7 days) Uruguay can't complain too much here. They've played in BH, then Sao Paulo (about 500 km from BH) and Rio. Also, their first "group stage" was Uruguay and Bolivia, so only one match to play before the final group stage.
Germany, 1954. This World Cup was weird. Each group had 2 seeded teams that wouldn't play each other. Germany was a top side, but as "punishment" after they had been expelled from FIFA in 1945, and rejoined in 1950, they weren't seeded, and ended up having to face Hungary in the group stage. Their 8-3 defeat is overrated though. Germany knew they had to win against Turkey (the other seeded team), and that Turkey would beat South Korea, so they rested their best players against Hungary (which would be a tough match) and then went on to beat Turkey on a playoff to decide the second qualifier from the group with fresh players.
Hard to understand, I know... I'll post the results:
Hun 9-0 Kor
Ger 4-1 Tur
Hun 8-3 Ger
Tur 7-0 Kor
Ger 7-2 Tur (Playoff)
This system also caused a funny moment when Brazil and Yugoslavia met. A draw would send them through (though extra time would have to be played.. Don't ask me why...) The match ended 1-1, and then extra time started. Brazil tried to push forward and score, with the yugoslavs trying to explain they'd be both through if the scoreline stayed the same. But the brazilians thought the yugoslavs were mocking them! Only after the match did the players got to know they were through. Some of them were already feeling sad.
Back to screwing...
Swi vs. Ita, 1954. Brazilian ref favoured the swiss, allowing rough plays that would be fouls, but whistling happily when the italians did the same. Swi ended up winning 2-1. Italy dominated, and even scored a good equalizer, ruled off for an unexistent offside position. Italy players cornered the ref Mario Vianna into the net, but the ref managed to get off by pushing and punching the players. Later, in the infamous "Battle of Bern" (Hun 4-2 Bra, quarter finals, 42 fouls) Vianna would say a lot of "bad words" to the ref of that match, and Brazil was punished by not being allowed to send refs for 58...
Also, there was a match between Colombia and the USSR, I think it was 1962. The ref was a brazilian again, and he was anti-communist. He made a player re-take a penalty three times until the soviets missed. Not sure about this one though, as I've heard it on TV some years ago, and can't really be 100% sure about the source.
Phew.. long post....