Ik twijfel geen moment en ga voor de halve finale West-Duitsland - Italië op het WK-70 in Mexico. Ik was te jong om het live te kunnen zien, maar de beelden die ik later zag waren voor mij reden genoeg deze wedstrijd te kiezen. De wedstrijd die ik wel bewust heb meegemaakt is natuurlijk Engeland - Argentinië op het WK-86. Met het mooiste doelpunt ooit, en 2 elftallen die vol op de aanval speelden.
A panel of 50 of the greatest players ever in soccer named the 1970
World Cup semifinal game which ended in a 4-3 win by Italy over
West Germany as the greatest game ever in the World Cup. The panel
included the likes of Pele, Beckenbauer, Cruyff, Di Stefano and Bobby
Charlton.
Charlton was one of the 12 players who choose the 1970 final between
Brasil and Italy as the best game, to put that game just one vote behind
the Italy-West Germany thriller as the best ever. The panel, which also
included Platini, Matthews, Eusebio and Zico, had made a total of 454
appearances in the World Cup, including 102 in the final game.
Third was the 1982 second round match in which Italy beat Brasil 3-2,
fourth was the 1982 semifinal in which West Germany beat France on
penalties after a 3-3 tie in extra time. Fifth was the 1966 final when
England gained a controversial 4-2 win over West Germany.
The 1970 semifinal was a truly remarkable game which at one time
appeared to be heading for an unremarkable finish.
Italy had gone ahead in the seventh minute through Roberto Boninsegna
and had defended resolutely until almost the very last kick of the match
deep into injury time when Karl-Heinz Scnellinger equalised for West
Germany to force extra time.
Five minutes later the Germans went ahead through Gerd Muller, but five
minutes after that Tarcisio Burgnich made it 2-2. Another goal quickly
followed when Luigi Riva put Italy 3-2 ahead after 104 minutes, only for
Muller to score five minutes later with his 10th goal of the tournament
to make it 3-3. The Germans had hardly stopped celebrating when a minute
later Italy finally clinched the game.
With 111 minutes on the clock golden boy Gianni Rivera scored the sixth
goal in a 21-minute burst to make the final score 4-3.
Jullie keuze ?
Ik noem een Tony van Heemschut,een Loeki Knol,een Brammetje Biesterveld en natuurlijk een Japie Stobbe !