Date: 01-07-1990
Stage: 1/4 final
Place: MILANO
Running time: 99 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI : english/spanish/italian/german
My rating: **
Notes: Matthaus, Littbarski, Klinsmann, Skuhravy
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 1 July 1990, 17:00
Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
Attendance: 73,347
Meteo: N.A.
WEST GERMANY
Bodo Illgner
Andreas Brehme
Jürgen Kohler
Klaus Augenthaler
Guido Buchwald
Pierre Littbarski
Lothar Matthäus
Uwe Bein
Thomas Häßler
Rudi Völler
Jürgen Klinsmann
Coach: Franz Beckenbauer (FRG)
() 28′ Jürgen Klinsmann
82′ ↓Uwe Bein ↑Andreas Möller
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Jan Stejskal
Miroslav Kadlec
Ivan Hašek
Jan Kocian
František Straka
Michal Bílek
Jozef Chovanec
Luboš Kubík
Tomáš Skuhravý
Ľubomír Moravčík
Ivo Knoflíček
Coach: Jozef Vengloš (TCH)
() 11′ Ľubomír Moravčík
() 14′ Michal Bílek
() 38′ František Straka
() 88′ Ivo Knoflíček
() 70′ Ľubomír Moravčík
67′ ↓Michal Bílek ↑Václav Němeček
79′ ↓Luboš Kubík ↑Stanislav Griga
Referee: Helmut Kohl (AUT)
Goals:
25′ Lothar Matthäus (p) FRG
Match overview
A single Matthäus penalty decided a tactical quarter-final as West Germany edged out Czechoslovakia. Despite a late red card for Moravčík, the hosts defended resolutely, setting up a semi-final against Italy in Rome.
Trivia
This match was the first World Cup quarter-final since 1970 decided by a single penalty goal, reflecting West Germany’s defensive pragmatism under Beckenbauer.
