Date: 14-06-1988
Stage: first round
Place: GELSENKIRCHEN
Running time: 101 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english/german
My rating: **
Notes: Littbarski,Matthaus,Klinsmann,Voeller, Laudrup,Elkjaer,Lerby,Povlsen
MATCH SUMMARY
Tuesday, 14 June 1988, 17:15
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 64,812
Meteo: Partly cloudy, 21 °C
WEST GERMANY
Eike Immel
Andreas Brehme
Guido Buchwald
Matthias Herget
Jürgen Kohler
Pierre Littbarski
Lothar Matthäus (c)
Wolfgang Rolff
Olaf Thon
Jurgen Klinsmann
Rudi Völler
Coach: Franz Beckenbauer (FRG)
81′ Wolfgang Rolff
33′ ↓Guido Buchwald ↑Ulrich Borowka
75′ ↓Rudi Völler ↑Frank Mill
DENMARK
Peter Schmeichel
Jan Heintze
Ivan Nielsen
Lars Olsen
Morten Olsen (c)
John Sivebaek
Søren Lerby
Kim Vilfort
Michael Laudrup
Preben Elkjær Larsen
Flemming Povlsen
Coach: Sepp Piontek (DEN)
37′ Preben Elkjær Larsen
84′ Flemming Povlsen
62′ ↓Michael Laudrup ↑John Eriksen
72′ ↓Kim Vilfort ↑Klaus Berggreen
Referee: Bob Valentine (SCO)
Goals:
9′ Jurgen Klinsmann FRG
85′ Olaf Thon FRG
Match overview
Klinsmann’s early header and Thon’s late solo run secured the champions’ first win. Immel saved a Povlsen penalty, and Denmark’s hopes faded when Laudrup departed injured.
Trivia
Klinsmann scored in three different cities during Euro ’88; Valentine had also refereed Denmark’s Euro ’84 semi-final defeat.
