Date: 17-06-1988
Stage: first round
Place: MUNCHEN
Running time: 102 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 (10)
Commentary: MULTI: english/italian/spanish/german
My rating: ***
Notes: Littbarski,Matthaus,Voeller,Klinsmann, Camacho,Butragueno,Michel,Bakero
MATCH SUMMARY
Friday, 17 June 1988, 20:15
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 63,802
Meteo: Fine, calm, 18 °C
WEST GERMANY
Eike Immel
Ulrich Borowka
Andreas Brehme
Matthias Herget
Jürgen Kohler
Pierre Littbarski
Lothar Matthäus (c)
Wolfgang Rolff
Olaf Thon
Jürgen Klinsmann
Rudi Völler
Coach: Franz Beckenbauer (FRG)
47′ Olaf Thon
76′ Matthias Herget
63′ ↓Pierre Littbarski ↑Wolfram Wuttke
83′ ↓Jürgen Klinsmann ↑Frank Mill
SPAIN
Andoni Zubizarreta
Genar Andrinua
José Antonio Camacho (c)
Rafael Gordillo
Manuel Sanchís
Tomás Reñones
Rafael Martín Vázquez
Míchel
Víctor Muñoz
José Mari Bakero
Emilio Butragueño
Coach: Miguel Muñoz (ESP)
34′ Rafael Martín Vázquez
80′ Manuel Sanchís
88′ Rafael Gordillo
51′ ↓Emilio Butragueño ↑Julio Salinas
Referee: Michel Vautrot (FRA)
Goals:
30′ Rudi Völler FRG
51′ Rudi Völler FRG
Match overview
The hosts secured top spot in Group 1 thanks to a Völler brace. His first, a diving header from Brehme’s cross, settled early nerves; the second, bundled in after Zubizarreta’s save, suffocated Spanish hopes. West Germany’s diligent pressing frustrated La Roja, while Immel’s late stop from Salinas preserved a deserved clean sheet.
Trivia
Völler became the first West German to score twice in a European-Championship match since Gerd Müller in 1972. Michel Vautrot brandished five yellow cards yet never reached for red throughout the entire tournament. This fixture was also the 100th international coached by Franz Beckenbauer, who had taken charge only four years earlier.
