Date: 25-06-1988
Stage: final
Place: MUNCHEN
Running time: 102 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 (10)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english/dutch/ french/german/russian
My rating: ****
Notes: VanBasten.Gullit,Vanenburg,Rijkaard, Zavarov.Protassov,Belanov,Mikhailichenko
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 25 June 1988, 15:30
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 72,308
Meteo: Sunny, warm, 24 °C
NETHERLANDS
Hans van Breukelen
Ronald Koeman
Berry van Aerle
Adri van Tiggelen
Ruud Gullit (c)
Erwin Koeman
Arnold Muhren
Frank Rijkaard
Gerald Vanenburg
Jan Wouters
Marco van Basten
Coach: Rinus Michels (NED)
37′ Jan Wouters
50′ Berry van Aerle
USSR
Rinat Dasayev (c)
Anatoli Demianenko
Vagiz Khidiatullin
Sergei Aleinikov
Sergei Gotzmanov
Gennadi Litovchenko
Aleksiey Mykhaylychenko
Vasili Rats
Aleksandr Zavarov
Igor Belanov
Oleg Protasov
Coach: Valeri Lobanovski (URS)
31′ Igor Belanov
33′ Gennadi Litovchenko
42′ Vagiz Khidiatullin
69′ ↓Sergei Gotzmanov ↑Sergei Baltacha
72′ ↓Oleg Protasov ↑Viktor Pasulko
Referee: Michel Vautrot (FRA)
Goals:
33′ Ruud Gullit NED
54′ Marco van Basten NED
Match overview
Captain Gullit’s powerful header settled Dutch nerves before van Basten’s iconic volley from Vanenburg’s arcing cross sealed the Oranje’s first major title. Dasayev saved Koeman’s penalty to keep the USSR alive, but Van Breukelen’s later stop from Belanov preserved a deserved clean sheet.
Trivia
Van Basten’s strike was later voted UEFA’s Goal of the Century. The Netherlands became the first team to win the European Championship after losing an opening group match.
