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World Cup > WC 1970 Mexico

ITALY – WEST GERMANY 4-3 (a.e.t.)

Date: 17-06-1970
Stage: semi-final


Place: CIUDAD DE MEXICO
Running time: 147 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish(new)/english/ german/portuguese/french
My rating: *****
Notes: Riva,Rivera,Mazzola,Boninsegna, Beckenbauer,Overath,Seeler,Muller

MATCH SUMMARY

Wednesday, 17 June 1970, 16:00

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 102,444

Meteo: Hot, sunny, 32°C

ITALY

Enrico Albertosi
Tarcisio Burgnich
Giacinto Facchetti (c)
Pierluigi Cera
Roberto Rosato
Mario Bertini
Giancarlo De Sisti
Luigi Riva
Angelo Domenghini
Sandro Mazzola
Roberto Boninsegna

Coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi (ITA)

38′ Roberto Rosato
103′ Giancarlo De Sisti
114′ Angelo Domenghini

46′ ↓Sandro Mazzola ↑Gianni Rivera
91′ ↓Roberto Rosato ↑Fabrizio Poletti

WEST GERMANY

Sepp Maier
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
Franz Beckenbauer (c)
Bernd Patzke
Willi Schulz
Wolfgang Overath
Berti Vogts
Jürgen Grabowski
Gerd Müller
Uwe Seeler
Hannes Löhr

Coach: Helmut Schön (GER)

53′ Wolfgang Overath
66′ Gerd Müller

52′ ↓Hannes Löhr ↑Reinhard Libuda
66′ ↓Bernd Patzke ↑Sigfried Held

Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (PER)

Goals:
8′ Roberto Boninsegna, ITA
90′ Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, GER
94′ Gerd Müller, GER
98′ Tarcisio Burgnich, ITA
104′ Luigi Riva, ITA
110′ Gerd Müller, GER
111′ Gianni Rivera, ITA

Match overview

Italy defeated West Germany 4-3 after extra time in the “Game of the Century.” The match saw five goals in extra time after a 1-1 draw in regular time. Gianni Rivera scored the decisive goal to send Italy to the final.

Trivia

This semi-final is widely regarded as one of the greatest football matches ever played. The plaque at the Azteca Stadium commemorates it as “Partido del Siglo.”

Match Report in PDF by Massimo Bellingardi

italian / english

Code: 023640