Date: 10-07-1982
Stage: 3rd place final
Place: ALICANTE
Running time: 107 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english/ polish/french/german
My rating: ***
Notes: Boniek,Lato,Szarmach, Amoros,Tresor,Tigana
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 10 July 1982, 20:00
Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante
Attendance: 28,000
Meteo: Warm, clear, 25°C
POLAND
Jozef Mlynarczyk
Marek Dziuba
Pawel Janas
Stefan Majewski
Wladyslaw Zmuda (c)
Zbigniew Boniek
Andrzej Buncol
Janusz Kupcewicz
Waldemar Matysik
Grzegorz Lato
Andrzej Szarmach
Coach: Antoni Piechniczek (POL)
62′ Andrzej Buncol
71′ Roman Wójcicki
46′ ↓Waldemar Matysik ↑Roman Wójcicki
FRANCE
Jean Castaneda
Manuel Amoros
Gerard Janvion
Philippe Mahut
Trésor Tresor (c)
Rene Girard
Jean-François Larios
Jean Tigana
Bruno Bellone
Alain Couriol
Gerard Soler
Coach: Michel Hidalgo (FRA)
79′ Gerard Soler
66′ ↓Gerard Janvion ↑Christian López
83′ ↓Jean Tigana ↑Didier Six
Referee: Antonio Garrido (ESP)
Goals:
14′ Rene Girard FRA
42′ Andrzej Szarmach POL
45′ Stefan Majewski POL
47′ Janusz Kupcewicz POL
75′ Alain Couriol FRA
Match overview
Poland claimed third place at the 1982 World Cup with a thrilling 3-2 victory over France in Alicante. Despite falling behind to Girard’s early opener, Poland responded with devastating effect just before and after half-time. Szarmach and Majewski struck within three minutes before the break, then Kupcewicz added a third immediately after the restart. Couriol’s late goal gave France hope but Poland held on for their second World Cup bronze medal.
Trivia
This match represented Poland’s second third-place finish at a World Cup, following their bronze medal at the 1974 tournament in West Germany. France fielded a much-changed team with key players rested after their emotionally draining semi-final defeat. The victory ensured Poland finished as the tournament’s third-best team and Zbigniew Boniek ended as one of the competition’s standout performers.
