Date: 11-07-1982
Stage: final
Place: MADRID
Running time: 116 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: 4K 2160p 50fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : english(BBC)/english(ITV)/italian/french/ german/spanish/spanish(new)/ italian(new)/english(usa)
My rating: ****
Notes: Tardelli,Zoff,Conti, Rummenigge,Breitner
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 11 July 1982, 20:00
Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
Attendance: 90,089
Meteo: Clear, warm, 24°C
ITALY
Dino Zoff (c)
Giuseppe Bergomi
Antonio Cabrini
Fulvio Collovati
Claudio Gentile
Gaetano Scirea
Gabriele Oriali
Marco Tardelli
Bruno Conti
Francesco Graziani
Paolo Rossi
Coach: Enzo Bearzot (ITA)
31′ Bruno Conti
73′ Gabriele Oriali
7′ ↓Francesco Graziani ↑Alessandro Altobelli
89′ ↓Alessandro Altobelli ↑Franco Causio
WEST GERMANY
Harald Schumacher
Paul Breitner
Hans Peter Briegel
Bernd Förster
Karlheinz Förster
Manfred Kaltz (c)
Ulrich Stielike
Wolfgang Dremmler
Pierre Littbarski
Klaus Fischer
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (c)
Coach: Jupp Derwall (FRG)
61′ Wolfgang Dremmler
73′ Ulrich Stielike
88′ Pierre Littbarski
63′ ↓Wolfgang Dremmler ↑Horst Hrubesch
70′ ↓Karl-Heinz Rummenigge ↑Hansi Muller
Referee: Arnaldo Cesar Coelho (BRA)
Goals:
56′ Paolo Rossi ITA
69′ Marco Tardelli ITA
80′ Alessandro Altobelli ITA
82′ Paul Breitner FRG
Match overview
Italy captured their third World Cup title with a magnificent 3-1 victory over West Germany at the Santiago Bernabeu. After a scoreless first half, Paolo Rossi broke the deadlock with his sixth goal of the tournament. Marco Tardelli doubled the advantage with a stunning strike before Alessandro Altobelli made it three. Paul Breitner pulled one back for Germany but Italy held firm to claim their first World Cup since 1938.
Trivia
This triumph made Italy only the second nation after Brazil to win three World Cups. Forty-year-old captain Dino Zoff became the oldest player ever to win the tournament, while Paolo Rossi claimed both the Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards. The match was watched by over 90,000 spectators at Real Madrid’s iconic stadium, completing Italy’s remarkable transformation from first-round struggles to champions.
