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.”
