Soccer Nostalgia: April 2025

Friday, April 25, 2025

Compendium to ‘Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’-Episode 184- The Historical Italy v. West Germany World Cup Semifinal on June 17, 1970, dubbed as the Match of the Century

Date: June 17, 1970

Competition: FIFA World Cup-Semifinals

Result: Italy 4-West Germany 3 (After Extra Time)

Venue: Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Estadio Azteca, Mexico

Attendance: 103,000

Referee: Arturo Yamasaki-Maldonaldo (Peru)

Linesmen Rafael Hormazabal Diaz (Chile), Guillermo Velasquez (Colombia)

Kick-off time: 16:00

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Roberto Boninsegna 8, Tarcisio Burgnich 98, Luigi Riva 104, Gianni Rivera 111

(West Germany): Karl-Heinz Schnellinger 90, Gerhard ‘Gerd’ Müller 94, 110

Summary of goals:

1:0 (8^th minute, Italy): Roberto Boninsegna scored with a long-range shot from outside of the box, after a combination play with Riva.

1:1 (90^th minute, West Germany): Grabowski’s cross from the left side was struck in by Schnellinger.

1:2 (94^th minute, West Germany): A corner from the right side, Seeler headed it, Fabrizio Poletti tried to retrieve a ball and give it to Albertosi, Müller snuck in to touch the ball past Albertosi.

2:2 (98^th minute, Italy): Rivera sent a free kick into the box, Held failed to clear it and Burgnich knocked in the loose ball.

3:2 (104^th minute, Italy): Angelo Domenghini’s cross from the left side was struck in by Riva.

3:3 (110^th minute, West Germany): Libuda’s cross from the right side was headed across by Seeler and headed in by Müller.

4:3 (111^th minute, Italy): Boninsegna’s cross from the left side was struck in by Rivera.

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Enrico Albertosi (Unione Sportiva Cagliari)

2-Tarcisio Burgnich (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

3-Giacinto Facchetti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

5-Pierluigi Cera (Unione Sportiva Cagliari)

8-Roberto Rosato (Associazione Calcio Milan) (4-Fabrizio Poletti (Associazione Calcio Torino) 91)

10-Mario Bertini (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

11-Luigi Riva (Unione Sportiva Cagliari)

13-Angelo Domenghini (Unione Sportiva Cagliari)

15-Alessandro Mazzola (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) (14-Gianni Rivera (Associazione Calcio Milan) 46)

16-Giancarlo De Sisti (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

20-Roberto Boninsegna (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)

Coach: Ferrucio Valcareggi

Booked: Roberto Rosato , Enrico Albertosi 73, Giancarlo De Sisti 104, Angelo Domenghini 114

Team Captain: Giacinto Facchetti

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West Germany:

1-Josef ‘Sepp’ Maier (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

3-Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

4-Franz Beckenbauer (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

5-Willi Schulz (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)

7-Hans-Hubert ‘Berti’ Vogts (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)

9-Uwe Seeler (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)

12-Wolfgang Overath (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)

13-Gerhard ‘Gerd’ Müller (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

15-Bernd Patzke (Berliner Sport-Club Hertha 1892 e.V.) (10-Siegfried Held (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.) 63)

17-Johannes ‘Hennes’ Löhr (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.) (14-Reinhard Libuda (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen) 53)

20-Jurgen Grabowski (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.)

Coach: Helmut Schön

Booked: Wolfgang Overath, Gerhard ‘Gerd’ Müller 66

Team Captain: Uwe Seeler

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