On 11 July 1982, as Madrid's turquoise skies were cloudless, 9,000 spectators flocked to the Santiago Bernabeu stadium to watch the final of the World Cup in Spain, with a pair of bitter rivals: Italy and West Germany. Italy and West Germany. The two teams met again after playing a legendary classic in the semi-finals of the 1970 World Cup.
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In the process of qualifying, both teams scored an epic victory, with Italy eliminating Zico-led Brazil with Rossi's hat-trick.
West Germany, on the other hand, reversed France, which was led by Platini, after a penalty shootout.
Tactically, the Italians are better at chain defense and Rossi's individual attacks. Bayarzot's defensive prowess is almost at its peak, with goalkeeper Zoff and several generals on the defensive line, Tardelli and Orialli in midfield are also good at grabbing. From the group stage until the semi-finals, Ber arzot played as a four-back, With Kolovati staring and Sirrea dragging behind.
Opposite the West German team, although that World Cup lacked the core Schuster style of the midfield that won the European Championship two years ago, the subjective initiative of the offensive end dropped a lot, but this did not prevent the Germans with steel nerves from passing the barrier all the way to the final, and played the strong overall and strong willpower to the fullest.
There are many talented players in both teams, the Italian team is led by Paul Rossi in the knockout rounds, Gentile, Belgomi, Colovati and Cabrini form a steel defense, Zoffe guards the gates, and germany is led by Rummenigge with injuries, with Famous Players such as Litbarski, Breitner, Brigel and Schumacher sitting, and Stilik in the middle. It is worth mentioning that both teams have won the World Cup twice before, Rossi and Rummenigge have scored 5 goals before the final, and the two world golden boot competition is a major attraction in the final.
Before the final, in order to deal with West Germany, Bearzot further strengthened the defensive line, he withdrew the attacking forward Antonioni, plus sent Belgomi and Kolovati to stare at the people, playing the 1432 formation.
After the start of the game, the Italian team hoped to take advantage of the speed advantage. But West Germany created their first chance two minutes later. Litbalski broke through on the left and crossed diagonally to Fischer, who won the ball and then returned the ball, the winger nicknamed "Litti" got up and attacked the goal, but Italy's legendary goalkeeper Zoff easily got the ball. In the fifth minute of the match, Gragiani was knocked to the ground by the strong German from the side, and unfortunately his right shoulder took the lead, and he rolled near the midline with a look of pain on his face. Seven minutes later, Aaltobel came on to replace the injured striker.
After a fierce opening, the game gradually stabilized, and the German team made several offensive attempts on the right side, but the young Bergomi was in command, and Litbalski and Rummenigge could not break through the Italian defense. Italy broke through to the left side of the field and Aaltopelli passed the ball to Conte inside the box, who was shoveled to the ground by Brigle and the referee did not hesitate to point to the penalty spot. West German players surrounded the referee theory, but the penalty decision could not be changed. Unexpectedly, however, Italy wasted a great opportunity to open the record, and Cablini began to help shoot, and the ball deflected from the outside of the right goalpost to the bottom line. Cabrini thus became the first person to concede a penalty in the World Cup final.
Just after the start of the second half, Rummenigge and Kartz invaded the Italian hinterland, but did not create a decent threat. The Italian midfielder gradually began to control the game, and the huge physical exertion of the West German semi-final began to be reflected.
In the 57th minute, the deadlock of the match was broken. Bruno Conte created a free-kick opportunity in midfield, Tardelli sent a quick shot, Gentile interjected from the right, Rossi leaned over the top of the goal at the back post, Schumacher struggled to save fruitlessly, Italy took a 1-0 lead.
Germany once again complained to the referee, who believed the opponent was offside, but the referee decided that the goal was valid.
After the score was rewritten, the speed and pace of the game was much faster. In order to regain the score, the West German team replaced Khrubesch with the intention of strengthening the attack. But they suffered another heavy blow in the 69th minute. Italy's Sirrea instigated the attack in the half, Rossi touched the ball twice, and then Tardelli got the ball, and a powerful shot from 17 meters away once again broke through Schumacher's goal, giving Italy a 2-0 lead.
The scene of Tardelli running and celebrating passionately after scoring has become an eternal classic in the history of the World Cup.
West Germany desperately needed a goal to save the day, but their attacks became more and more impatient and disorganized, with long passes and long-range shots from outside the box tickling Italy. In the 81st minute, the game was decided, Bruno Conte took a meteoric advance and transferred it to Altobelli, who calmly shook down goalkeeper Schumacher and the back-and-forth defender, and stabbed the ball down to the ground to easily score the ball, Italy 3-0 West Germany.
Three minutes before the finale, Breitner scored a comforting goal for Germany. Germany's free-kick opportunity in front of the field, the ball was cleared by the Italian defender and fell to the feet of Breitner, who volleyed in the air with his right foot to pull back a goal, but he did not celebrate after scoring, not even a smile.
Perhaps it was the thrilling semi-final of France that consumed too much energy on West Germany, or perhaps it was Italy's play that night that the Blues beat the Germanic chariots again after the semi-finals of the 1970 World Cup. One thing is for sure, though, that this technically skilled and talented southern European team is a convincing world champion. Italy's 40-year-old captain and main goalkeeper Zoff became the oldest member of the championship team in World Cup history and the only Italian athlete to win the European Championship and World Cup so far. In addition, he led Italy to a second place in the European Championship in 2000 as manager.
Rossi won the World Cup Golden Boot, The Ballon d'Or and was named to the best team.