When the second stage of the 1982 World Cup came to an end, the more intense semi-finals followed. They are Poland vs Italy, federal germany vs France.
The first semi-final was played at 17:15 local time in Spain on 8 July 1982 at the Camp Nou, where Italy and Poland met again after the group stage, when the two teams exchanged blanks 0:0. But this time the two teams are not the same, Italy has won the two major championship favorites against Argentina and Brazil, morale is high, Rossi has opened the scoring account, and in the match against Brazil, it has scored a hat-trick. On the Polish side, Bonek was suspended due to accumulated yellow cards and did not have the opportunity to play, which greatly reduced the strength of the Polish team. Rossi was once again the key player to dominate the game' victory, with two goals in the 22nd minute of the first half and two goals in the 73rd minute of the second half, Italy won 2-0 to reach the final again after the 1970 World Cup.
Compared to Italy's easy promotion, another semi-final at the Estadio Pisjuan in Sevilla was quite tragic. In the eyes of people, this should be a showdown between Rummenigge and Platini, but when the game began, people were surprised to find that Rummenigge did not start, it turned out that he was injured and could only watch from the sidelines.
Despite the lack of Rummenigge, but the Federal Republic of Germany's attack is still sound, in the 17th minute of the first half of the game, the Federal Republic of Germany launched an attack, returning to the national team Breitner from the middle of the road with the ball burst into the ten meters and then the outside foot diagonal pass to Fisher, who inserted into the box, French goalkeeper Ettori decisively abandoned the goal and released the ball under Fisher's feet. But this time the break was not clean and sharp, only to see the ball slowly roll to the edge of the big penalty area, the four defenders in the French team's penalty area did not react, the Federal Republic of Germany's Litbarski rushed up, raised his foot to shoot, the ball straight to the bottom of the net. The Federal Republic of Germany took a 1:0 lead.
But the federal republic of Germany's lead did not last long, and France gradually used its midfield advantage to control the situation on the field and then attacked the gates of the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany captain Kartz fouled france for a free-kick in the front, Gilesser drove the ball out and found Platini inside the box, Platini's header was given to Rocheto, who was ambushed in the middle. Just as Rocheto was about to pull out his foot to shoot, the Federal Republic of Germany defender stopped him with a foul, Dutch referee Charles Korver did not hesitate to point to the penalty spot, Platini steadily scored the ball, france equalized, this is the 26th minute of the first half.
The equaliser boosted the morale of the French team, and they launched wave after wave of attacks, compared to the Germans who had to run for their lives and block the French with fouls. One of the most exuberant and fierce was the Federal Republic of Germany goalkeeper Schumacher. When the French team frequently threatened the gate he guarded, Rocheto even scored another goal, but the referee determined that the French team was fouled first, and the goal was invalid. Second, he and the French fans were on the bar, and the French fans refused to return the ball that had been kicked in the stands to Schumacher, which made Schumacher very angry, glaring at the fans, and he seemed to be about to explode.
In the 61st minute of the game, Schumacher finally couldn't help it, and the most brutal scene in the history of the World Cup appeared. The French team once again launched an attack on the gate guarded by Schumacher, and the French team substitute Battiston formed a one-on-one situation with Schumacher, and Schumacher's reaction was also to shock everyone. He abandoned the goal and rushed to Battistone, but Schumacher, unable to grab the ball, knocked Battiston to the ground, Battiston lost consciousness, and the ball was also deflected out of the goal.
The hapless Battistone was knocked out of three teeth, and worse, he was unconscious, and eventually the stretcher had to not carry him off the field. Battiston obviously couldn't hold on any longer, which was a huge blow to the Frenchman, who had just been replaced in the 50th minute of the second half and was now replaced by Lopez. To know that at that time, there were only two substitutions, and such a loss was immeasurable.
According to the current penalty, Schumacher's red dot package cannot escape, but a scene that makes everyone stunned appeared, there is no red dot package, not even a yellow card, and the referee said that Schumacher did not foul. The Germans escaped, but the French were enraged, and although they were in control of the situation on the pitch, the bad mentality made their attacks fruitless. With France's shot from the final moments of the game hitting the crossbar and the two teams shook hands 1-1 in ninety minutes, the game had to go into extra time.
So what will happen to this game in the end? We'll talk about that in the next part.