Quarterfinals of the European Championship -1972 | The Challenge England

England – German RF 1-3 (0-1).
27′ Uli Hoeness 0-1, 78′ Francis Lee 1-1, 84′ (pen) Günter Netzer 1-2, 88′ Gerd Müller 1-3.
Referee: Robert Helies (FRA) | Spectators: 100,000

With the 1-3 victory, the West German footballers get revenge for the defeat they suffered on English soil during the 1966 world championship in the London final (4-2) April 29! 20:45 at the legendary “Wembley” stadium in London, this time the Germans beat the English representative in the quarter-finals for the European Championship. 1972 in front of 100,000 passionate spectators who eagerly awaited this challenge.

The teams enter the field with these formations:
England: 1 Gordon Banks; 2 Paul Madeley, 3 Emlyn Hughes, 4 Colin Bell, 5 Bobby Moore,6 Norman Hunter, 7 Francis Lee, 8 Alan Ball, 9 Martin Chivers, 10 Geoff Hurst(60′ Rodney Marsh), 11 Martin Peters. Coach Sir Alfred Ramsey.

German RF: 1 Sepp Maier; 2 Horst-Dieter Höttges, 3 Paul Breitner, 4 Hans Georg Schwarzenbeck,5 Franz Beckenbauer, 6 Herbert Wimmer, 7 Jürgen Grabowski, 8 Uli Hoeness,9 Gerd Müller, 10 Günter Netzer, 11 Siegfried Held. Coach : Helmut Schön.

Schoen’s team, unlike the predictions, appeared physically prepared, homogeneous, compact and well organized in all departments. She knew how to defend and attack smartly. Netzer showed himself to be a great footballer. Together with Beckenbauer, Mueller, Wimmer, Grabowski and other members of the team, he often put the English defense and its goalkeeper Banks in a difficult position. Overall, the game of the West Germans was more fantasy.

The English did not even think that they would suffer such a loss, moreover, they were playing in their own field and the balance of England-FRG meetings in general until then spoke in favor of the English. This is how the locals start the game with furious attacks towards Majeri’s goal, but the latter proved to be a high-class goalkeeper. During the 90 minutes, he made very nice saves and punches. The English attackers are not known to take advantage of some clean chances to score, even though they themselves, in the area of the German attack, slowed down the pace, passed without place and delayed in shooting or shot in an inaccurate way. Meanwhile in the complex the game was a real spectacle. Her pace was very high, from the beginning to the end, the circulation of the ball was fast and precise, the players’ movements on the field were frequent, as well as the changes of places, not to mention the very good technical preparation. tactical. It was a truly premature finale.

The Germans will be the first to take the lead in the 26th minute with Henes. Bobi Mur, inside the penalty area, passed the ball behind a friend of his, but he was caught by the opponents and with a strong shot it was carried into the Banks net. It took the English more than 50 minutes to equalize through Li (1-1).

Marsh shot hard, Majeri saved the ball from his hands and Li, who was close, did not have a hard time equalizing. A few minutes later, specifically in the 82nd minute, the French referee gave a penalty against the locals, which Netzer converted into a goal. Banksi managed to punch him, but the ball crashed into the post and then into the net.

Then Myler sealed the winning result for his friends 3-1. After being freed by two English defenders, he shot hard and crashed the ball into the net. The victory of the westerners was deserved. Now they take a safe step towards the semi-finals, where they will face the winner of the Italy-Belgium match. This result made it difficult for Ramsejt’s team to overturn this loss in the second meeting held in Berlin on May 15. The English did not go further than a goalless draw, 0-0!

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