On the eve of the 2010 World Cup Semi-Finals, I thought you might enjoy watching some highlights of two of the greatest ever World Cup semi-final games, both involving Germany. Hopefully this year's games will live up to these two as Uruguay v Netherlands and Germany v Spain take center stage.
The first takes us back to Mexico in 1970 - The Azteca Stadium in Mexico City was the venue and 17 June 1970 the date as Italy and West Germany contested a tight affair for the opening 89 minutes, before drama was unleashed in the closing moments that carried on into extra time. Roberto Boninsegna put Italy ahead with eight minutes on the clock, only for Karl-Heinz Schnellinger to equalise deep into injury time, extra time was next...
And back to a time when England had a team to believe in...
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