World Cup Top Tens: Top Ten Games
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10) Romania vs Argentina 3-2 in 1994
Dumitrescu and Hagi took advantage of an Argentina team still suffering from the loss of Maradona. This was definitely the most entertaining game of the 1994 World Cup.
9) England vs Cameroon 3-2 (after extra time) in 1990
The charming lions of Cameroon, with 38 year old supersub Roger Milla as their most important player, went very close to a semifinal place. Two penalties by Gary Lineker eventually stopped the Africans, who were most neutrals' favorite team.
8) Brazil vs Italy 4-1 in 1970
Pelé crowned himself king of soccer with his third World Cup title. This was attacking soccer displayed at its finest, especially in the second half, in Brazil's most impressive victory.
7) Belgium vs Soviet Union 4-3 (after extra time) in 1986
Superb entertainment in this seven-goal-thriller that swung back and forth, with Belgium lucky to score two "offside" goals.
6) England vs West Germany 4-2 (after extra time) in 1966
The famous Wembley final which went into extra time because of yet another late German equallizer. Geoff Hurst scored his famous hat-trick, including the controversial "was it over the line" goal.
5) Argentina vs England 2-2 (4-3 after penalties) in 1998
The best match of the 1998 World Cup. Lots of drama including David Beckham's red card for retaliation, and great goals by Michael Owen and Javier Zanetti.
4) France vs Brazil 1-1 (4-3 after penalties) in 1986
Platini, Zico, Giresse, Socrates, Tigana and Junior were all well into their thirties in this quarterfinal, but what a match they produced in what was their last chance of World Cup glory.
3) Italy vs Brazil 3-2 in 1982
Paolo Rossi woke up and scored a great hat-trick against the "unbeatable" Brazilian class of '82, in a match the South Americans only needed to draw to reach the semifinal.
2) Italy vs West Germany 4-3 (after extra time) in 1970
This semifinal turned out to be a classic. An injury time equallizer secured extra-time for the Germans, and five more goals were scored in the extra half hour that saw Italy go through to the final
1) West Germany vs France 3-3 (5-4 after penalties) in 1982
This roller coaster battle had everything. High drama, controversial referreing, quality goals and a nerve wrecking penalty shoot-out to top it off. France led 3-1 in extra-time and went close to scoring a fourth, but the Germans once again showed remarkable strength and levelled the score, before winning on penalties.
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the best worldcup game for me was the semifinal game between italy-germany 1970 in mexico...both played in the heat of 45-50 celcius in mexico city...italy early lead after 7 minutes..germany has attacked and had many chances but scored only in the last seconds of the 91 minutes...beckenbauer was injured in this game and has played with a sling..in extra time 5 goals and italy won luckily 4:3..both team was exhausted and after the game both teams got applause of 100000 people....a small monument outside of the arena i think remember for everyone this great game...germany has beaten before in a other midday heatgame england 3:2 in extratime after germany was down up to minute 66 2:0. gerd müller has scored the game winner against england and has scored 2 goals against italy in the semifinal loss...
i was 12 years old in this days where i have watched on tv this both games..
the semifinal game between france-germany 1982 was one of the most dramatic games ever ,only overshadowed of schumachers brutal foul...the great frenchteam was leading 3:1 in extra time , 12 minutes to go and germany fought back like so many times in other games too to draw this game....klaus fischer had a great last goal...the penalties was dramatic and germany won this game....for platini it was the most dramatic game with up and downs in his whole career ...
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