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| Night of Seville Nacht von Sevilla Nuit de Séville | |||||||
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 The match was played at theRamón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium. | |||||||
| Event | 1982 FIFA World Cup | ||||||
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| Afterextra time West Germany won 5–4 onpenalties | |||||||
| Date | 8 July 1982 | ||||||
| Venue | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium,Seville | ||||||
| Referee | Charles Corver (Netherlands) | ||||||
| Attendance | 70,000 | ||||||
On 8 July 1982,West Germany andFrance played in the semi-finals of the1982 FIFA World Cup at theRamón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium inSeville,Spain. The match is known in both countries as theNight of Seville (German:Nacht von Sevilla,[1]French:Nuit de Séville[2]). The match was won by West Germany 5–4 onpenalties. They advanced to faceItaly in the final. Thanks to its back-and-forth drama, four goals in extra time and a dramatic penalty shoot-out, the match is regarded as one of the best football matches of all time.[3] It is considered by French captainMichel Platini to be his "most beautiful game."[4] West Germany's victory was the first time in the history of the World Cup whose outcome was determined by a penalty shoot-out;[5] while the penalty shoot-out rule was already in place since the1974 FIFA World Cup, it had not been used in the four matches that would require it in the two tournaments prior (the third place matches and the finals).
This match, like a number of other matches at this tournament, started at nine o'clock in the evening, because July daily high temperatures in the south-western Spanish city of Seville averaged 37 °C (99 °F); the hot weather during the tournament had already taken a toll on the players.[citation needed] The day of the match had been very hot- it had hit 36.0 °C (96.8 °F) by 18:30 and the temperature at 21:00 was still 32 °C (90 °F).[4][6]
With West Germany's captain and European Footballer of the YearKarl-Heinz Rummenigge benched from the start due to a hamstring injury, West Germany were nonetheless the first to score, in the 17th minute. WithKlaus Fischer charging in to challenge the French goalkeeperJean-Luc Ettori from about 12 yards out, the ball rebounded toPierre Littbarski, who scored with a first-time shot from 18 yards.
After 27 minutes,Bernd Förster was penalised for holdingDominique Rocheteau and France were awarded a penalty, which was converted by Platini.
Despite several good chances for both sides, includingManuel Amoros hitting the crossbar in stoppage time, the score remained at 1–1 at full time. The teams then played two 15-minute periods of extra time. In the second minute of the first period,Marius Tresor struck an 11-yard volley after a deflected free kick from just outside the box to put France ahead for the first time in the match, 2–1. Rummenigge entered the game shortly afterwards in place ofHans-Peter Briegel, but it was France who struck once again at the 98 minute mark, withAlain Giresse firing a first-time shot from 18 yards offHarald Schumacher's right post and into the goal to give France a 3–1 advantage.
Four minutes later, West Germany began their comeback, with Rummenigge flicking home an outside-of-the-foot volley from six yards that cut France's lead in half. Three minutes into the second extra time period, Fischer scored with a bicycle kick from six yards, and the teams were level once more at 3–3, where the score remained until the end of extra time.
The penalty shootout began with Giresse converting the first kick for France, which was answered by West Germany'sManfred Kaltz. Amoros for France andPaul Breitner for West Germany both converted, but in the third round,Uli Stielike's shot was blocked by Ettori, following Rocheteau's successful strike, giving France a 3–2 lead. However, in the fourth round, France failed to capitalise: Schumacher blockedDidier Six's shot, and Littbarski scored for West Germany. Platini and Rummenigge both scored in the fifth round, and the shootout, tied at 4–4, moved tosudden-death. In the sixth round,Maxime Bossis's shot was blocked, andHorst Hrubesch converted to give West Germany the win.
In the second half, the West German goalkeeper Schumacher jumped into the French playerPatrick Battiston, which knocked Battiston unconscious and forced him from the game with two missing teeth, three cracked ribs, and damaged vertebrae, though no foul was given.[7][8][9] France were forced to use their second and final substitution to replace Battiston, who himself had come on only ten minutes earlier. By contrast, West Germany were able to use their own second substitution to bring on Rummenigge in extra time, and he scored five minutes after taking the field.
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