"Game of the Century"

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1970 FIFA World Cup semi-final: Italy 4-3 West Germany

The semi-final of the 1970 FIFA World Cup between Italy and West Germany is considered by many as the greatest football match in history and has been called the "Game of the Century".

It was played on 17 June 1970 at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. Italy won 4--3 after five goals were scored in extra time, the only FIFA World Cup game in which this has happened.

Italy opened the scoring with Roberto Boninsegna in the 8' and led for the majority of the match, but defender Karl-Heinz Schnellinger equalized for West Germany during injury time at the end of the second half. The game went therefore into extra time.
Gerd Müller put Germany ahead in the 94th minute, but Tarcisio Burgnich tied it back up four minutes later and Luigi Riva put the Italians back in front in the 104'.
Gerd Müller scored again for West Germany to tie up the score at 3--3. Yet, as television cameras were still replaying Müller's goal, Italy's Gianni Rivera scored the game-winning goal in the 111th minute. Being left unmarked near the penalty area, Rivera connected a fine cross made by Boninsegna, clinching the victory for Italy at 4--3.

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