Geoff Hurst 3 goal. Crossed the line or not. West Germany comeback and win in 1970 semifinal. West Germany outplayed England in old Wembley stadium. Penalty Shootout win 1990 World Cup semifinal and Euro 1996 semifinal.German to be last team win Wembley. Referee error cost them equalizing goal.All of this happen in the England vs Germany rivalry. We will look at England vs Germany rivalry today.

But for Germany they hated rivalries is not England for them is Netherlands. For England is it always the German and Argentina. England will have a sense of pride when they had beaten German but for German it is just another game but German will always have tough time against England.

England Moments Of Glory in Wembley (1966 World Cup Final )

The year that England had finally made it to the pinnacle of international football. England had beaten West Germany ( current German team) 4 – 2. When Martin Peters scored in 78th minute to make the scoreline 2 -1 England though they had sealed it in normal time but Wolfgang Weber had score an equalizer to make it 2 -2 and make the game to extra time. Then 2 of controversial moment in World Cup history Sir Geoff Hurst had scored 3 rd goal for England and 2nd for him but they ball until now is unknown whether it had crossed the line or not but the linesman Tofik Bakhramov from Soviet Union (current Russia) had given a goal . The Germans was irate. Another moment happen when Geoff Hurst scored the 4th England goal and hat-trick for him to seal the match. They is a spectator had ran in to the field but the referee did not stop the match and given the goal. The German is irate on that too.

England Knocked Out in Quarterfinal(1970 World Cup Quarterfinal)

The German was a different proposition from 1970 and in the way to become one of best international team all the time with Franz Beckenbauer in role defining sweeper and with the deadly Gerd Muller. Still they are trailing England 2- 0 in he first half with goal from Alan Mullery and Martin Peters. England is strong and a defending champion and the only team that had lost to Brazil with 1 goal and gave Brazil a tough game. But in the second half things changed when Beckenbauer and Uwe Seller made it 2 – 2 to make it to extra time. Sir Alf Ramsey crucially had substituted Sir Bobby Charlton England play maker in the second half that may contributed to England collapse in the second half. In the extra time the legendary striker Gerd Muller scored from close range to send England packing and their had reached the semi final and involved in the Match of the Century with Italy. Gerd Muller had scored 10 goals in whole competition to prove his striking ability.

England Outplayed in the Own Backyard( 1972 European Cup Quarterfinal First Leg)

German en route to the 1972 European Cup winner meet England in first leg quarter final in Wembley. A performance that so majestic with Franz Beckenbauer as sweeper, Gerd Muller the deadly striker, Uli Hoeness, Gunter Netzer the playmaker England had been wrong footed, out possessed , outmatched by the brilliance and technique combine with Gerd Muller striking ability in their own backyard. This is the first time that German had won in England and England first defeat in 20 matches in Wembley. The team had been dubbed in the press of England as ” The Wembley Eleven” and even French publication L’Equipe called it as ” Dream Football from the Year 2000″ . This also had been dubbed as one of German finest football performance. With this result , German hold the England 0 – 0 in second leg in German and qualify for the final tournament when they had won the European Cup for the first time.

Tear Of Gazza ( 1990 World Cup Semi Final)

England had reached the semi final for the first time since 1966 in Italy and meet the German with Franz Beckenbauer as the manager. England with Paul Gascoigne were not expected to be in the semi final and the German were favourites with Lothar Matthaus, Jurgen Klinsmann, Andreas Brehme , and Rudi Voller at their peak. The game started well for the German with a deflected goal from Andread Brehme free kick but Gary Lineker had equalized for England and make it to the extra time again.In the extra time Paul Gascoigne ( Gazza) was yellow carded for a foul on the German player Thomas Berthold. Gazza will miss the final if England went to the final and he cant hide his sadness on the live broadcast and cried. This will be one of classic moments in World Cup. England had been dumped from the final to the 3rd and 4th playoff match with Italy as they had lose on penalties to German 4 – 3. The German went through final and won the World Cup for the 3rd time by beating Diego Maradona Argentina 1- 0 .The script will repeat again in 1996 Euro tournament.

German Majestic Brilliance in Penalty Shootout ( 1996 Euro Cup Semi Final)

1996 European Tournament in Wembley , England for the first time had reached the semi final of the European Competition. England had defeated Spain in penalties in the quarter final. This will be England only win in penalties in any major tournament. Unlike the semi final in 1990 England had started well with Alan Shearer had given them a early lead only to be cancelled out by Germany’s Stefan Kuntz. The game will go to the extra time time for the 4th time in the major tournament. Gazza missed a golden opportunities to put England in the final as this extra time is decided by golden goal rule where whomever score first will be the winner. Like in 1990 the deadlock can;t be broken and the game went to penalties. With the conversation rate of 100% where the Germany had score all of the 6 penalties , Gareth Soutgate had missed the 6th penalties for England and England is out again in the hand of the German. German will won the tournament by defeating Czech Republic in final 2 – 1 with golden goal. The 1990 story had repeated again.

Finally England Won ( Euro 2000 Group Stage)

After nearly a 3 decade England had finally had won against Germany in Euro 2000 group stage against one of the weakest German team. But unfortunately even with this win both England and German had been knocked out from the European Cup in the group stage itself.

Last Blow for England in Wembley ( 2002 World Cup Qualifier)

With the Old Wembley will be demolished to make way for the new design Wembley the final game fittingly is between England and Germany. German with a goal from Dietmar Hamann had won the final game in Wembley and Kevin Keegan the England manager had resigned as England manager after this game and he had been replaced with Sven Goran Erickson England first foreign coach.

5 Goals in Munich( 2002 World Cup Qualifier)

With a hattrick from Michael Owen , goal from Steven Gerrard and Emile Heskey , England had cancelled out early Germany goal from Carsten Jancker and trashed the German 5 -1 in Munich . This is one of the biggest win for England against Germany. Both had qualified for the World Cup 2002 where England qualified automatically and German need to dump Ukraine in the playoff match. The final tournament German had become runner up against Brazil and England had been knocked out from quarter final also by Brazil whom had become the 2002 World Cup winners.

A Referee Blunder ( 2010 World Cup Second Round)

A new German coached by Joachim Loew with young player swept aside England by a scoreline of 4 – 1. But the game will always be remembered for the referee does not gave England the equalizing goal even though the ball had crossed the line by miles and this led FIFA to implement the goal line technology in 2014 World Cup to ensure this will not happen again. This is the only time where the game was not played in extra time or penalties and the heaviest defeat England had against German in a major tournament.

Both of these team had provide many memories and moments and lets hope with the Euro 2016 coming in 1 month away if both of them meet again they will be another classic game for fans to remember and not a dull boring match .

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