West Germany v Netherlands Round of 16 24-06-1990
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00:00Thanks a lot Elton, 74,000 here in the San Siro Stadium, a take at the gate of a little under 3 million pounds, which is a World Cup record.
00:12The Dutch in their orange shirts will be attacking the goal to our left.
00:19The Battle of the Giants, one Italian sports newspaper put on its front page today, and who can doubt it as we get underway.
00:27The biggest piece of all of course comes a fortnight tonight with the final itself in the Olympic Stadium in Rome, but this is a wonderful spread ahead of us this evening and it should certainly keep us well satisfied for the days to come.
00:42Brought to you live on ITV in association with National Park.
00:45Germans in fact with their team line-up looking particularly cautious with three central defenders but at the moment, and with two full-backs playing five at the back, a foul straight away on Pierre Litvarski.
01:02And the Argentine referee, who in fact refereed two games, he's refereed Belgium, Spain and Costa Rica, Scotland in this World Cup, so far hasn't issued a yellow card or indeed a red one, but Litvarski in pain and a free kick to the West Germans.
01:21Lothar Matthaus standing over it.
01:25Fantastic figure through their midfield, but it's Algenthaler who plays it up towards Rudi Völler, who's shaken off his mark of Van Alen.
01:34Van Alen slipped the cross coming in easily for Van Brekelen.
01:37Van Brekelen.
01:42As Trevor was saying, the Dutch in their stuttering performance scored only twice.
01:48This is Jürgen Klinsmann, crossed in nicely towards Völler, Litvarski in there as well, this is Bremer coming up, Litvarski.
01:57With Völler waiting in the middle, Klinsmann coming in as well, Van Brekelen had it, lost it for just a fraction of a second, and was grateful to have it hugging to his chest again, and a little throw-out to Frankie Rijkaard.
02:13Forward to Marco Van Basten.
02:16And away come the Dutch again now, Witzke, Van Basten.
02:21Here's Hullert, making his first appearance in this game, turned his man beautifully, and almost in there from Winter.
02:30A great break from the midfield by Winter, and some superlative play, a marvellous turn by Hullert, and almost the first blood going to the Dutch.
02:41Trevor?
02:43Well, the Dutch look totally relaxed, whereas the Germans, they look to be under pressure, they're not playing with confidence, and the Dutch look dangerous.
02:50Witzke with the corner, floated towards the near post, Matthijs getting it away, Witzke getting a second go, dragging it in this time.
03:02And a flag up, on the far side.
03:06Well, what's the referee given here, he's given, it's a lovely turn here by Hullert as you can see, there's the cross coming in.
03:15Johan Cruyff, but I gather now the players are solidly behind him.
03:23Hullert.
03:26Having a bit of space on that right-hand side, the cross coming in, and again Winter in there.
03:33Well, that's twice the midfield man has got in, and twice the German defence that's been restructured for this game, has failed to pick him up.
03:42There's his head up, over the top.
03:46And the Germans looking more vulnerable in defence than they did in any of their qualifying games.
03:51Berthold's head up, but it's Wouters following up, a little chip by him, but it's just a little too high.
03:59He'd spotted that Eldner was maybe two or three yards off his line.
04:05It's likely to be a tremendous battle of wits.
04:10Bremer.
04:12Buchwald.
04:13Looks as though he has licence to come forward.
04:16Litbarski.
04:18On to the left foot.
04:21A raking shot, just a yard too high.
04:25Certainly when he came on against Colombia and he scored against them, he lit up the whole side.
04:30He's a terrific little player who's made his first appearance nearly ten years ago in the West German summer.
04:37Here's Voller.
04:39Frank Rijkaard.
04:45Well, I've got news for you, and Frank Rijkaard will know it already.
04:49That's two yellow cards.
04:50If Holland were to get through, Rijkaard would miss it.
04:54And it's a foul on him, and it's going to be a yellow card.
04:59Frank Rijkaard.
05:04Well, I've got news for you, and Frank Rijkaard will know it already.
05:07That's two yellow cards.
05:08If Holland were to get through, Frank Rijkaard would miss the next match.
05:12A yellow card.
05:13I think it was against the Republic of Ireland, but he was certainly carrying one into this game, and now he's got another one.
05:18And the Germans have got a free kick.
05:20And that's that wonderful left foot now of Andy Bremer.
05:25And, well, there's something that must have happened way off the ball there while they were lining up for that free kick.
05:32Rudi Voller now gets a yellow card.
05:35Well, I didn't really see what happened, but whatever he said, obviously the referee can speak good German.
05:40Well, he was rubbing his head. Something must have happened there.
05:42There's Bremer's free kick.
05:45And van Broeckelen there getting just ahead of Rudi Voller.
05:48And a little bit of the needle now creeping into this game.
05:51Voller and Rijkaard having words there in that goal mouth.
05:54Klinsmann trying to get in there and saw them out.
05:57And van Broeckelen acting as the peacemaker, shaking his head.
06:01And a red card! A red card for Rudi Voller!
06:05That's unbelievable!
06:07Voller can't believe it.
06:11He'd had a yellow card a moment before, and obviously the clash there.
06:18And Rijkaard as well.
06:21Two cent off.
06:24Well, the clash between Rijkaard and Voller just before that free kick was played in
06:31attracted the referee's attention.
06:33And now an absolute sensation here in Milan.
06:38One that will do little for the game, I have to say, on the night.
06:41Both sides reduced to ten men.
06:45Voller running off to the dressing room.
06:48Rijkaard taking a more leisurely pace.
06:53And as they went past, there was even a possibility that Rijkaard may have spat at Voller.
06:58But the place is in uproar now.
07:10Slow motion that didn't reveal an awful lot, to be honest.
07:17Van Aalen.
07:20Towards Hollips.
07:22Hollips might get something on the turn here.
07:24That's it!
07:30The Dutch continue to cause problems for the West Germans
07:33by getting those midfield men into strong attacking positions.
07:38And that time it was Jan Wouters with Voller mounted a little more than a toe poke,
07:42and it was well wide.
07:45Look for the outside of the boot there, towards Litvarski.
07:49Jan Wouters gone with him, what a bad back pass that was!
07:52Litvarski!
07:54And a great save!
07:57As Buchwald came in.
07:59A tremendous bit of goalkeeping there by Van Dreffelen.
08:03After an appalling mistake in the Dutch defence
08:06by Jan Wouters.
08:08After an appalling mistake in the Dutch defence
08:11by Jan Wouters.
08:14Tried a back pass from an impossible position.
08:16Litvarski now with a free cross.
08:18Buchwald meeting it.
08:20Van Dreffelen trying to make his ground and does so successfully.
08:25And it'll be Reuter with the throw,
08:27who hurls in quite a respectable long one,
08:30but this time plays it to Matthijs.
08:33Crossed in by him.
08:36And back with Van Breckelen,
08:39from Jonny Vanskip.
08:52Pollitt.
08:59Van Tegelen.
09:01To Richard Witschke.
09:04We dummied Reuter there well
09:07and presumably gets a free kick for that foul by Reuter.
09:12With close on three minutes of time added on
09:15already at the end of this first half.
09:23So can the Dutch land
09:26a big blow right on half-time?
09:28Again, Pollitt's in there.
09:30Winter's in there. Van Basten's in there.
09:32As Witschke puts it in there towards Van Basten.
09:35Came the wrong way for him, though.
09:37Half-time whistle.
09:40And still it remains goalless here in the San Siro stadium.
09:45A dramatic first half with those two sendings off,
09:48Völler and Rijkaard.
09:52And a lot of tremendous action to come, you fancy, in the second half.
09:56But here in the San Siro, it's Germany nil, Holland nil.
10:01We want to hope that it gets even better in the second half
10:04and continue with Heribert Fassbender and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
10:30Well, there we are.
10:31That's obviously something that's happened in the first half
10:34and the tension on that thigh at the half-time interval.
10:37Nil-nil here, then, as Holland attack the goal to our right.
10:42The West Germans with Andy Brehmer with the throw.
10:47This is Koehler.
10:53He obviously gets a positive result here tonight.
10:56Extra time if it's necessary.
10:58And then those nerve-tingling penalties after that.
11:02And in fact, both managers will have to make a little change
11:05in their planning if it comes to penalties,
11:07because both Rijkaard and Rudi Völler
11:11were down amongst the penalty takers
11:14named by their managers yesterday.
11:16Free kick.
11:24Barsky.
11:28Waiting for Augenthaler to come up,
11:30who's never scored for the West Germans.
11:32Buchwald.
11:34Klinsmann in there too.
11:36Curled towards Augenthaler, but in fact it was Hullit
11:39who got above them all in a very good header away.
11:42Van Schip played in for Jan Wouters.
11:44Tried to get that forward for Hullit.
11:46Hits Reuter.
11:49And now Buchwald.
11:51Here's Augenthaler.
11:54Getting their big defenders forward,
11:56and here's Matthijs with a break from the midfield.
11:59Flicked a little ball inside, wheeled away in disappointment
12:03when he saw that there were only Dutchmen there.
12:05Hullit, playing it nicely into the path of Van Tickelen.
12:09Van Basten making a run on goal.
12:12Here's Marco van Basten.
12:16Winter.
12:19And Schip.
12:23Van Basten.
12:26Köhler sticking so close to him.
12:32In the same way that at the other end of the field
12:35Van Aaler is never more than a yard away from Klinsmann.
12:39Wouters.
12:41Koeman.
12:44But Barsky didn't get hold of it.
12:46Köhler's header cleared the lines for the West German to Matthijs.
12:49And again a driving run of the West German skipper.
12:52He's got Klinsmann up alongside him.
12:54Klinsmann's onside.
12:56Have they got behind them this time?
12:58The cross coming in towards Matthijs.
13:00And saved brilliantly by Van Broekelen.
13:03A great break by the West Germans.
13:05Inspired by their captain.
13:07Supported by Klinsmann.
13:12And Hollands saved by the agility of Hans Van Broekelen.
13:18That was great play once again from Matthijs.
13:20Started the move off there and finished him with a good header.
13:22Once he sees space, he runs with speed into it.
13:25Released Klinsmann.
13:27Got on the end with a good header.
13:28That's great midfield play.
13:30Here's Buchwald, the big defender.
13:34Being tracked by Winter.
13:36Litvarsky coming up in support.
13:38And it's gone over to Klinsmann.
13:41West Germany go ahead.
13:44Jürgen Klinsmann.
13:51A break out of nothing.
13:54And the big defender, Buchwald,
13:56who we weren't sure about in an attacking position.
14:00Made a great break down the left.
14:03And whipped in the perfect cross.
14:07And Klinsmann was on the end of it.
14:09Trevor Francis.
14:11Well, I think I've said all night that Buchwald is probably the least talented player in the German team.
14:15Well, I think I've said all night that Buchwald is probably the least talented player in the German team.
14:19But he showed the dribbling ability there of Stanley Matthews as he went past Winter.
14:23Knocked the good ball into the box.
14:25And there was Klinsmann escaping his mark of Van Alen
14:28to score a very important goal for the Germans.
14:32Firecrackers and noise all around this wonderful stadium now
14:36as the West Germans go into the lead.
14:38And Holland, let's see what they're made of.
14:40Here's Van Schip.
14:42And Hullit pull them out of trouble.
14:45Here's Winter.
14:46Van Schip again.
14:48Well, he's gone past Bremer.
14:50Here's a reply coming up from Holland.
14:52Flicked there towards Hullit.
14:55Caught it on the volley and...
14:58Well, a good 10-15 yards over that crossbar.
15:03Good break again by the Dutch.
15:05And Hullit just not getting himself right for it.
15:11Only Van Tickelen is staying back along with Van Alen.
15:17Bremer looks concerned as the corner is floated in.
15:24Wouters.
15:25Can Wouters get in?
15:26Oh, my goodness!
15:28That looked a sure-fire equaliser from Jan Wouters, the midfield man.
15:33And he caught it powerfully enough.
15:35And just wide of the far post.
15:38The Germans breathe again.
15:40And the Dutch still have a lot to do.
15:42It bounced beautifully for him.
15:46But he couldn't finish it off.
15:47Trevor Francis.
15:49Well, I can only say that that was a great opportunity there for the Dutch to get back into the game.
15:55Winter with a header for Holland.
15:58Al Gantala for West Germany.
16:02And away goes Trinsmann again.
16:04He's got Litvarski in the middle.
16:07Sold a nice dummy there, but didn't...
16:10Kerman didn't completely buy it.
16:12Matthijs! A powerful shot just wide.
16:15Strikes a marvellous ball, does Matthijs.
16:26Kerman.
16:27Van Basten.
16:29Wouters.
16:31Halfway through the second half.
16:32And still the West Germans lead Holland by one goal to nil here in Milan.
16:37Here's Ruud Gullit.
16:44Gets it across.
16:45And Van Basten almost on the end of it.
16:48For a moment, Gullit opened up that magic box.
16:52And he was suddenly clear of them all.
16:54A killing ball into that six-yard area.
16:56Brilliant play this by Gullit.
16:58That little bit of acceleration.
16:59And what a ball that was.
17:01And Van Basten just failed to finish it off.
17:05So a corner for Holland.
17:08Van Basten and Gullit are in there again.
17:12And it'll be another one.
17:15That was a bit of vintage Gullit, that.
17:16It was great play and it was interesting there that Van Basten actually arrived at the ball first in front of Gullit.
17:22Another corner.
17:24Held in once more.
17:25Berthold gets it away but not very far.
17:28Keeft now to Wouters.
17:30Cross coming in once more.
17:32Keeft is up there.
17:33And this time it's a free kick.
17:38Free kick to the West Germans.
17:46Wouters cross.
17:49And what it was, was an offside against Van Basten.
17:54Schurmann.
17:56Away goes Van Schipp.
17:58Van Basten in the middle.
18:00Keeft's up there as well.
18:02Van Basten!
18:03And it's stopped by the keeper.
18:05Half-blocked by Algenthaler.
18:09And a firmer strike then by Van Basten would surely have brought the equaliser.
18:16Linsman chasing.
18:19Van Tegelen coming across here as well.
18:21Puffing out his cheeks as he clashes there with Linsman.
18:25The throw going which way?
18:39Van Basten's got clear of Kerlop.
18:41Plays the ball in now towards Keeft.
18:43Algenhaler goes down and Keeft again just as Van Basten was before him.
18:47Just couldn't get the real purchase on the ball.
18:50And now it's the West Germans breaking away.
18:53Here's Litvarsky.
18:54Getting some support outside him from Bremer.
18:57Linsman waiting in the middle.
19:02Litvarsky.
19:06A little bit of twinkle toes there from Pierre Litvarsky.
19:08Good shot.
19:09What a match this is turning out to be now.
19:18Koeman failed to control it.
19:21It falls for Bremer.
19:26Linsman's off on a run again.
19:27Against Van Tegelen.
19:28A one against one.
19:31Oh!
19:32That must be a strike.
19:33It's a strike.
19:34It's a strike.
19:35It's a strike.
19:36It's a strike.
19:37Oh!
19:38That must be a strike in by Linsman.
19:41The rattle against that Dutch post.
19:45The Dutch exposing themselves on a one on one situation there
19:49which is quite ridiculous.
19:52And Linsman nearly punishing them with it.
19:56Connects.
19:57There was another great chance.
20:00It's amazing excitement here at both ends of the field.
20:03Linsman rattling Van Broekelen's post in one instant.
20:07And Ruud Hullet of all people missing a chance at the other.
20:11Although the referee here has given an infringement maybe for pushing.
20:18What about this one though Trevor?
20:20Well that's a great ball over the top of the defender by Bremer.
20:22Linsman using his speed and that's a terrific shot.
20:26A foul there on the West German striker.
20:34Good foul.
20:35Onside.
20:36Riedler on the chase again.
20:37Van Tigelen struggling to get back.
20:41Matthijs in there as well.
20:44And so too is Lidvarski.
20:46Tremendous bit of goalkeeping by Van Broekelen.
20:49The German substitutes throw themselves on the floor.
20:52And there's Lidvarski too.
20:55Thought he'd made the game safe but big hands Van Broekelen had other ideas.
21:00Still 1-0.
21:01The West Germans with a corner.
21:03Good work by Van Broekelen.
21:07Well tactics have gone out the window.
21:10It's just wildly exciting stuff.
21:12Unstructured.
21:14And who knows where the next bit of excitement is coming from.
21:18But it's Lidvarski with the corner for West Germany.
21:22A long one towards Buchwald.
21:26Getting the better of Koeman.
21:29Now Bremer.
21:32Curling.
21:33Bremer.
21:392-0 West Germany.
21:43And with five minutes to go Holland are going to join Brazil out of this 1990 World Cup.
21:50The firecrackers are in the night sky over Milan again.
21:54The German flags are flying and the German team are safe.
21:58Franz Beckenbauer can afford a smile.
22:02He knows that better than anybody.
22:05Van Broekelen may just have slipped a little.
22:08But it was great awareness by Bremer.
22:10The keeper slipped.
22:11The ball hits the back of the net.
22:13And Germany are 2-0 up.
22:16Well for me that's an unstoppable finish there.
22:19I don't blame Van Broekelen at all.
22:21Great skill from Bremer.
22:22Outside of his right foot there.
22:24Well you can only hear yourself talk Brian.
22:26The 3-0 is absolutely incredible.
22:28I was saying it was a fabulous finish.
22:31And the Germans are getting revenge for that defeat two years ago in Hamburg in the European Championship semi-final.
22:38Mateusz Schorle offside.
22:40The linesman kept his flag down.
22:42Thank goodness for Holland that the referee was a little more alert.
22:46Winter.
22:47But it seems like a lost cause now for the Dutch side.
22:52With four minutes of the game left.
22:55Knocked down towards Van Basten.
22:58Can he now find something?
22:59No, it's Buchbauer who gets it away.
23:01Only as far as Wouters.
23:04And Reuter down in front.
23:07And it's in.
23:08It's in.
23:09It's in.
23:10It's in.
23:11It's in.
23:12It's in.
23:13And Reuter down injured.
23:19Koeman.
23:21So the Germans look as though they're going to go striding on through this competition
23:26to face the Czechs a week today here in Milan.
23:29And who knows, possibly England after that.
23:31Now what's he done now?
23:32He's given a penalty for the foul on Van Basten.
23:36By Koeman.
23:40So it's not all over yet.
23:43Well Ronald Koeman scored from the penalty spot two years ago
23:46against the West Germans in Hamburg.
23:48He would revive, albeit faintly, Dutch hopes
23:53if he could now plant this ball past Bodo Iltner.
23:58Ronald Koeman then.
24:01With the penalty for Holland.
24:06It's 2-1.
24:07It's 2-1.
24:11Well, with Pollitt on the field and even with a muted Van Basten on the field
24:16all things might still be possible.
24:19On my watch about 90 seconds are left.
24:21The Dutch just want to get on with it now
24:23to see if they can force an equaliser that will in turn force extra time.
24:27Seemed a very harsh penalty to me.
24:30Well, no way was it a penalty.
24:31I mean Van Basten has just thrown himself into the box and the referee is obliged.
24:35It's not so often we talk about penalty takers.
24:37I think you mentioned Koeman's record for Barcelona over the years.
24:40He is, I'm telling you, the best penalty taker I've ever seen.
24:44An icy brain which is needed on an occasion like this.
24:46Klinsmann and Bremer then.
24:47The scorers for West Germany.
24:49Koeman with two minutes of this incredible game left.
24:52Pulling one back for Holland.
24:56Koeman again.
24:59Missed kick by Berthold.
25:00But not by Bremer.
25:02Riedler up front.
25:04Being marked by Van Tickelen.
25:05He's gone past Van Tickelen.
25:07He's got Nick Parski waiting in the middle.
25:10Pushed away by Van Broekmelen.
25:15And Winter now.
25:17Setting up something in the last seconds of the game.
25:21To see whether Holland might yet save it.
25:26Here's Van Schip.
25:27Hitting a long hopeful ball.
25:30But the goalkeeper's there.
25:32And there's no problems for the West Germans.
25:35Thrown out to Reuter.
25:40We're now playing time added on.
25:42Four stoppages.
25:43And it's a free kick for the West Germans.
25:55Mateusz.
25:57Bremer.
26:02Minds Nick Barski.
26:05He's gone past one.
26:07That's a free kick right on the edge of the penalty area.
26:11And the referee was right.
26:13The first point of contact was just fractionally outside the box.
26:18And of course by the time it takes Nick Barski to get up.
26:21For the Germans to organise the free kick.
26:23Time will be way, way past the 90 minute mark.
26:27And it probably now is all up for Holland.
26:33Nick Barski being hauled to his feet by Van Schip.
26:35Van Broekmelen knows that there's so little time left now.
26:39Mateusz and Bremer behind it.
26:41And Germany looking for a 3-1 advantage.
26:53The Dutch wall reluctant to retreat.
27:00Mateusz.
27:01Missed it away.
27:02Only as far as Nick Barski.
27:07Claims for handball.
27:08The final whistle has gone.
27:10West Germany go into the quarter finals to face Czechoslovakia.
27:14And Holland just like Brazil earlier in the day.
27:17Go out of the 1990 World Cup.
27:19After a night of wild excitement here in Milan.
27:23Sensation win.
27:24The two players were sent off.
27:26Klinsmann with the opening goal for the West Germans.
27:31And then Bremer with that curling shot.
27:34It all ends amicably between Hullit and Klinsmann.
27:38As they swap shirts.
27:39The firecrackers and the smoke and the noise in Milan.
27:43And the flags of West Germany.
27:45Because they have another date here next Sunday afternoon against Czechoslovakia.
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