The teams were level at half-time, and after 77 minutes England won a corner. In the 18th minute, Wolfgang Overath conceded a free kick, which Moore took immediately, floating a cross into the West German area, where Geoff Hurst rose unchallenged his downward glancing header went into the net and levelled the scores at 1-1. The original Wembley Stadium with its famous twin towers Jack Charlton and goalkeeper Gordon Banks failed to deal with the shot which went in, making it 1–0 to West Germany. After 12 minutes, Sigfried Held sent a cross into the English penalty area which Ray Wilson misheaded to Helmut Haller, who got his shot on target. Match Summary Normal time Both teams entering the pitch in front of 96,924 fansĮngland, managed by Alf Ramsey and captained by Bobby Moore, won the toss and elected to kick off. England did not concede a goal until their semi-final against Portugal. Each won two and drew one of their three matches in the group stages. Road to the final īoth teams were strong throughout the tournament. In addition to an attendance of 96,924 at the stadium, the British television audience peaked at 32.3 million viewers, making it the United Kingdom's most-watched television event ever. The England team became known as the "wingless wonders", on account of their then-unconventional narrow attacking formation, described at the time as a 4–4–2. The match is remembered for England's only World Cup and first major international title, Geoff Hurst's hat-trick – the first scored in a FIFA World Cup final – and the dubious third goal awarded to England by referee Gottfried Dienst and linesman Tofiq Bahramov. The game went into extra time, in which Geoff Hurst scored a controversial goal at minute 101 in which some people thought the ball did not fully cross the line although the referee did agree it was a goal, to make the score 3-2 after the first 15 minutes of extra time, until Hurst scored again at minute 120 to complete his hat-trick, ending the game 4-2 after the extra 30 minutes. England almost won by full time before West German player, Wolfgang Weber, scored a 2-2 equalizer at the last minute. The score remained 1-1 by halftime until England took the lead with a 78th minute goal from Martin Stanford Peters. West Germany took the lead in the 11th Minute when Helmut Haller shot the ball into the bottom left corner when an English defender failed to clear the ball, before Geoff Hurst equalized 1-1 with a header, assisting a teammate who took a free kick. It was the first – and to date only – occasion that England has hosted or won the World Cup. The match was contested by England and West Germany, with England winning 4–2 after extra time to claim the Jules Rimet Trophy. Real Madrid are back in action after the international break with a trip to Celta Vigo on April 2 (5.30pm kick off) before facing Chelsea in their Champions League quarter final first-leg four days later, while Barcelona host Sevilla on April 3 (8.30pm kick off).The 1966 FIFA World Cup final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London on 30 July 1966 to determine the winner of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth FIFA World Cup. We should be calm and keep calm." What's next? "We should keep calm and stay balanced, because of course, we are very down after this defeat, but we have to think that we have nine points advantage (over Sevilla at the top of the standings). We are very sorry, but we have to keep working, move forward and to prepare our game over the next couple of weeks. We know how important it is to win a game against Barca, especially for the supporters. "I failed in this game, but I'm not making a drama out of it. Sometimes you do it correctly, sometimes you don't. "It's not a problem to take on the responsibility, because I didn't prepare for the game correctly. Barca have played better than we have played and they deserved the victory. I have not made a good strategy in trying to defeat Barca. Image: Carlo Ancelotti took responsibility for the lossĬarlo Ancelotti took responsibility after Real's four-game winning run in La Liga came to an emphatic end.
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