1974 FIFA World Cup final

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1974 FIFA World Cup Final
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Germany's Gerd Müller (far left) watches Netherlands' Johan Cruyff (centre) playing against team-mates Berti Vogts (2nd left) and Uli Hoeneß (right)
Event 1974 FIFA World Cup
Netherlands West Germany
Netherlands West Germany
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Date 7 July 1974
Venue Olympiastadion, Munich
Man of the Match Gerd Müller
Referee Jack Taylor (England)
Attendance 75,200
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The 1974 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match of the 1974 FIFA World Cup, the 10th FIFA World Cup, a competition to determine the world champion among national men's football sides. The match was contested by the Netherlands and West Germany, with the West Germans winning 2–1. The Netherlands opened the scoring via a Johan Neeskens penalty in the second minute, only for Paul Breitner to equalise with another penalty in the 25th minute before Gerd Müller scored the winning goal in the 43rd minute, claiming West Germany's second FIFA World Cup.[1]

Five German players (Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer, Wolfgang Overath, Jürgen Grabowski, Horst-Dieter Höttges) became first men in history who have won gold, silver and bronze medals at the FIFA World Cup.

Match summary

West Germany was led by Franz Beckenbauer, while the Dutch had their star Johan Cruyff, and their Total Football system which had dazzled the competition. The start of the match was delayed as the ground staff at the stadium had removed the corner flags for the tournament's closing ceremony (which preceded the final) but then forgot to put them back. With just a minute gone on the clock, following a solo run, Cruyff was brought down by Uli Hoeneß in the German penalty area, and the Dutch took the lead from the ensuing penalty by Johan Neeskens before any German player had even touched the ball. West Germany struggled to recover, but they were awarded a penalty of their own in the 25th minute after Bernd Hölzenbein was fouled within the Dutch area. Paul Breitner took responsibility for the kick, and scored. These two penalties were the first to be awarded in a World Cup Final. West Germany now pushed for a winner, which eventually came in the 43rd minute through Gerd Müller.[2] It turned out to be Müller's last ever goal for the West German team, as he retired from international football after the tournament. As the teams walked off the pitch at half-time, Cruyff was booked for arguing with the referee.[3]

The second half saw chances for both sides. Müller thought he had scored when he put the ball in the net, only to be denied by the linesman flagging for offside. In the 85th minute, Hölzenbein fell to ground in the Dutch penalty area again, but referee Taylor did not believe it was a foul. When the final whistle went, West Germany were crowned world champions for 1974, in addition to their European title from 1972. This was the only case of the reigning European champions winning the World Cup until Spain accomplished the feat in 2010,[4] although France have also held both trophies at the same time by winning the 1998 World Cup followed by Euro 2000.[5]

The Brazilian João Havelange (former FIFA President from 1974 to 1998) made an unfounded claim that the 1966 and 1974 World Cups were fixed so that England and Germany would win respectively.[6]

Match details

7 July 1974
16:00 (CET)
Netherlands  1–2  West Germany
Neeskens Goal 2' (pen.) Report Breitner Goal 25' (pen.)
Müller Goal 43'
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 75,200
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
Netherlands
West Germany
GK 8 Jan Jongbloed
RB 20 Wim Suurbier
CB 17 Wim Rijsbergen Substituted off 69'
CB 2 Arie Haan
LB 12 Ruud Krol
RM 6 Wim Jansen
CM 13 Johan Neeskens Booked 40'
LM 3 Willem van Hanegem Booked 23'
RF 16 Johnny Rep
CF 14 Johan Cruyff (c) Booked 45'
LF 15 Rob Rensenbrink Substituted off 46'
Substitutions:
GK 18 Piet Schrijvers
DF 5 Rinus Israël
MF 7 Theo de Jong Substituted in 69'
MF 10 René van de Kerkhof Substituted in 46'
FW 9 Piet Keizer
Manager:
Rinus Michels
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GK 1 Sepp Maier
RB 2 Berti Vogts Booked 4'
CB 5 Franz Beckenbauer (c)
CB 4 Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck
LB 3 Paul Breitner
RM 16 Rainer Bonhof
CM 14 Uli Hoeneß
LM 12 Wolfgang Overath
RF 9 Jürgen Grabowski
CF 13 Gerd Müller
LF 17 Bernd Hölzenbein
Substitutions:
GK 21 Norbert Nigbur
DF 6 Horst-Dieter Höttges
MF 8 Bernhard Cullmann
MF 15 Heinz Flohe
FW 11 Jupp Heynckes
Manager:
Helmut Schön

Linesmen:
Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
Alfonso González Archundia (Mexico)

Match rules:

See also

References

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