Andi Brehme made himself immortal with a penalty: DFB icon revealed his start-up secret. As early as December 2022, he revealed the secret of his attempt.
Like many penalty takers, he hardly positioned himself to the side of the ball. Instead, he only ran a slight curve at the beginning, and he took the last steps almost straight towards the ball in the 85th minute of the 1990 World Cup final against Argentina. “When starting up, you shouldn’t think about where are you going to put it now. This has to be clear beforehand and that's how it was. You just have to concentrate on the shot’