As of: February 21, 2024, 7:30 a.m
By: Marcel Schwenk
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Andreas Brehme, who died on Tuesday, shot Germany to the World Cup title in 1990.
As early as December 2022, he revealed the secret of his attempt.
Munich/Rome – It was a shot for eternity.
A scene that certainly has its place in the annals of the World Cup.
Like Diego Maradona's dribble of the century against England in 1986 or Mario Götze's dry finish to win Germany's fourth title in 2014.
Andreas Brehme dies: Left-back shot Germany to the World Cup title in 1990
We're talking about Andreas Brehme's penalty in the 1990 final to make it 1-0 against Argentina, which secured the DFB team's third World Cup win and will probably be seen more often in the media in the coming days.
After all, it was the greatest moment in the career of the football legend who died on Tuesday (February 20).
A little more than 30 years later, Brehme looked back on his penalty in the 85th minute in the Sport1 program “Doppelpass” in December 2022.
More precisely, the run-up, which is quite confusing for a goalkeeper.
Unlike many penalty takers, Brehme 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.
Moments before the decisive goal in the 1990 World Cup final: Andi Brehme is ready to take the penalty.
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Andreas Brehme on penalties in the 1990 World Cup final: “Just concentrate on the shot”
Another problem for Argentina goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea: Brehme was both-footed and converted with his left foot in the World Cup quarter-finals four years earlier.
“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,” said Brehme, whose death caused great consternation in the football world.
Of course, it was clear to him right from the start that he would shoot with his right foot against the South Americans.
As the former left-back told
Spiegel
in 2007 , he was quickly sure that he would take the penalty.
“There are always three shooters chosen for a game: Rudi Völler – but he was fouled and he should never shoot himself.
Then Lothar Matthäus – but he didn’t feel well,” Brehme was quoted as saying.
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As he made clear 15 years later in “Doppelpass”, he always defended Matthäus against any criticism: “He only acted in the interests of the team.
And someone just has to go and I felt good and safe because we all played a great World Cup together.”
With Brehme's death, the second German icon who had made a significant contribution to the third World Cup title passed away within a few weeks.
In January 2024, Franz Beckenbauer, the team manager of the 1990s heroes, died.
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