What is up, people of the internet? So, you may know that the World Cup is just around the corner and we here at BFW are putting together a series of articles about Germany in the build-up to the tournament itself. Teddy is already working on the top 10 goals that Germany has scored in World Cup history, so I proposed an idea that we should relive the best wins that Die Mannschaft has experienced. Which is why I’m here to introduce my top 10 Germany wins at the World Cup.
For this, I’m going to include matches that I know and watched in person (live, on the TV, haven’t got the facilities to watch Germany live in the stadium yet) and I will also rank each match based on how special the match is to me.
From the 1970s onward, West Germany was one of the most powerful footballing nations. It had won the Euros in 1972 followed by the 1974 World Cup but lost out in the final of Euro 1976. From 1980 to 1992, it had been a finalist of both the Euros and the World Cup across multiple editions of each (apart from Euro 1984) but only won Euro 1980, they had lost two World Cup finals to Italy and Argentina and two Euros finals to bitter rivals Netherlands and Denmark (who weren’t even supposed to be in the tournament).
In 1990, the Germans produced strong performances at the World Cup held in Italy. They were undefeated for their entire run and only failed to win once: a draw in the group stage against Colombia in Milan. Otherwise, they beat Yugoslavia and the United Arab Emirates in Group D, then conquered the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, and England on penalties to reach the final.
For defending champs Argentina, they lost their opening game against Cameroon then beat the Soviet Union and then drawing with Romania and advanced to the knockouts by being one of the best third-placed teams in the group stage. La Albiceleste then narrowly beat Brazil in the last 16, before overcoming Yugoslavia and Italy on penalties.
For this, I’m going to include matches that I know and watched in person (live, on the TV, haven’t got the facilities to watch Germany live in the stadium yet) and I will also rank each match based on how special the match is to me.
From the 1970s onward, West Germany was one of the most powerful footballing nations. It had won the Euros in 1972 followed by the 1974 World Cup but lost out in the final of Euro 1976. From 1980 to 1992, it had been a finalist of both the Euros and the World Cup across multiple editions of each (apart from Euro 1984) but only won Euro 1980, they had lost two World Cup finals to Italy and Argentina and two Euros finals to bitter rivals Netherlands and Denmark (who weren’t even supposed to be in the tournament).
In 1990, the Germans produced strong performances at the World Cup held in Italy. They were undefeated for their entire run and only failed to win once: a draw in the group stage against Colombia in Milan. Otherwise, they beat Yugoslavia and the United Arab Emirates in Group D, then conquered the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, and England on penalties to reach the final.
For defending champs Argentina, they lost their opening game against Cameroon then beat the Soviet Union and then drawing with Romania and advanced to the knockouts by being one of the best third-placed teams in the group stage. La Albiceleste then narrowly beat Brazil in the last 16, before overcoming Yugoslavia and Italy on penalties.
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