La removal from Germany in the group stage of the World Cup for the second consecutive edition, it was not only seasoned by the ‘sticks’ à la ‘Mannschaft’. In the German country, media such as ‘Bild’ compared the play of the 2-1 from Japan to Spainin which the ball that Mitoma crosses is on the edge, with Geoff Hurst’s goal that broke the 1966 World Cup final that England beat the German team at Wembley.
Goal by Tanaka (2-1) in Japan 2-1 Spain
“The goal is verified for three minutes because the ball could have gone out of bounds before. On television it seems that it has gone completely. It may have been a few millimetres, but it went on to count as England’s goal at Wembley in the 1966 final. The German team lost by a target which is one of the biggest scandals in football history. I should never have gone up on the scoreboard! Like Japan against Spain “, wrote ‘Bild’ in one of his articles.
“I will die with the certainty that the ball did not enter”
In the 101st minute of extra time in the 1966 final, Hurst fired on goal past goalkeeper Hans Tilkowski. The ball hit the crossbar and then the line, cleared by Weber. The Swiss referee Gottfried Dienst gave a corner first, but later scored after consulting with the Azerbaijani linesman Tofiq Bahramov, who validated the target by opening the English victory (2-4). “I will die with the certainty that the ball did not go in,” said the German goalkeeper.
56 years later, in Germany some ghosts of Wembley ‘revived’… and in England they made blood.“The ball stays inside and Germany hits it outside”, was the headline on the front page of ‘The Times’ with the image of the center of Mitoma. Lampard’s goal that did not go up on the scoreboard in the 2010 round of 16 is still kicking. The endless story.
