Friday, 20 July 07, 09:16 AM · Comments(3)
Readers of English newspaper "The Telegraph" voted this week on the Top 20 games of all time. I was intending on posting the highlights of the top 5 but unfortunately it is only the top 4 as footage was not available for number 5.
20. West Germany 2 Holland 1
World Cup second round, Milan, June 24, 1990
19. Germany 0 Italy 2
World Cup semi-final, Dortmund, July 4, 2006
18. Barcelona 4 Fortuna Dusseldorf 3
Cup-winners Cup final, Basle, May 16, 1979
17. France 3 Portugal 2
European Championship semi-final, Marseille, June 23, 1984
16. Liverpool 5 Alaves 4
Uefa Cup final, Dortmund, May 16, 2001
15. Blackpool 4 Bolton 3
FA Cup final, Wembley, May 2, 1953
14. Manchester United 2 Bayern Munich 1
Champions League final, Barcelona, May 26, 1999
13. Brazil 1 Uruguay 2
World Cup final, Rio de Janeiro, July 16, 1950
12. Italy 3 Brazil 2
World Cup second group stage, Barcelona, July 5, 1982
11. West Germany 3 Hungary 2
World Cup final, Berne, July 4, 1954
10. England 3 Hungary 6
Friendly, Wembley, November 25, 1953
9. Benfica 5 Real Madrid 3
European Cup final, Olympic stadium, Amsterdam, May 2, 1962
8. Brazil 4 Italy 1
World Cup final, Azteca stadium, Mexico City, June 21, 1970
7. England 4 West Germany 2
World Cup final, Wembley, July 30, 1966
6. France 1 Brazil 1
(France 4-3 on pens)
World Cup quarter-final, Jalisco stadium, Guadalajara, June 21, 1986
5. Hungary 4 Uruguay 2
World Cup semi-final, La Pontaise stadium, Lausanne, June 30, 1954
Sorry, no Footage available
4. West Germany 3 France 3
(West Germany 5-4 on pens)
World Cup semi-final, Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, Seville, July 8, 1982
3. Real Madrid 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 3
European Cup final, Hampden Park, Glasgow, May 18, 1960
2. Liverpool 3 Milan 3
(Liverpool 3-2 on pens)
Champions League final, Ataturk stadium, Istanbul, May 25, 2005
1. Italy 4 West Germany 3
World Cup semi-final, Azteca stadium, Mexico City, June 17, 1970
3 Comments · Add yours
This post is very well done. I liked all the games but specially the Italy vs West Germany one.
Cheers Bigjuventusfan. Most of the top 20 are on you tube, just cut and paste the game title and date and you should get them.