World Cup 1970 West Germany England

Quarter Final
June 14th 1970
Leon, Estadio Guanajuato
Referee Norberto Angel Coerezza
Jose Ortiz de Mendibil 

Guillermo Velasquez (Colombia)
Attendance 23,357

 England played the better football in the first period and scored rwice chrough Alan Mullery and Martin Perers. The Germans looked down and out at rhis stage. But in the 57th minute substitut? Grabowski appeared on the scene and turned the match around.

Urged on by their fans in che 30,000 capacity crowd, Franz Beckenbauer scored with what looked to be a rather weak long-distance effort, the ball somehow fînding its way past a groping Bonetti, Left back Terry Cooper was struggling as Grabowski's pace began to cause probiems. Uwe Seeler, beating the offside trap, rose to back-head the equaliser past the England 'keeper and take the contest info extra-time. England were then denied what looked like a perfectly valid goal by Hurst before che Germans claîmed the winnner. The ball was switched from one side of the fïeld to the other and eventually it found the unmarked Gerd Muller who smashed his shot past Bonetti from close range. England were out...

In the three   other quarter-final matches, Brazil beat Peru 4-2, Uruguay defeated the USSR 1-0 and Italy destroyed Mexico 4-1. Brazil went on to beat Uruguay 3-1 in their semi-final in Guadalajara while Italy and West Germany were involved in a seven-goal thriller in the Azteca Stadiurn. Italy, firing on all four cylinders, won 4-3, Rivera scoring the decider late on after a ding-dong contest. West Germany then defeated Uruguay 1-0 to claim third place.
The final ar Mexico Cirys .Azreca Stadium was warched by a crowd of 107,412 and proved to be a triumph for the South Americans. Although Roberto Boninsegna equalised Peles goal Brazil took tne rrophy in style with further strikcs from Gerson, Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto. Having won the trophy for the third time the Brazilians were allowed to keep it permanently, although the original was later stolen and has never been recovered. It is believed to have been melted down and the gold sold off.

READINGS : Campionato 1977 1978 FR