Amical 1978 RFA Angleterre

 22 Fevrier 1978

Olympiastadion Munich

 

 

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1978 aurait pu etre une année de Coupe du monde, mais malheureusement pour l'Angleterre, son échec à se qualifier pour l'Argentine les a laissés résignés au rôle de vulgaires sparring partners pour les nations qui participeraient au Mundial. Leur premier match a eu lieu à Munich pour affronter les détenteurs de la Coupe du monde, l'Allemagne de l'Ouest. Helmut Schon a choisi une équipe expérimentale avec une pincée de vétérans et l'étrange nouvelle superstar Rummenigue. Sepp Maier, Berti Vogts, Han-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Rainer Bonhoff et Bernd Holzenbein avaient tous été presents dans le même stade près de quatre ans plus tôt. 

 

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Ron Greenwood was beginning the building process for the European Championship qualifiers, but given the strength of the opposition made just two changes from the side that had brilliantly beaten Italy in the last match of the failed qualification campaign. Mick Mills came in at left back in place of Trevor Cherry with Stuart Pearson back at the centre forward position in place of Bob Latchford.

The game was the centrepiece of Sportsnight on BBC1 alongside the return of Dave “Boy”Green to the ring as he made his way towards a second chance at fighting for the World Welterweight Title. Barry Davies was on commentary duty amongst a crowd of over 77000 inside the Olympic Stadium.

 

 

West Germany were the first team to threaten a goal when a free kick found Rummenigge on the back post and his effort came back off the upright. England though were not cowed by the opposition and quickly got onto the front foot. Peter Barnes did well to get to the byeline and send a cross to the back post where Pearson met the ball with a diving header but could only find the side netting the wrong side of the post.ngland did get in front though four minutes before half time. England’s wingers were causing the Germans problems down both flanks and it was Steve Coppell who provided the assist, floating in a cross to allow Pearson to rise above Rolf Russman and head in off the angle of post and bar, surprising both Sepp Maier in the German goal and Barry Davies in the commentary box.

England continued to play nice football in the second half and created the next opportunity. Ray Wilkins put Kevin Keegan, who played his club football in Germany, through on goal but he was unable to get a clean strike away and allowed Maier to get down well to save his effort.est Germany though began to dominate as the game entered the final quarter. Rummenigge went close again after a muddle inside the England box but he pulled his effort wide of Ray Clemence’s near post.

 

 

England’s defence was finally breached 15 minutes from time and it was through an instant impact from substitute Ronald Worm who scored with just his second touch. His first was the start of a one two on the edge of the box allowing him the space to drag a shot past Clemence and into the bottom corner of the net.ngland had certainly deserved at least a draw from the game, so to lose the match in controversial fashion was a bitter blow. Austrian referee Franz Wohrer gave a free kick against Dave Watson 25 yards out in a central position with just four minutes to go, a decision that Wilkins disputed so vehemently that he received a yellow card for his protests. Salt was rubbed into the wounds as Bonhoff stepped up and curled the ball around the wall into the bottom corner to clinch the game.espite the defeat, Ron Greenwood was upbeat after the game. Norman Giller reported the England manager said “We have the nucleus of an excellent team, If we had not lost our concentration when the free-kick was being taken we would have come away with a deserved draw. That’s not bad considering we were playing on the home patch of the world champions.”