As titled.... their impact changed the way the game was played or how people view the beautiful game. My selection(not in order) 1) European Cup Final 1985: the Heysel tragedy prevented the dominant English clubs from completing in Europe. It led the rise of italian soccer and the most important... the end of English dominance in club football. 2) Italy vs Brazil WC 1982: Brazil leaned to be practical. The game might not be the last "Brazilian game" played by Brazil. It is the beginning of the end. 3) Cameroon vs Argentina WC 1990: people started to respect or "overrate" the Africans.
What about the European Cup final between Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960? That was a great performance by Real.
The U.S. vs. England in 1950. It ended all doubt that England was not the world power they always considered themselves to be. Hell, they didn't even participate in the first few World Cups out of an inflated sense of self.
But Germany won this game and Holland wasn`t the better team on this day. ------------------------------------------------------ My choices are: 1. 1930 - The first World Cup! 2. 1958 - Brazil-Sweden - The king is born! 3. 1972 - Germany-Sovjet Union - An exercise of modern football.
World Cup Semi-Final 1982 West Germany 3-3 France(a.e.t.)West Germany won 5-4 on penalties. Schumachers foul on Battiston which put the French man in hospital for two days that went unpunished should've been a sending off and a penalty.
i did not know the signflicance of the game. Why is so important in soccer history? No trolling..... just did not know.
I guess it didn't have much significance...,still it was a great game and since then Real Madrid have often been regarded as the best team in the world.
Re: Re: Games that changed history.... It was maybe the best game in a final of the Championscup. (6-3, Puskas, di Stefano). 130000 people in Glasgow. Even Alex ferguson said that this game was the reason why he wanted to be a football-trainer!
Well, the first European Championship might be important. 1) The first EC Fianl itself is a historical event. 2) Real Madrid went on to greater things. Stade de Reims went bankrupt at one point. they are now in the lower divison in France. If they had beaten Real mardid, would French club football have done better in later years? I don't know.....
It is not just one matc, but I think the World Cup in Mexico in 1970, and Brasil's beautiful play, was a big factor in making football the world's sport. Having the tournament seen on TV all over the world combined with the exciting play of the Brazilians was what made the sport truly a worldwide event. Also in that cup we had some rule changes that changed the game. The allowance of two substitutions, and the use of yellow and red cards.
Then.... the 1986 quaterfinal between Argentina and england also belong to the list. We still talked about it as if Maradona is playing.
May 2003, Manchester, England. Milan 0 - Juventus 0 (Milan wins in pk) THE MOST BORING CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH IN FOOTBALL HISTORY.
Indeed, it polarized the opinion on Maradona and immortalized him. After that game half of the world thought he was the biggest classless cheater in the history of the game, the other half thought it was the end of Pele's reign and the birth of a new king. Let's face it, in 50 years (or even more) those two images will still be seen and remembered, the "hand of God" and the second amazing goal.
Man United v Palace - FA Cup Final 1990 - the game that secured Ferguson's position as manager, the rest is history. Engalnd v Hungary - 1953 - the 6-3 defeat at Wembley was the game that showed that Enganld could no longer consider themselves the best in the world. Liverpool V Forest - FA Cup Semi Final - 1989 Hillsborough - All seater stands and an end of an era. Liverpool v Everton - FA Cup - 1991 - Daglish resigns as Liverpool's domination of English football is ended. Forest v Liverpool - 1992 - First Live EPL game on Sky - the start of the rebirth of English Football
Maybe to the rest of the world but not to us. It took a hammering on our own turf to finally get the message through. Also the game was important in higlighting a new way of playing football.
It was only an international friendly. It had really no significance in world competition. Not World Cup, European Cup or a major championship match. But it changed the shape of European and English football for ever. For the first time EVER England were beaten…No soundly thrashed at home, by Hungary. 6-3. Ended England’s dominance in World football. Bocatuna got it right but it should be number one, as important as it was in shaping the modern game.
Nobody took the world cup seriously in those days. The US sent a team down for a fun trip to South America as did England. Great win for the US but in England it was a one day wonder in the press. And didn't alter the course of the sport in EITHER country.
1950 WC Final: Uruguay 2 x Brasil 1 Brasil thought that winning the World Cup final that year was such a sure thing that they already had the newpaper headlines printed up a la "Dewey Defeats Tuman". The opening speech by the FIFA president Jules Rimet was a virtual concession speech to the Brasilians! It was the first torneo in the new Maracaná, who's size defied belief. Brasil (along with Argentina and Uruguay) were so flush from war profits that they were recieveing emigrants from war-ravaged Europe. Germany was not even premitted in the WC. The WC was also seen by many Brasilians as their "coming out" party as a cosmopolitan, worldy Nation. It was supposed to be the crowning moment of a real Golden Age for Brasil. Brasil certainly had the players, led by Zizinho, considered by most as the greatest Brasilian player prior to Pele. He led a Dream Team attack of himself, Friaca, Adhemar, Jair and Chico. They had flattened Sweden 7 x 1 and Spain by 6 x 1 in earlier games. No one could stop them. I almost forgot: Brasil needed only to TIE the game in order to win the WC. The Biggest Stadium, the Best Players...What could go wrong? Well, little ol' Uruguay forgot to follow the script!! The Celeste even spotted the Brasilians an early second half goal by Friaca. But instead of panicing, the immortal Obdulio Varela - "El Jefe Negro" - calmly took the game by the scruff of the neck. By the time Schiaffino levelled for Uruguay, the panic had well and truely settled in the Brasil support and players. It was left to Ghiggia to score the goal that assured justice was done. Uruguay Men Of Steel had won in certainly the greatest upset in the history of the WC Finals. Brasil had to wait another 8 years, enduring defeat in 1954 in Switzerland, before winning in Sweden with Pele, Vava, Garrincha, Nilton Santos, Zagallo etc. Sad to say that Uruguay - the country as well as the Seleccion - is now a shadow of its former glorious self :-( But on July 16, 1950, the celeste ruled the World.... Localidad: Rio de Janeiro. date: July 16, 1950. ref: George Reader. Uruguay: Máspoli, Matías González, Tejera, Gambetta, O. Varela, Rodríguez Andrade, Ghiggia, J. Pérez, Miguez, Schiaffino, Morán Brasil: Barboza, Da Costa, Juvenal, Bauer, Alvim, Bigode, Friaca, Zizinho, Adhemar, Jair, Chico