This Day in History: 2023-05-03

Nr. 449

WEST GERMANY’S SWEET REVENGE (1968)

It might have talken them a year and it may have been a friendly, but West Germany finally gained revenge for their 1966 World Cup final defeat to England. When, on 1 June 1968, the Germans claimed their first win over England after 38 years of trying, both teams featured only a handful of players from the 1966 encounter, though, and ironically it was ironically it was a defensive player who settled the game. Franz Beckenbauer scored the only goal of the game in front of a 79,208 crowd in Hanover.

Three England players are unable to prevent Franz Beckenbauer’s strike that gave West Germany their first ever victory over an England side.