5:00:05 > 5:00:06WHISTLE
5:00:43 > 5:00:45WHISTLE
5:00:45 > 5:00:48CROWD ROARS
5:00:48 > 5:00:50MAN SPEAKS OVER TANNOY IN GERMAN
5:00:51 > 5:00:54The final whistle.
5:00:54 > 5:00:58The tenth World Cup is over and West Germany, beating Holland 2-1,
5:00:58 > 5:01:00are champions for the second time in history.
5:01:00 > 5:01:02CHEERING
5:01:10 > 5:01:14Johan Cruyff, the natural heir to Pele,
5:01:14 > 5:01:17lonely as a mountain wind.
5:01:17 > 5:01:20Holland's captain, an original Dutch master,
5:01:20 > 5:01:24he has tilted at windmills and lost.
5:01:25 > 5:01:27It is etched on his face.
5:01:58 > 5:02:00MAN SPEAKS OVER TANNOY IN GERMAN
5:02:06 > 5:02:08CHEERING
5:02:14 > 5:02:16CHEERING
5:02:20 > 5:02:22From Franz Beckenbauer, the captain,
5:02:22 > 5:02:25the cup is passed from hand to hand proudly.
5:02:25 > 5:02:27BRASS BAND PLAYS
5:02:51 > 5:02:54To Helmut Schon the German manager,
5:02:54 > 5:02:58who is said not to have smiled even for his own wedding photograph.
5:02:58 > 5:03:00CHEERING
5:03:27 > 5:03:29Winner take all.
5:03:30 > 5:03:32The loser is jilted.
5:03:32 > 5:03:35Holland are yesterday's men.
5:03:35 > 5:03:37A team with a great future behind it.
5:03:38 > 5:03:40CHEERING
5:03:50 > 5:03:52One job over...
5:03:52 > 5:03:55another begins.
5:03:55 > 5:03:58From the media of the world, there's a waterfall of words.
5:04:03 > 5:04:07Typewriters become woodpeckers chipping away at the truth.
5:04:07 > 5:04:09TYPEWRITER KEYS CLATTER
5:04:14 > 5:04:16HORNS
5:04:22 > 5:04:24TYPEWRITER KEYS CLATTER
5:04:27 > 5:04:29APPLAUSE
5:04:44 > 5:04:49At midnight, the German coach will not turn back into a pumpkin.
5:04:51 > 5:04:53Fighting a deadline,
5:04:53 > 5:04:56the last woodpecker pecks against time.
5:05:00 > 5:05:02BRASS BAND PLAYS
5:05:14 > 5:05:16Roll Out the Barrel and All the Fun of the Fair.
5:05:18 > 5:05:20It's Germany's night
5:05:20 > 5:05:23and there's many a tavern in the town.
5:06:28 > 5:06:30CHEERING
5:06:32 > 5:06:35It's a night for bread, love and dreams.
5:06:39 > 5:06:42ALL CHANT: Deutschland! Deutschland!
5:06:49 > 5:06:53Fountains of truth become the fountains of youth.
5:06:54 > 5:06:57There's time for dancing in the street, too.
5:06:57 > 5:06:59HORNS
5:07:02 > 5:07:05Sadly, there must always be a loser...
5:07:05 > 5:07:08it's all in the game.
5:07:11 > 5:07:15Having made the ball talk, the winner has the last word.
5:07:19 > 5:07:21A time for reflection.
5:07:25 > 5:07:28Only a short time ago, this Dutch dressing room
5:07:28 > 5:07:30ached with the pain of defeat.
5:07:30 > 5:07:33Now it's as quiet as the grave.
5:07:33 > 5:07:35The sounds of silence.
5:07:41 > 5:07:44The flying Dutchmen head for home in their big white bird.
5:07:47 > 5:07:48Cruyff and his wife.
5:07:50 > 5:07:52He flicks a speck from his eye.
5:07:52 > 5:07:54Or is it a tear?
5:08:12 > 5:08:17Others fondle their medals, not gold but silver in the stars.
5:08:27 > 5:08:29The manager.
5:08:29 > 5:08:31The party's over.
5:08:31 > 5:08:35"They've pricked our pretty balloon and our moon has been taken away.
5:08:36 > 5:08:38"Where did we go wrong?"
5:08:42 > 5:08:44SIREN
5:08:54 > 5:08:56Now the football story begins.
5:08:56 > 5:09:0016 nations playing in nine German towns come to the starting line,
5:09:00 > 5:09:03survivors from 90 original entries.
5:09:03 > 5:09:06The establishment is here, minus England.
5:09:06 > 5:09:10But in the field are outsiders East Germany,
5:09:10 > 5:09:12blood brothers of the hosts from over the wall.
5:09:12 > 5:09:15Australia, jolly swagmen.
5:09:15 > 5:09:19Haiti from the land of Papa Doc and voodoo.
5:09:19 > 5:09:22Zaire, leopards from the steaming Congo basin.
5:09:24 > 5:09:26CHEERING
5:09:29 > 5:09:31At last, the decks are cleared for action
5:09:31 > 5:09:33as Holland take the field
5:09:33 > 5:09:35to challenge Uruguay in their opening match.
5:09:35 > 5:09:37CHEERING
5:09:39 > 5:09:41It's hands across the sea.
5:09:41 > 5:09:43The New World meets the old.
5:09:43 > 5:09:48But Uruguay, twice world champions and semifinalists in Mexico in 1970,
5:09:48 > 5:09:51have now mislaid their heritage.
5:09:53 > 5:09:56South American football does not travel well.
5:09:56 > 5:09:59Their artistry of old flies out of the window
5:09:59 > 5:10:02as Cruyff, Holland's hope, is made a target for the chopper.
5:10:05 > 5:10:07But Cruyff is gone with the wind -
5:10:07 > 5:10:09he hurdles every scything tackle like an Olympic champion
5:10:09 > 5:10:11and Uruguay pay the price.
5:10:13 > 5:10:16Holland prove there is no substitute for skill.
5:10:18 > 5:10:21In only seven minutes, Cruyff and Suurbier
5:10:21 > 5:10:23set up a glancing header for Rep.
5:10:23 > 5:10:24CHEERING
5:10:24 > 5:10:26One up.
5:10:41 > 5:10:44Early in the second half, Rep is there again for number two.
5:10:44 > 5:10:46CHEERING
5:10:46 > 5:10:51Uruguay, first world champions in 1930, are heading for the breadline.
5:10:54 > 5:10:56Next, Holland meet Bulgaria.
5:10:58 > 5:11:00WHISTLE
5:11:00 > 5:11:03The Bulgarians chase shadows and concede two penalties.
5:11:05 > 5:11:07CHEERING
5:11:21 > 5:11:24Holland's football has a new dimension and urgency.
5:11:27 > 5:11:30- Rep is there for number three. - CHEERING
5:11:37 > 5:11:40Holland complete the rout with the best goal of all,
5:11:40 > 5:11:42three minutes from the end.
5:11:42 > 5:11:46De Jong's diving header glides in the centre from Cruyff,
5:11:46 > 5:11:47threaded to the last inch.
5:11:47 > 5:11:49That's it, 4-1.
5:11:49 > 5:11:52- Exit Bulgaria. - CHEERING
5:11:52 > 5:11:54So with a goalless draw against Sweden,
5:11:54 > 5:11:57Holland are into the last eight.
5:11:57 > 5:11:58CHEERING
5:12:03 > 5:12:04Meanwhile, back at the ranch,
5:12:04 > 5:12:07West Germany, reigning European champions,
5:12:07 > 5:12:09open their account against Chile,
5:12:09 > 5:12:12men from the high Andes and a royal hunt of the sun.
5:12:14 > 5:12:18There is a full house of 80,000 in West Berlin's Olympic Stadium.
5:12:18 > 5:12:19CHEERING
5:12:21 > 5:12:25Chile, intent on survival, build a red fortress
5:12:25 > 5:12:28of nine and ten defenders which is hard to breach.
5:12:31 > 5:12:35Finally Breitner, of Afro hairstyle and left-wing opinion,
5:12:35 > 5:12:39forces a German 1-0 victory with a sizzling 25-yard shot.
5:12:39 > 5:12:41CHEERING
5:12:43 > 5:12:47Next come Australia, supported by kangaroo and koala bear.
5:12:50 > 5:12:53But there is nothing in their pouch beyond their spirit.
5:12:55 > 5:12:58Overath puts the Germans ahead with an arrow to the top corner.
5:12:58 > 5:12:59CHEERING
5:13:05 > 5:13:08Cullmann, an early midfield choice but later dropped,
5:13:08 > 5:13:11nods in number two from Hoeness before the interval.
5:13:11 > 5:13:12CHEERING
5:13:12 > 5:13:14Later, they make it 3-0.
5:13:19 > 5:13:22Brave Australia are beaten but not disgraced.
5:13:23 > 5:13:25And the West Germans leave the field
5:13:25 > 5:13:28to the jeers of their arrogant supporters.
5:13:28 > 5:13:29CROWD WHISTLES
5:13:31 > 5:13:36This is the big one, West versus East Germany at Hamburg.
5:13:36 > 5:13:41The first meeting of blood brothers separated by an ideological wall.
5:13:41 > 5:13:44The West makes the running before a 60,000 crowd.
5:13:47 > 5:13:49But the East gets the vital goal.
5:13:51 > 5:13:5212 minutes from time,
5:13:52 > 5:13:55Sparwasser glides past Vogts on the outside to score.
5:13:55 > 5:13:57CHEERING
5:14:02 > 5:14:05Maier reacts like a whipped animal on his goal line.
5:14:05 > 5:14:08The signs are not encouraging.
5:14:08 > 5:14:10Yet did West Germany, the overall favourites,
5:14:10 > 5:14:14cleverly finesse the ace to avoid Holland in the last eight?
5:14:14 > 5:14:16It's a valid question.
5:14:19 > 5:14:23To Munich come colourful Haiti to put the finger on Italy,
5:14:23 > 5:14:25world finalists of 1970.
5:14:27 > 5:14:32They're a team with a dream from a tropical Caribbean setting.
5:14:32 > 5:14:34It's David against Goliath.
5:14:35 > 5:14:38A minute after the interval comes sensation -
5:14:38 > 5:14:41with a quick break, Sanon puts little David ahead.
5:14:41 > 5:14:44The first goal conceded by Italy in two years.
5:14:44 > 5:14:45WILD CHEERING
5:14:45 > 5:14:47Is this voodoo at work as they dance
5:14:47 > 5:14:50for happiness, happiness all the way to happiness?
5:14:50 > 5:14:54However, little David goes down.
5:14:54 > 5:14:56But the supporters of the giants,
5:14:56 > 5:14:58twice world champions, are not happy.
5:15:01 > 5:15:05Mesmerised by their defensive record and little changed from 1970,
5:15:05 > 5:15:08Italy now resemble a car badly in need of an engine change.
5:15:10 > 5:15:12Their attack smothered and frustrated,
5:15:12 > 5:15:16they lose 2-1 to fast-moving Poland and are out.
5:15:18 > 5:15:23Discredited, they return home to the insults of their passionate fans.
5:15:23 > 5:15:27As in 1966, the rotten tomato is their bouquet.
5:15:32 > 5:15:37Scotland, full of native grit, open against the ebony leopards of Zaire.
5:15:37 > 5:15:40They are the lone standard bearers of the British Isles.
5:15:40 > 5:15:41CHEERING
5:15:43 > 5:15:45They're stirred by the skirl of their pipers
5:15:45 > 5:15:47and the wee deoch an doris of their noisy fans.
5:15:47 > 5:15:49CHEERING
5:15:50 > 5:15:53It is the redheaded Billy Bremner, their skipper,
5:15:53 > 5:15:55who puts fire and metal in their heels.
5:16:05 > 5:16:08An explosive volley by Lorimer to Jordan's headed pass
5:16:08 > 5:16:10- puts Scotland ahead. - CHEERING
5:16:22 > 5:16:24Then a header by Jordan,
5:16:24 > 5:16:27as he beats the offside trap to Bremner's free kick,
5:16:27 > 5:16:29makes it two up by half-time.
5:16:30 > 5:16:34But there it stays until the end as chance after chance is wasted.
5:16:36 > 5:16:39With succeeding draws against Brazil and Yugoslavia,
5:16:39 > 5:16:42Scotland finally lose out on goal difference and go home.
5:16:43 > 5:16:47Ironically, the only unbeaten side in the whole tournament.
5:16:48 > 5:16:52If only they'd knocked more spots off the leopard at the start.
5:16:57 > 5:17:01Dusseldorf sees a tough match between West Germany and Yugoslavia.
5:17:08 > 5:17:10It's a battlefield with no love lost
5:17:10 > 5:17:13and both sides motivated by a fear of defeat.
5:17:16 > 5:17:19But again Brietner, as against Chile at the beginning,
5:17:19 > 5:17:21breaks the deadlock for a 2-0 win
5:17:21 > 5:17:24and the Germans, paced shrewdly by Beckenbauer,
5:17:24 > 5:17:27move on to their journey's end.
5:17:27 > 5:17:28CHEERING
5:17:28 > 5:17:31But there's a shock on the way.
5:17:31 > 5:17:32In driving wind and rain,
5:17:32 > 5:17:34West Germany have the fright of their lives
5:17:34 > 5:17:36against Sweden's part-timers.
5:17:37 > 5:17:40Here is the most exciting match so far
5:17:40 > 5:17:42as goals tumble out of the wet night.
5:17:43 > 5:17:45Before half-time, Sweden go ahead
5:17:45 > 5:17:48when the lanky Edstrom volleys home extravagantly.
5:17:51 > 5:17:53Yet there is more to come.
5:17:53 > 5:17:56The polka-dot ball becomes a dice as three more goals
5:17:56 > 5:17:59are thrown up in as many minutes soon after the interval.
5:18:08 > 5:18:10Overath puts Germany level.
5:18:10 > 5:18:11CHEERING
5:18:18 > 5:18:20Within seconds, it's 2-1 through Bonhof.
5:18:20 > 5:18:22CHEERING
5:18:28 > 5:18:30Hardly are the celebrations over
5:18:30 > 5:18:33than Sandberg brings Sweden back to 2-2.
5:18:35 > 5:18:37Three detached Swedish fans
5:18:37 > 5:18:41live on crests of waves of excitement, oblivious of the storm.
5:18:42 > 5:18:44But, with only 15 minutes left,
5:18:44 > 5:18:48Helmut Schon, the wily fox, plays a tactical ace.
5:18:48 > 5:18:50He substitutes both his wingers.
5:18:51 > 5:18:55It pays off. Almost at once, the new man, Grabowski, scores
5:18:55 > 5:18:59and West Germany are a step nearer the final.
5:19:01 > 5:19:02They win 4-2.
5:19:04 > 5:19:07But Schon has things on his mind at the end.
5:19:07 > 5:19:09He turns up his collar and bends his tall frame
5:19:09 > 5:19:11thoughtfully into the storm.
5:19:15 > 5:19:17THUNDER
5:19:17 > 5:19:20The elements take a hand as West Germany face Poland.
5:19:21 > 5:19:24To Wagnerian overtones,
5:19:24 > 5:19:27crashing thunder and lightning fork the black heavens.
5:19:28 > 5:19:30This is the twilight of the gods.
5:19:32 > 5:19:35Fire engines and squeegee rollers bail out manfully
5:19:35 > 5:19:38to save a virtual semifinal.
5:19:41 > 5:19:43Poland, conquerors of England,
5:19:43 > 5:19:44winners of every match in Germany
5:19:44 > 5:19:46and surprise package of the tournament
5:19:46 > 5:19:49must win outright to reach the final.
5:19:49 > 5:19:53Because of goal difference, the Germans need only a draw.
5:19:54 > 5:19:56The storm passes...
5:19:56 > 5:19:58and the sun comes out.
5:19:58 > 5:20:01So do the players, half an hour late.
5:20:01 > 5:20:03CHEERING
5:20:09 > 5:20:11But the conditions are bizarre.
5:20:11 > 5:20:14The going tells mostly against Poland.
5:20:14 > 5:20:18Their fast, old-fashioned wingers, Lato and Gadocha,
5:20:18 > 5:20:20find their speed cut on the flanks
5:20:20 > 5:20:22as the ball is held back in sheets of spray.
5:20:27 > 5:20:29WHISTLE
5:20:29 > 5:20:31Then comes a short breather.
5:20:31 > 5:20:36A minute's silence for the passing of Argentina's President Peron.
5:20:36 > 5:20:38Even the left wing is silent for the right.
5:20:38 > 5:20:39WHISTLE
5:20:41 > 5:20:45Poland dictate the first half but miss the odd half chance.
5:20:51 > 5:20:55Seven minutes into the second half, Zmuda brings down Holzenbein
5:20:55 > 5:20:58and it's a penalty for Germany, no argument.
5:20:58 > 5:21:00CHEERING
5:21:12 > 5:21:14Tomaszewski, the Polish goalkeeper,
5:21:14 > 5:21:17saves his second penalty of the World Cup.
5:21:17 > 5:21:19He guesses right, dives right
5:21:19 > 5:21:21and denies Hoeness from the spot.
5:21:33 > 5:21:35With quarter of an hour left, however,
5:21:35 > 5:21:39Bonhof slips through a diagonal pass and the sturdy Muller
5:21:39 > 5:21:43threads the needle with a low cross shot inside the far post.
5:21:43 > 5:21:44CHEERING
5:21:44 > 5:21:48That's all the Little Bomber needs, a half sight of the bull's-eye.
5:21:51 > 5:21:54But the Poles die with their boots on.
5:21:54 > 5:21:55In the fading minutes,
5:21:55 > 5:21:58Deyna, their captain, forces a dazzling save from Maier.
5:22:00 > 5:22:03Maier earns a hug of relief from his skipper, Beckenbauer.
5:22:06 > 5:22:08Deyna wears a haunted, hunted look.
5:22:15 > 5:22:18Maier riles against his defenders in a tense finish.
5:22:24 > 5:22:28So West Germany become the sixth host nation in history
5:22:28 > 5:22:30- to reach a World Cup Final. - CHEERING
5:22:38 > 5:22:41Meanwhile, turning back the calendar, Holland,
5:22:41 > 5:22:44the exciting new entertainers, face the Argentinians.
5:22:44 > 5:22:47The South Americans, seeking friendship,
5:22:47 > 5:22:50have mounted a major public relations campaign.
5:22:50 > 5:22:53Behaving impeccably, they have swapped violence
5:22:53 > 5:22:56and white passion for native technique.
5:22:56 > 5:22:58But they cannot master the Dutch.
5:22:58 > 5:23:00Nor a second-half cloudburst.
5:23:00 > 5:23:03They sink without trace in a raging torrent.
5:23:08 > 5:23:11In ten minutes, Cruyff, the ballet master,
5:23:11 > 5:23:13dances through for Holland's first goal.
5:23:24 > 5:23:26Krol, from full-back, bangs in number two.
5:23:54 > 5:23:56THUNDER ROLLS
5:23:58 > 5:23:59Then, the heavens open.
5:24:01 > 5:24:03Cruyff, his hair plastered by the deluge,
5:24:03 > 5:24:05rides the waves like a sea sprite.
5:24:09 > 5:24:11In the last quarter-hour,
5:24:11 > 5:24:14Rep scores with a flying header to Cruyff's centre.
5:24:14 > 5:24:17CHEERING
5:24:20 > 5:24:22Cruyff crowns a 4-0 triumph.
5:24:22 > 5:24:25CHEERING
5:24:33 > 5:24:36The last dice of a losing riverboat gambler,
5:24:36 > 5:24:39Squeo throws down the polka-dot ball.
5:24:39 > 5:24:40It is symbolic.
5:24:42 > 5:24:45Now Holland are one stride from the final.
5:24:45 > 5:24:47As Brazil, the holders, the ebony champions,
5:24:47 > 5:24:49come out to protect their crown.
5:24:52 > 5:24:57At once, Leao, Brazil's goalkeeper, dives away a snap shot from Cruyff.
5:25:10 > 5:25:14At the other end, Jongbloed is all flailing arms, legs and shut eyes.
5:25:14 > 5:25:16A blind windmill caught in a high wind.
5:25:19 > 5:25:23Brazil's jagged nerve ends are showing in frustration.
5:25:25 > 5:25:27Bushfires of anger have begun to spurt.
5:25:30 > 5:25:33At last, Holland take the lead deservedly.
5:25:33 > 5:25:36Neeskens, at full stretch from Cruyff, tips it home.
5:25:43 > 5:25:47Brazil, their crown toppling, now unsheathe the broadsword.
5:26:02 > 5:26:04Behind the referee's back,
5:26:04 > 5:26:07Valdomiro's sly kick fells a Dutchman.
5:26:21 > 5:26:24Rivellino, twice bodily obstructed, plays Sir Henry Irving,
5:26:24 > 5:26:25the outraged actor.
5:26:29 > 5:26:33Cruyff, dodging a flick to his face, inquires of the referee's eyesight.
5:26:33 > 5:26:35"What's it all about, Alfie?"
5:26:39 > 5:26:43But the Dutch themselves are not all light and innocence.
5:26:44 > 5:26:46Cruyff now wraps the match around his little finger
5:26:46 > 5:26:49with a brilliant volley for goal number two.
5:26:49 > 5:26:50CHEERING
5:26:50 > 5:26:53The dagger is in Brazil's ribs and they know it.
5:27:03 > 5:27:07Too late, Pereira revives nostalgic echoes of Brazil's past majesty
5:27:07 > 5:27:10with a long, loping run from the back.
5:27:14 > 5:27:16SPECTATORS SHOUT
5:27:27 > 5:27:31Francisco Marinho, the blond, also attacks from the rear
5:27:31 > 5:27:34to put the fumbling Jongbloed all at sea once more.
5:27:42 > 5:27:44Neeskens is cruelly cut down.
5:27:55 > 5:27:57Pereira is given his marching orders.
5:28:05 > 5:28:09For Zagallo, the manager, arms outstretched in protest,
5:28:09 > 5:28:10it is oblivion.
5:28:16 > 5:28:19For Brazil, once the harbingers of spring,
5:28:19 > 5:28:21it is darkness.
5:28:23 > 5:28:27Their attack was as blank as unwritten paper.
5:28:28 > 5:28:31Their tackling raw as uncooked meat.
5:28:32 > 5:28:35To an ugly symphony of boos and clenched fists,
5:28:35 > 5:28:39Brazil have lost their throne and Pereira his dignity.
5:28:40 > 5:28:45CROWD CHANTS
5:28:48 > 5:28:50CROWD BOOING
5:28:56 > 5:28:59Cruyff leaves happy, a job well done.
5:29:01 > 5:29:04A Dutch supporter pays homage to the good earth
5:29:04 > 5:29:05or to Allah.
5:29:07 > 5:29:10Jongbloed dances round his goal area in ecstasy.
5:29:11 > 5:29:14Holland are in their first final.
5:29:19 > 5:29:22The rising sun touches a new day.
5:29:26 > 5:29:27It is the dawn of the final.
5:29:29 > 5:29:31Der Tag.
5:29:38 > 5:29:42Munich's Olympic Stadium is silent under its strange roof.
5:29:43 > 5:29:46A mosquito net where soon the gnats of fate will sting.
5:30:07 > 5:30:09A lullaby of bird land.
5:30:17 > 5:30:21The city stirs, stretches and comes to life.
5:31:13 > 5:31:16The stadium gets its final spit and polish.
5:31:24 > 5:31:26The changing rooms are a surgery...
5:31:27 > 5:31:29..awaiting the operation.
5:31:43 > 5:31:46Impersonal, matter-of-fact.
5:31:46 > 5:31:49Match 38, the final,
5:31:49 > 5:31:52is allocated to referee Jack Taylor.
5:31:53 > 5:31:57"Mirror, mirror on the wall, will I be the fairest to them all?
5:31:59 > 5:32:02"Or, watched by 1,000 million critics around the globe,
5:32:02 > 5:32:04"will this necktie become my noose?"
5:32:14 > 5:32:16Ken Aston, the FIFA referee commissar,
5:32:16 > 5:32:18with the chosen officials.
5:32:19 > 5:32:21The condemned men eat a hearty breakfast.
5:32:22 > 5:32:25Englishman Taylor, with his Uruguayan and Mexican linesmen...
5:32:26 > 5:32:28..do they discuss the weather?
5:32:28 > 5:32:30Gardening?
5:32:30 > 5:32:31Women?
5:32:31 > 5:32:32Or only football?
5:32:57 > 5:32:59Floral decorations become a buttonhole for the party.
5:33:14 > 5:33:16OVER TANNOY: 'Die Deutsche Bundesbahn...'
5:33:16 > 5:33:19The circus comes to town, early.
5:33:19 > 5:33:21BAND STRIKES UP
5:33:46 > 5:33:49With klaxons, horns and pipes of Pan, the Dutch pour in,
5:33:49 > 5:33:51high-spirited and confident.
5:33:56 > 5:33:59For one of them, at least, time will weigh heavy by nightfall.
5:34:02 > 5:34:05For Sir Stanley Rous, Mr World Football himself,
5:34:05 > 5:34:08and Dr Kaser, FIFA secretary-general,
5:34:08 > 5:34:11so much still to do, so little time.
5:34:13 > 5:34:16Never before has security been so thorough...
5:34:18 > 5:34:19..or so necessary.
5:34:25 > 5:34:27No stone is left unturned.
5:34:29 > 5:34:31A search with a toothcomb.
5:34:47 > 5:34:49Sir Stanley en route to the airport
5:34:49 > 5:34:51to meet Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.
5:34:58 > 5:35:00This is Sir Stanley's last day in office
5:35:00 > 5:35:02after 13 years as president of FIFA.
5:35:21 > 5:35:23Lunch for the VIPs.
5:35:26 > 5:35:30Candelabra and gold plate in a stately Munich palace.
5:35:32 > 5:35:35Protocol and subdued voices inside.
5:35:36 > 5:35:38Outside...
5:35:38 > 5:35:41frankfurters, sauerkraut and beer,
5:35:41 > 5:35:44a raucous feast under the skies for lords of the earth.
5:35:50 > 5:35:52Deux bieres!
5:36:05 > 5:36:09# Immer wieder kommen sie heruber, oh-oh! #
5:36:23 > 5:36:26The referee and linesmen depart for the stadium.
5:36:26 > 5:36:28What are their thoughts?
5:36:32 > 5:36:35The Germans, casually attired, board their coach.
5:36:35 > 5:36:37What are THEIR thoughts?
5:36:43 > 5:36:45The Dutch, formal in dark blazers and grey flannels,
5:36:45 > 5:36:48go to face the future.
5:36:48 > 5:36:49What are THEIR thoughts?
5:36:59 > 5:37:01There are many roads to Parnassus.
5:37:04 > 5:37:06Here's a Mexican hat on parade.
5:37:06 > 5:37:08Is it four years late or early?
5:37:11 > 5:37:13Maximum security to the last.
5:37:24 > 5:37:29Up above, now below, downtown, a secret address.
5:37:52 > 5:37:57Separate keys in separate hands, the two halves of a puzzle...
5:37:58 > 5:38:00..unlock a tomb.
5:38:05 > 5:38:07The cup.
5:38:08 > 5:38:11A new golden figure of Italian craftsmanship
5:38:11 > 5:38:13is collected from its vaults.
5:38:13 > 5:38:16Heavily guarded, the lady is undressed.
5:38:19 > 5:38:21JB Priestley once wrote...
5:38:21 > 5:38:25"To say that people pay money merely to see 22 hirelings kick a ball
5:38:25 > 5:38:28"is merely to say that a violin is made of wood and catgut."
5:38:28 > 5:38:32In contrast, George Orwell wrote that sport at international level is
5:38:32 > 5:38:35"frankly, mimic warfare".
5:38:35 > 5:38:38Whoever was right, that's what the World Cup's all about.
5:38:43 > 5:38:45BAND PLAYS
5:39:09 > 5:39:11The hour draws near.
5:39:12 > 5:39:15Expectation quickens as the teams arrive.
5:39:43 > 5:39:44CHEERING
5:39:49 > 5:39:52The VIPs take their lofty perches.
5:39:52 > 5:39:53Rous.
5:39:53 > 5:39:55Prince Bernhard.
5:39:57 > 5:39:58Dr Kissinger.
5:40:00 > 5:40:03Prince Rainier with Princess Grace of Monaco.
5:40:04 > 5:40:05Willy Brandt.
5:40:12 > 5:40:15Overhead, a dragonfly with a sting.
5:40:26 > 5:40:28OVER TANNOY: '16 Mannschaften
5:40:28 > 5:40:32'haben an diesem grossen Fest des Footballs beteiligt.
5:40:32 > 5:40:35'Die Busse, die die Spieler in den vergangenen drei Wochen
5:40:35 > 5:40:39'in die Stadien brachten, fahren nun einen symbolischen Abschied.'
5:40:39 > 5:40:42Tension shows on the players' faces as they view the scene.
5:40:42 > 5:40:44'Argentinien.'
5:40:44 > 5:40:46A coach parade of the 16 competing nations.
5:40:52 > 5:40:53'Australien.
5:40:58 > 5:41:00'Bulgarien.
5:41:03 > 5:41:04'Chile.
5:41:08 > 5:41:10'DDR.
5:41:17 > 5:41:19'Haiti.'
5:41:19 > 5:41:20The cup arrives under escort.
5:41:23 > 5:41:24'Italien.
5:41:30 > 5:41:31'Jugoslawien.
5:41:36 > 5:41:37'Schottland.
5:41:41 > 5:41:43'Schweden.
5:41:49 > 5:41:50'Uruguay.
5:41:53 > 5:41:54'Zaire.
5:41:57 > 5:41:59'Brasilien.'
5:42:04 > 5:42:07Pele, a football king who has hung up his crown,
5:42:07 > 5:42:09catches the spirit of carnival again.
5:42:09 > 5:42:11'Und Polen.'
5:42:21 > 5:42:23The next act prepares.
5:42:49 > 5:42:52'Nun, aus Kanada, Land der Olympischen Spiele 1976...'
5:42:55 > 5:42:57Canada, home of the next Olympic Games,
5:42:57 > 5:42:59sends her drum and bugle girls' band.
5:43:01 > 5:43:03Swans on the wing.
5:43:13 > 5:43:16All this is part of the razzamatazz of a three-ring circus,
5:43:16 > 5:43:18a giant commercial bonanza.
5:43:20 > 5:43:23Football, for the moment, becomes second.
5:43:27 > 5:43:30Backstage, Jack Taylor, the referee, also has a job to do.
5:44:20 > 5:44:24The players' limbs are massaged, and the smell of embrocation is pungent.
5:45:04 > 5:45:05BLOWS WHISTLE
5:45:09 > 5:45:11The dignitaries come marching out.
5:45:24 > 5:45:26Sir Stanley Rous says his farewell.
5:45:26 > 5:45:29Mr President, Your Royal Highnesses,
5:45:29 > 5:45:32Your Exellencies and sports friends...
5:45:34 > 5:45:36..at the opening ceremony,
5:45:36 > 5:45:41as president of the FIFA World Cup organising committee...
5:45:41 > 5:45:45I thank the DFB for all the preparations they have made
5:45:45 > 5:45:48for this festival of football
5:45:48 > 5:45:51and for the reception of visitors from other countries.
5:45:52 > 5:45:54Now we meet...
5:45:54 > 5:45:57on the occasion of the final match
5:45:57 > 5:45:59and soon will say farewell.
5:46:01 > 5:46:04But the memory of our stay in your country, Mr President,
5:46:04 > 5:46:05will long remain.
5:46:07 > 5:46:09In parting...
5:46:09 > 5:46:15I can sincerely say that we have been happy to meet and make friends.
5:46:15 > 5:46:20We shall be sorry to leave, but many of us, I hope, will meet again
5:46:20 > 5:46:26in the next World Cup, in the Argentinia in 1978.
5:46:27 > 5:46:29Once more, thank you all.
5:46:54 > 5:46:55The wives of the Dutch team watch...
5:46:58 > 5:47:00..so close yet so far from their men.
5:47:04 > 5:47:06'Die Mannschaftaufstellungen.
5:47:06 > 5:47:08'Niederlande.
5:47:08 > 5:47:10'Neeskens.
5:47:10 > 5:47:11'Krol.'
5:47:11 > 5:47:13Legs eleven.
5:47:13 > 5:47:14'Van Hanegem.'
5:47:14 > 5:47:17Bowed, what arrows will they aim?
5:47:17 > 5:47:19'Suurbier.
5:47:19 > 5:47:21'Rep.
5:47:21 > 5:47:23'Rijsbergen.
5:47:23 > 5:47:24'Rensenbrink.
5:47:25 > 5:47:27'Haan.
5:47:27 > 5:47:29'Jongbloed.
5:47:29 > 5:47:31'Cruyff.
5:47:31 > 5:47:33'Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
5:47:34 > 5:47:36'Beckenbauer.
5:47:36 > 5:47:38'Maier.
5:47:38 > 5:47:41'Schwarzenbeck.
5:47:41 > 5:47:43'Bonhof.
5:47:43 > 5:47:44'Holzenbein.
5:47:45 > 5:47:47'Grabowski.
5:47:47 > 5:47:49'Muller.
5:47:49 > 5:47:51'Overath.
5:47:54 > 5:47:56'Breitner.
5:47:56 > 5:47:57'Hoeness.
5:47:59 > 5:48:02'Schiedsrichter ist Jack Taylor, England.
5:48:04 > 5:48:10'Linienrichter sind Ramon Barreto Ruiz, Uruguay...
5:48:12 > 5:48:15'..und Alfonso Gonzalez Archundia, Mexiko.'
5:48:23 > 5:48:26Formalities over, the silver coin spins.
5:48:36 > 5:48:38A last word from Schon.
5:48:49 > 5:48:51There's an unexpected hold-up.
5:48:56 > 5:48:58The touchline flags have been forgotten.
5:48:59 > 5:49:01It's a joke!
5:49:04 > 5:49:06But a German joke is no laughing matter.
5:49:24 > 5:49:25WHISTLE BLOWS
5:49:30 > 5:49:34Holland kick off and set the dice rolling arrogantly.
5:49:34 > 5:49:37They tease the foe with a necklace of passes at walking pace.
5:50:12 > 5:50:16At the 15th touch, Cruyff teases Vogts, Germany's number 2.
5:50:16 > 5:50:19Leaving his man, Cruyff is through the defence like a sniper.
5:50:21 > 5:50:22Penalty!
5:50:25 > 5:50:27The Dutch wives are viragoes on springs.
5:50:28 > 5:50:30The world holds its breath.
5:50:37 > 5:50:40Mrs van Hanegem turns away in nervous prayer.
5:51:07 > 5:51:09Neeskens blasts home from the spot
5:51:09 > 5:51:12and Germany are one down in 80 seconds
5:51:12 > 5:51:14without having touched the ball,
5:51:14 > 5:51:17the most sensational opening ever to a World Cup final.
5:51:17 > 5:51:20'..Deutschland 0. Strafstoss von Neeskens.'
5:51:28 > 5:51:30Muller reflects the shock to the fatherland.
5:51:33 > 5:51:35WHISTLE BLOWS
5:51:36 > 5:51:39So unfolds a tough, brittle and at times brilliant battle,
5:51:39 > 5:51:42full of incident, where no prisoners are taken.
5:51:45 > 5:51:47WHISTLE BLOWS
5:51:51 > 5:51:55Holland, once a land regarded as flat and uninteresting,
5:51:55 > 5:51:57has become a home for the avant-garde.
5:51:59 > 5:52:03Now it's reflected in the play of their free-thinking players.
5:52:03 > 5:52:05Their game is a whirl of positional change.
5:52:16 > 5:52:18As the play develops,
5:52:18 > 5:52:22Germany unveil the shape of their skilful W-M pattern.
5:52:22 > 5:52:24Compared with the enemy, it is formal.
5:52:27 > 5:52:30Vogts, number 2, blond and tigerish, has a key role.
5:52:35 > 5:52:37Scorning zonal defence,
5:52:37 > 5:52:41Germany set him on Cruyff's heels as permanent watchdog.
5:52:41 > 5:52:42He plays his part superbly,
5:52:42 > 5:52:45screening Cruyff from the danger areas.
5:53:01 > 5:53:04The director-general is Franz Beckenbauer, number 5,
5:53:04 > 5:53:06captain and sweeper.
5:53:06 > 5:53:08He's the finger post, pointing the way,
5:53:08 > 5:53:11unhurried as a man strolling down the boulevard for an aperitif.
5:53:33 > 5:53:35WHISTLE BLOWS
5:54:02 > 5:54:04Number 13 is Muller, centre forward,
5:54:04 > 5:54:08aggressive, always at a defence like a terrier worrying a bone.
5:54:12 > 5:54:16He's Deadeye Dick, the snapper of half-chances, a match winner.
5:54:18 > 5:54:20Superstitious opponents should beware of that 13.
5:54:31 > 5:54:35Breitner, number 3, in theory is the left back.
5:54:35 > 5:54:39But he's the ranger, turning up like fine dust in unexpected places,
5:54:39 > 5:54:41defending AND attacking.
5:54:56 > 5:54:59With 25 minutes gone, Germany are on the mend
5:54:59 > 5:55:00and putting their game together.
5:55:01 > 5:55:03Breitner, attacking, is down.
5:55:04 > 5:55:06WHISTLE BLOWS
5:55:15 > 5:55:18The Dutch build their defensive dyke.
5:55:24 > 5:55:27They resemble anxious seagulls on the harbour wall.
5:55:31 > 5:55:33Jongbloed dives away the free kick.
5:56:01 > 5:56:03WHISTLE BLOWS
5:56:20 > 5:56:23WHISTLE BLOWS
5:56:23 > 5:56:25Muller cripples the blond Rijsbergen.
5:56:33 > 5:56:37Van Hanegem, in retaliation, floors Muller behind the referee's back.
5:56:40 > 5:56:42Aggro and protest flare.
5:56:54 > 5:56:56Taylor consults his linesman.
5:57:04 > 5:57:06Time stands still.
5:57:30 > 5:57:33Van Hanegem is booked, and the kettle's on the boil.
5:58:33 > 5:58:36Attack has begun to swing to and fro like a pendulum.
5:58:41 > 5:58:42Clever Dutch approach work
5:58:42 > 5:58:46sees Neeskens beat Bonhof to the right by-line.
5:58:46 > 5:58:50But Beckenbauer cuts out the centre and feeds the stylish Overath,
5:58:50 > 5:58:51who takes a compass reading.
5:58:55 > 5:58:59A beautiful long pass finds Holzenbein moving down the flank.
5:59:02 > 5:59:04The winger takes on the Dutch defence.
5:59:06 > 5:59:08Jansen's lunging tackle brings him down,
5:59:08 > 5:59:10and Taylor gives his second penalty.
5:59:47 > 5:59:50Breitner calmly strokes it home.
6:00:19 > 6:00:25'Niederlande - Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1-1.
6:00:26 > 6:00:28'Torschutzer Breitner.'
6:00:28 > 6:00:31And at the half-hour, Germany are level, 1-1.
6:00:33 > 6:00:36They're out of the dark hole of their beginning.
6:00:48 > 6:00:50The Dutch manager is impassive.
6:00:51 > 6:00:53But what fires are burning inside?
6:01:14 > 6:01:16The make-up of the Dutch wives has begun to run.
6:01:20 > 6:01:21WHISTLE BLOWS
6:02:00 > 6:02:01It's cut and thrust now.
6:02:01 > 6:02:02WHISTLE BLOWS
6:02:02 > 6:02:04Breitner is eager.
6:02:05 > 6:02:07But Beckenbauer takes over imperiously.
6:02:35 > 6:02:38Cruyff leapfrogs Maier and taps him sportingly.
6:02:54 > 6:02:57A quick German thrust puts Vogts clean through.
6:02:57 > 6:02:59It's odds-on a goal.
6:02:59 > 6:03:01But Jongbloed dives brilliantly.
6:04:05 > 6:04:08The heart of the battle is still Cruyff versus Vogts
6:04:08 > 6:04:11as the substance is felled painfully by the shadow.
6:04:15 > 6:04:17A fleeting apology.
6:04:54 > 6:04:57A brilliant dribble by Grabowski down the German right
6:04:57 > 6:05:00produces a thumbnail sketch of Stanley Matthews of old.
6:05:09 > 6:05:12Cruyff - is the Brazilian battle taking its toll?
6:05:56 > 6:05:58Next, Grabowski is fouled.
6:06:23 > 6:06:27Beckenbauer, with a delicate chip, nearly surprises Jongbloed.
6:07:03 > 6:07:06With seven minutes left to the interval, Cruyff slips his shadow.
6:07:06 > 6:07:10Beckenbauer is buying time. Rep is on Cruyff's left.
6:07:10 > 6:07:12Rep shoots. Maier rescues Germany.
6:07:32 > 6:07:34Now Germany begin to uncoil their spring.
6:07:50 > 6:07:52WHISTLE BLOWS
6:08:29 > 6:08:31WHISTLE BLOWS
6:08:41 > 6:08:44Neeskens is booked for a tackle on Holzenbein.
6:08:57 > 6:08:59WHISTLE BLOWS
6:09:14 > 6:09:16WHISTLE BLOWS
6:09:23 > 6:09:25A major turning point has come and gone.
6:09:26 > 6:09:29That save by Maier from Rep was the key.
6:09:37 > 6:09:39Within three minutes of it, Maier, the hero,
6:09:39 > 6:09:41throws the ball out to Grabowski.
6:09:55 > 6:09:57Bonhof, running for a forward pass,
6:09:57 > 6:10:00streaks to the by-line, pulls back the ball,
6:10:00 > 6:10:03and Muller, on the half-turn, scores inside the far post.
6:10:06 > 6:10:08He leaps for joy like a grasshopper.
6:10:08 > 6:10:10Number 13 has done it again.
6:10:58 > 6:11:00WHISTLE BLOWS
6:11:09 > 6:11:11Now comes more drama.
6:11:14 > 6:11:16Van Hanegem, in ill temper,
6:11:16 > 6:11:19throws the ball at the referee as they leave the field.
6:11:19 > 6:11:22Cruyff becomes involved, and the heat is on.
6:11:33 > 6:11:35He argues and continues to argue.
6:11:50 > 6:11:51The cauldron boils over.
6:11:56 > 6:11:57He's booked.
6:12:01 > 6:12:04Cruyff for once has lacked responsibility.
6:12:27 > 6:12:29Germany is happy.
6:12:42 > 6:12:45But guess who's got something on his mind.
6:13:11 > 6:13:15The Dutch master returns, but in what frame of mind?
6:13:18 > 6:13:20Taylor is still the boss.
6:13:33 > 6:13:34WHISTLE BLOWS
6:13:55 > 6:13:58Grabowski again raises an echo of Stanley Matthews.
6:14:19 > 6:14:23Cruyff's face provides a gallery of changing expressions.
6:14:53 > 6:14:55Holland are pressurising Germany.
6:15:25 > 6:15:28Maier diving, Cruyff stretching, collide.
6:15:28 > 6:15:30The goalie writhes painfully.
6:15:54 > 6:15:56Cruyff is spoken to sternly.
6:16:00 > 6:16:01Cruyff remembers.
6:16:06 > 6:16:08But it WAS a 50-50 ball.
6:16:55 > 6:16:58A corner sees Maier miscue from Rep,
6:16:58 > 6:17:00and the alert Breitner is under the bar to head out.
6:17:02 > 6:17:05Danger trembles as Holland tighten the screw.
6:17:08 > 6:17:10A dewdrop catches the sunlight.
6:17:11 > 6:17:13The perspiration of battle.
6:17:49 > 6:17:51Still Holland search for the equaliser.
6:17:51 > 6:17:53Van Hanegem's header stretches Maier.
6:18:00 > 6:18:02Schon's eyes have a faraway look.
6:18:45 > 6:18:47Grabowski centres...
6:18:49 > 6:18:51..and Muller's shot is disallowed.
6:18:51 > 6:18:54Was he really offside?
6:18:54 > 6:18:58Watch it again in deep freeze and judge for yourself.
6:19:30 > 6:19:31The crash of limbs.
6:19:40 > 6:19:42It is a match of gleaming steel.
6:19:44 > 6:19:47Germany are back on the ropes, holding on for life.
6:20:15 > 6:20:18The ball is crossed from the left, and Neeskens volleys.
6:20:18 > 6:20:20Again, Maier saves instinctively.
6:20:23 > 6:20:25"Are we playing the gods as well?"
6:20:25 > 6:20:27Cruyff's expression says it all,
6:20:27 > 6:20:29as Beckenbauer applauds his goalkeeper.
6:21:43 > 6:21:46Holland strain for those last few yards to conquer Everest.
6:21:49 > 6:21:51Their options are running out.
6:21:55 > 6:21:59So is time, as Neeskens shoots just past the far post.
6:22:02 > 6:22:03The agony of it!
6:22:06 > 6:22:11Cruyff cannot cut free from Vogts, the destiny of Siamese twins.
6:22:19 > 6:22:21Neeskens becomes Holland's spearhead.
6:22:27 > 6:22:30Time is woven thin, and the candle gutters.
6:22:30 > 6:22:33For Germany, every second has become an eternity.
6:22:34 > 6:22:35For Holland...
6:22:35 > 6:22:39every second is a grain of sand slipping through their fingers.
6:23:02 > 6:23:04Neeskens and Maier contest a high ball.
6:23:12 > 6:23:14There are sparks....
6:23:15 > 6:23:16..and a fatherly lecture.
6:23:32 > 6:23:33WHISTLE BLOWS
6:24:06 > 6:24:08WHISTLE BLOWS
6:24:16 > 6:24:18The tension is at bursting point.
6:24:20 > 6:24:22Even the referee feels it.
6:24:55 > 6:24:59Holland, throwing all caution to the winds, leave their rear unguarded.
6:25:04 > 6:25:07Holzenbein, in a quick German counter, is felled desperately.
6:25:07 > 6:25:09No penalty this time.
6:25:27 > 6:25:30The Germans have come through a minefield over the last stages.
6:26:01 > 6:26:03There is anxiety in their camp.
6:26:06 > 6:26:09But Beckenbauer surveys his empire calmly.
6:26:11 > 6:26:13CROWD WHISTLES
6:26:38 > 6:26:41Jack Taylor shows his iron fist to the end.
6:26:53 > 6:26:55An orange sun dies bravely from the day.
6:26:58 > 6:27:01Germany and history have won.
6:27:01 > 6:27:02It's all over.
6:27:02 > 6:27:04WHISTLE BLOWS