0:00:23 > 0:00:26Spanish keeper Arconada had his gloves on
0:00:26 > 0:00:28the right way round tonight.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58In desperation, Greenwood turns to Keegan and Brooking,
0:00:58 > 0:00:59fit for the first time.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24CROWD CHANT: England! England! England!
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Almost immediately, Brooking creates a chance for himself.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34And the near-misses continue.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Keegan's clumsy header finally signals the end of England's fight.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS
0:02:42 > 0:02:45England went out, undefeated in five matches
0:02:45 > 0:02:47and still respected by most of their fans.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49A team designed to avoid defeat,
0:02:49 > 0:02:53they couldn't produce a victory when it was really required.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Nobody knows what a fit Brooking and Keegan might have done,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58or indeed a Hoddle so neglected.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05SAMBA MUSIC PLAYS
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Meanwhile, the Brazilian bandwagon was rolling on.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Now their team was to meet Italy for a place in the semifinals.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23They need only draw to go through.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Dino Zoff, the 40-year-old Italian goalkeeper.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38In training, the Italians don't look as graceful as the Brazilians
0:03:38 > 0:03:42but then even Nureyev would probably suffer by comparison.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Enzo Bearzot, the lion-faced Italian manager,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52reflects on the goals that beat Argentina.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Marco Tardelli finished a classic counter-attack.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14And Cabrini tried to burst the back of the net.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Paulo Rossi, the young forward just returned from a two-year
0:04:19 > 0:04:21suspension for a bribe scandal.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25So far, he'd played as if wearing a ball and chain and had yet to score.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33In theory, the match should have been a contest between
0:04:33 > 0:04:37the dazzling Brazilian attack and the adhesive Italian defence.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38In theory.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Instead, the Italians surged into attack.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26After only five minutes,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Cabrini's cross finds the Brazil defence asleep.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34Rossi scores and wakes from his private nightmare.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48The Brazilians shrug.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51They'd been behind to Scotland and the Soviets and still won
0:05:51 > 0:05:55but Serginho, like a Sunday morning park player, misses drunkenly.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Socrates, the elegant Brazilian captain,
0:06:06 > 0:06:10slots an equaliser with the surgical precision befitting a doctor.
0:06:10 > 0:06:121-1.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Now, the team orchestrate their supporters
0:06:19 > 0:06:22and the carnival seems set to begin again.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43But another lapse allows Rossi a second goal.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Brazil storm back, only to find that today
0:07:15 > 0:07:18their shooting sights are misaligned.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Italy lead 2-1, the Brazilian supporters are still confident.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36In the 68th minute, Falcao, who plays for an Italian team,
0:07:36 > 0:07:37risks the sack by equalising.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51At 2-2, the Brazilians could've coasted
0:07:51 > 0:07:54but their natural instincts led them forward.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Then Rossi poaches his third goal.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19His rehabilitation as an international forward is complete.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28The Brazilian drums are suddenly silent,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31the prelude to a last frenzied attack by their warriors.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Zoff saves miraculously to defy Oscar.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Brazil, the favourites, the champions of romantic football,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02are out of the World Cup.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Spain catches its breath.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18With Brazil and their own team gone, a sense of anti-climax prevailed.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Life returned to normal and forgot about football.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Then slowly, almost reluctantly, the country geared itself up
0:10:56 > 0:11:00for the first of the semifinals - Poland against Italy.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09The Poles had beaten Belgium, a hat-trick by Boniek, and drawn
0:11:09 > 0:11:13drably with the Soviet Union to get to this penultimate stage.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17They had already played Italy in a group match.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Now, thanks to a system even Einstein couldn't understand,
0:11:21 > 0:11:22they are to play them again.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Italy are favourites.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42The Poles are without the suspended Boniek,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45the Italians without the suspended Gentile.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48There's no doubt whose is the greater loss.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Gentile would have marked Boniek had they played
0:11:51 > 0:11:54and is probably sitting next to him in the stands.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02There's a sympathetic support for Poland
0:12:02 > 0:12:05and a noisy, increasingly cocky Italian following.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Grzegorz Lato,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52one of the few Polish players likely to trouble the Italian defence.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49After 22 minutes of desultory play, an Italian goal.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Almost inevitably, it's Rossi.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20The Poles threatened briefly and are unlucky.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49Poland, sadly ineffectual, suddenly became sadly physical.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Conti suffered first.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11Then Graziana was...well, pole-axed by Zmuda.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Revenge is quick,
0:15:44 > 0:15:48as Conti's precision cross sends in Rossi again.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Five goals from Paulo Rossi in two matches had taken
0:16:30 > 0:16:34the Azzurri to the final. He justified Bearzot's faith in him.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37The Italian press, who had previously pilloried both men,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40must've been eating an awful lot of humble pizza.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45And there was only candidate for the man of the match award.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03The second semifinal, West Germany against France.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09The French had picked up the torch carried by Brazil.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Rocheteau's two goals against Northern Ireland were a fair example
0:17:13 > 0:17:16of how much they'd improved since losing to England.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21Manager Hidalgo had put his trust in a richly-skilled midfield
0:17:21 > 0:17:24and improved squad spirit by sending home Larios,
0:17:24 > 0:17:28who had been having an affair with the captain's wife, Madame Platini.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Football's not always about diagonal runs.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34The Germans had arrived by a devious route.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38An astonishing first-phase defeat by Algeria required a squalid,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41non-aggression pact with Austria to get them through.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Timid against England and dourly efficient against Spain,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49they could point to injuries as a partial excuse.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Tonight, they start without their star forward Rummenigge,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55but he's on the bench if needed.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Mannie Kaltz,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07reckoned one of the best crossers of the ball in the world.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Platini, back in form, caresses a pass.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Harald Schumacher, the German goalkeeper.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10The French make the early running,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13the Germans are dangerous from set pieces.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Suddenly, a German goal.
0:19:45 > 0:19:50Ettori blocks and Littbarski threads the rebound.
0:19:50 > 0:19:511-0 to Germany.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Ten minutes later, Forster holds back Rocheteau
0:20:21 > 0:20:23and the French have a penalty.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44A kiss for luck.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51And Platini equalises.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Schumacher shows his distaste for Six's challenge.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43The message is clear - come near me and I'll do you.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50When they break out, the French move with startling speed.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Rocheteau teases Forster then sets up Platini.
0:21:58 > 0:22:001-1 at half-time.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04It's French flair against German resilience - a fascinating game.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Inspired by Platini, the French gain momentum.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Then substitute Battiston chases a through ball.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Janvion rages. Schumacher is unmoved.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Referee Corver seems slow to realise Battiston's plight.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Slow motion shows the extent of Schumacher's crime.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Schumacher clearly makes no attempt to play the ball -
0:22:53 > 0:22:55he prefers Battiston.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00The French get no penalty, Schumacher stays on the field,
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Battiston is carried from it
0:23:02 > 0:23:05and France are forced to use their second substitute.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Schumacher nearly repeats the dose on Rocheteau.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Stielike clears from the line.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05In the dying minutes, both sides went close to winning,
0:24:05 > 0:24:07but the match had more to offer yet
0:24:07 > 0:24:10as though football was apologising for the loss of Brazil.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Extra time.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Now, the managers must breathe new life into their teams.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25Coax them near the precipice. Rummenigge still waits on the wings.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07After just two minutes, Tresor volleys France ahead. 2-1.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Rummenigge prepares for action.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57With 23 minutes left, Rummenigge enters the fray. Too late, surely.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Giresse completes another glorious sweeping move. 3-1 to France.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Moments later, Rummenigge has his say. 3-2.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06The Germans have new strength now.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10The French, deprived of a substitute by Schumacher's foul,
0:27:10 > 0:27:11can't replace exhausted legs
0:27:11 > 0:27:14and their style won't allow them to play safe.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16The inevitable happens.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Fischer practises such acrobatics on a mattress
0:27:21 > 0:27:23and must have dreamt of a moment like that.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26West Germany are level at 3-3.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS
0:27:40 > 0:27:43After 120 minutes of enthralling play,
0:27:43 > 0:27:45the sides couldn't be separated.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50One of them had to die by football's version of Russian roulette -
0:27:50 > 0:27:51the penalty kick.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13- CHEERING - The Germans are in the final.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19For the French team, there are only tears.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Madrid, Sunday, July 11.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34Inside the Bernabeu stadium,
0:30:34 > 0:30:37preparations for the final begin.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Outside, the preliminaries will be less sedate.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21JOURNALISTS YELL
0:32:21 > 0:32:23HE RESPONDS
0:32:30 > 0:32:32MUFFLED SPEECH
0:32:45 > 0:32:49The Italian supporters seem in the majority.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52The defeat of France has left most people outside Germany
0:32:52 > 0:32:54with only one option...
0:32:54 > 0:32:55Forza Italia!
0:33:17 > 0:33:21Italia! Italia! Italia!
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Italia! Italia!
0:33:41 > 0:33:43MUSIC DROWNS CHANTS
0:34:11 > 0:34:1495,000 spectators will watch the game.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Among them presidents and kings.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20But, for one day at least,
0:34:20 > 0:34:23the attention of the world will not be on them.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42HORNS BLAST
0:34:47 > 0:34:49The Italians have suffered a blow.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53They will play without Antognoni, their midfield creator.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56The 18-year-old Bergomi takes his place.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59ITALIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS
0:35:16 > 0:35:20GERMAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS
0:35:28 > 0:35:30West Germany, with all to play for,
0:35:30 > 0:35:33will risk Rummenigge.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36CHEERING
0:36:23 > 0:36:25The Italians kick off.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Rossi - the Germans will be watching him like hawks.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12An early run in shot from Littbarski is a false dawn.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15The match stutters as each side tests the other out.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Rummenigge turns brilliantly
0:37:34 > 0:37:36but his shot shows how much he's suffered.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41The cameramen shouldn't worry.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43At this stage, they're not missing much.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08CHANTING: "Italia! Italia!"
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Graziani has injured his shoulder again.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Altobelli replaces him.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44After just six minutes,
0:38:44 > 0:38:47the greatest day in Graziani's life is over.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Now Breitner's injured.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Next, almost incredibly,
0:39:34 > 0:39:36it's hard man Gentile.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45He's shaved off his moustache for the final,
0:39:45 > 0:39:47perhaps to disguise himself from the referee.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58After 24 minutes of shapeless play,
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Altobelli crosses dangerously.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Briegel charges Conti even more dangerously.
0:40:07 > 0:40:08Penalty to Italy.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25The stretcher bearers hover like vultures
0:40:25 > 0:40:27but Conti recovers.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53After the firecracker,
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Cabrini produces a damp squib.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Schumacher rejoices.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Oriali is brutally checked by Stielike.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07WHISTLE BLOWS
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Towards half time,
0:41:29 > 0:41:31the game becomes even more fragmented.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46HALF-TIME WHISTLE BLOWS
0:41:48 > 0:41:52Half-time, Enzo Bearzot hurries to repair his team's morale.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56No Antognoni, no Graziani and a missed penalty.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59The old self doubts must be close to the surface.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH
0:42:20 > 0:42:22WHISTLE BLOWS
0:42:51 > 0:42:54The second half resumes in the same fashion as the first -
0:42:54 > 0:42:56more spoiling fouls.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27WHISTLE BLOWS
0:43:43 > 0:43:46CHANTING DROWNS SHOUTS
0:43:52 > 0:43:54WHISTLE BLOWS
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Finally, in the 56th minute,
0:44:05 > 0:44:07Italian bodies pile in on goal.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10CHEERING
0:44:13 > 0:44:15Number 20, Paolo Rossi, has done it again.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22And the Italian president reacts like any other fan.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38WHISTLE BLOWS
0:44:38 > 0:44:41Now Italy must keep their concentration.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43All teams are vulnerable after they've scored.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59WHISTLE BLOWS
0:45:09 > 0:45:11For once, Zoff fumbles
0:45:11 > 0:45:13but Briegel can't take advantage.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27For a time, West Germany threaten an equaliser.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39WHISTLE BLOWS
0:45:44 > 0:45:46Then Scirea, the superb Italian sweeper,
0:45:46 > 0:45:49throws caution aside and breaks forward.
0:45:49 > 0:45:50It's a significant move.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59He waits for his moment like a matador stalking a bull.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02Then delivers the killing thrust.
0:46:02 > 0:46:03Tardelli scores...
0:46:03 > 0:46:07CHEERING
0:46:07 > 0:46:09..and goes into ecstasy.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29The Spanish police, charmless to the last,
0:46:29 > 0:46:31try to stop Italian celebrations.
0:46:31 > 0:46:32Some chance!
0:46:52 > 0:46:55Rummenigge, blunted by injury, quits the field.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07WHISTLE BLOWS
0:47:34 > 0:47:37Stielike forgets what he did to Oriali in the first half.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39WHISTLE BLOWS
0:47:57 > 0:48:00WHISTLE BLOWS
0:48:27 > 0:48:30The Germans overhauled France's two-goal lead
0:48:30 > 0:48:31but they know inside
0:48:31 > 0:48:34that the Italian defence is a different proposition.
0:48:39 > 0:48:43CHANTING: "Italia! Italia! Italia!"
0:48:45 > 0:48:47WHISTLE BLOWS
0:48:55 > 0:48:58Bruno Conti, whose wing play has been a delight,
0:48:58 > 0:49:01fittingly creates the third Italian goal.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Altobelli is the scorer.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07CHEERING
0:49:55 > 0:49:57WHISTLE BLOWS
0:50:09 > 0:50:10Amid the celebrations,
0:50:10 > 0:50:12Breitner's goal is an irrelevance.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01WHISTLE BLOWS
0:51:05 > 0:51:08Bearzot even has time for a sentimental gesture,
0:51:08 > 0:51:10bringing his old favourite Causio on.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24And his team has the time to bait the weary Germans
0:51:24 > 0:51:26in the traditional Spanish way.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06- WHISTLE BLOWS - The final whistle.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09Italy have beaten West Germany 3-1
0:52:09 > 0:52:12and are world champions for the third time.
0:52:42 > 0:52:46For Enzo Bearzot, the result is a personal triumph.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48For years he has been trying to drag his team
0:52:48 > 0:52:51out of the wilderness of defensive football.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56Now, he has shown them what rewards there are in attack.
0:53:08 > 0:53:13At 40 years of age, Dino Zoff finally has the world in his hands.