Night of Seville

The semi-finals of the 1982 World Cup in Spain on July 8, 1982 at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville is known as the Night of Seville (or the Thriller of Seville ) . The German national soccer team won against the French national team after extra time on penalties . It was the first game in a World Cup that was decided by penalty shoot-out. Due to the dramatic course of the game, this game is often compared with the 1970 game of the century against Italy, which Germany lost 3: 4 after extra time.

background

The German team emerged as group winners from the first two final rounds, after losing to Algeria in the first game and the so-called non - aggression pact of Gijón , the game against Austria, also in the first round. In the semi-finals they met France, who had won their two games in the second final round.

Course of the game

Pierre Littbarski brought the German team into the lead in the 17th minute of the game. Nine minutes later, Michel Platini converted a legitimate penalty for France to make it 1-1. In the time after the equalization, the game became more hectic, numerous fouls and nicknames shaped the game. In particular, the German goalkeeper Toni Schumacher was remarkably aggressive. The inglorious climax of this aggression was Schumacher's foul on Patrick Battiston in the 57th minute, in which Battiston was seriously injured. In the second half France was playfully superior, but could not use several chances to lead. Germany fought against it. In the 83rd minute, Frenchman Manuel Amoros hit the German crossbar with a 25 m shot. In return, Fischer almost scored the winning goal for the Germans.

In extra time, the French took the lead after just two minutes through Marius Trésor . Alain Giresse increased to 3-1 six minutes later. A few minutes later, a Fischer header was not recognized as the referee team ruled offside .

The turning point came with Karl-Heinz Rummenigge , who still suffered from the consequences of a thigh strain and was only substituted in the seventh minute of extra time: He scored 2: 3 and Klaus Fischer in the second half of extra time (108th minute) overhead kick to 3: 3. This hit was later voted Goal of the Year 1982. This tie remained even after 120 minutes, so that for the first time at a World Cup, a penalty shoot-out had to decide on progress.

During the penalty shoot-out, Germany was only behind when Uli Stielike failed with his penalty when the score was 2: 3. Toni Schumacher saved Didier Six and Maxime Bossis's shots , and Horst Hrubesch finally shot the German team into the final.

Schumacher's action against Battiston

The German goalkeeper Toni Schumacher was noticed in the first half due to his aggressive and unsporting behavior. Shortly after the equalizer, he bumped into Platini unnecessarily rudely while running a ball. A few moments later, while picking up the ball in the five-meter room, he rammed the fallen Didier Six and pushed him to the ground. When he got up he pushed him away from him.

In the 57 minutes before erlief the 10 minute when substitute Patrick Battiston a through pass from Michel Platini and came in the penalty area the ball. Was since foreseeable that Manfred Kaltz could disrupt not crucial as the last defender Battiston, stormed Schumacher from his goal out straight towards Battiston. Battiston lifted the ball over Schumacher, who at the moment of the shot was about 5 m away from the shooter. Schumacher jumped up into the man, spun in the air and hit Battiston's head with his pelvis. This fell to the ground as a result of the impact and remained motionless. The ball missed the goal. The referee did not consider the action that occurred inside the penalty area a foul. Since the ball rolled into the goal without Schumacher's touch, there was a kick from the German goal.

Battiston remained unconscious on the floor for several minutes and had to be replaced with a broken cervical vertebra and a concussion.

Schumacher was accused by the French of deliberately knocking Battiston over and taking his injury into account when he could no longer reach the ball, which is understandable in the light of the first half. In particular, he received harsh criticism from the French because after the collision he stopped at some distance in the 5-meter space, stretched and waited to be able to take the following kick while the motionless battiston was treated on the ground.

Furthermore, when a journalist pointed out that Battiston had lost teeth, Schumacher replied , “If it's just the jacket crowns , I'll be happy to pay him” . Schumacher explained in retrospect that he had said this, emotionally stimulated by the course of a game of the century, out of relief that it hadn't happened again.

Regarding the lack of reaction after the action, Schumacher said that he stayed away out of fear and uncertainty about the heated situation of the scene. Schumacher later apologized to his French opponent, but was not, as incorrectly reported, invited to his wedding.

Especially Schumacher's statement on Battiston's state of health evoked the image of the bad German in France, so that Schumacher et al. a. was called Boche (swear word for Germans). There was talk of an assassination attempt on Battiston . In the French press, old resentments against the former war opponent Germany were awakened after the game. The words “ Panzer ”, “ Gestapo ”, “ Schumacher SS ” and “ Nazis ” appeared there. The French sports magazine L'Équipe wrote " Toni Schumacher, Profession Unmensch ". The French President François Mitterrand and the German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt felt compelled to issue a joint press release.

Game data

Federal Republic of Germany - France 3: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1), 5: 4 p. E.

BR Germany		France
	2nd semifinals Thursday, July 8, 1982 at 9:00 p.m. in Seville , ( Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán ) Spectators: 70,000 Referee: Charles Corver ( Netherlands )   Match report
	Toni Schumacher - Uli Stielike - Manfred Kaltz , Karlheinz Förster , Bernd Förster - Wolfgang Dremmler , Paul Breitner , Felix Magath (73rd Horst Hrubesch ), Hans-Peter Briegel (97th Karl-Heinz Rummenigge ) - Pierre Littbarski , Klaus Fischer Trainer: Jupp Derwall	Jean-Luc Ettori - Marius Trésor - Manuel Amoros , Gérard Janvion , Maxime Bossis - Alain Giresse , Jean Tigana , Michel Platini , Bernard Genghini (50th Patrick Battiston / 60th Christian Lopez ) - Dominique Rocheteau , Didier Six Trainer: Michel Hidalgo
	1: 0 Littbarski (17th) 2: 3 Rummenigge (102nd) 3: 3 Fischer (108th)	1: 1 Platini (26th, penalty kick ) 1: 2 Trésor (92.) 1: 3 Giresse (98.)
	penalties shoot
	1: 1 Kaltz 2: 2 Breitner 2: 3 Stielike fails to Ettori 3: 3 Littbarski 4: 4 Rummenigge 5: 4 Hrubesch	0: 1 Giresse 1: 2 Amoros 2: 3 Rocheteau 2: 3 Six fails at Schumacher 3: 4 Platini 4: 4 Bossis fails at Schumacher
	B. Forster (46.)	Giresse (35.), Genghini (40.)

Web links

• Didier Six on the night of Seville
• dfb.de: "5: 4 vs. France: The "Thriller of Seville" "

Individual evidence

1. ^ Youtube Legendary Game France-Germany 1982. August 6, 2009, accessed on July 22, 2017 . 
2. ^ Germany-France: Wolfgang Niersbach's report from 1982 - "A condition made of steel". In: 11freunde.de. February 29, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2012 . 
3. ^ The Schumacher / Battiston case . ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: sueddeutsche.de , May 17, 2010, accessed on March 6, 2015. 
4. ↑ Patrick Battiston: "Si la France avait gagné, on aurait occulté ce qui m'est arrivé" . In: lemonde.fr , July 4, 2014, accessed on March 6, 2015. (French)