Gottfried Dienst

In the 1950s and 1960s he was regarded in Europe as one of the best in his profession. The postman whistled in addition to numerous international meetings and the final of the European Cup of Champions 1960/61, in the Bernese Wankdorfstadion between Benfica and FC Barcelona ( 3-2 ). In 1965, he was charged with the management of the Fairs Cup endgame Juventus - commissioned Ferencvaros ( 0:1). So it surprised a little that he was entrusted with conducting the game of the finals of the World Cup between England and Germany on 30 July 1966 at London's Wembley Stadium, which ended 4-2 for the English team. He was assisted by Karol Galba from Czechoslovakia and of Tofiq Bəhramov from the Soviet Union. The Soviet team was eliminated in the semi-final against Germany.

After the regular season, there had been 2:2. In the 10th minute of extra time Geoff Hurst shot the ball to the underside of the crossbar of the most treasured of Hans Tilkowski German gate, pushing the ball first jumped on the goal line and from there into the playing area. The linesman Bəhramov indicated a goal. Service, initially unsure decided after consultation with Bəhramov on goal to the registry of 3:2 for England. This controversial third goal for the English team went down in sports history as Wembley goal. Service was also made ​​by the German side later accused of having not lost when the Englishman fourth goal in the closing seconds, the game already, because viewers already had run onto the field.

Two years later led service for the first final of the European Championship between Italy and Yugoslavia on 8 June 1968 in Rome. Some observers wanted in the management of the game have again seen here a clear partisanship in favor of the hosts, so that the visiting team from Yugoslavia reached a 1-1 draw. These allegations were never substantiated. The repetition game two days later, the Italians won 2-0, initiated as planned, the Spaniard José Maria Ortiz de Mendibil.