West Germany 1–0 Austria (1982 FIFA World Cup)
As a non-aggression pact of Gijon, even shame of Gijón, the football game between the German and the Austrian national team is called in the Football World Cup 1982 in Spain. The game took place on June 25, 1982 held in Gijón and ended 1-0 for Germany.
Infamous was the game since the early German leadership teams getting ahead in the next round and allowed the game was out in accordance with no serious attacks to an end. Leaving the team had to Algeria, the last preliminary round game had already taken place the day before and the end result was in accordance with known teams also despite two victories. As a consequence of this denial of service, the last two group matches of a group to be played simultaneously in major tournaments since then.
Starting position
His opening game at the 1982 World Cup had with 1:2 lost to Algeria, however, get the chance of one of the two first places in the group with a 4-1 win over Chile, the European champions Germany. Austria won his first two games, had the next round but not yet saved.
The penultimate group game between Algeria and Chile had already ended 3-2 to Algeria, which Algeria was the first African team ever managed a victory against a South American team. Turned before the game starts so the standings after the two - point rule applied at that time as follows:
The table is arranged as usual, first on points, then goal difference and then by the number of goals scored. The winners and runners came in the next round. Germany had, four years earlier win in order to progress in the legendary match in Cordoba reprint; Austria was allowed a maximum of two goals, three from their own hits with more than three goals difference lose.
Game History
Germany started impressively and quickly drew up scoring chances. In the 10th minute Horst Hrubesch scored the opening goal after a pass Littbarskis for Germany. In this intermediate state, the following table was:
Austria and Germany have so it should remain so, reached the second round.
After the Gate Germany kept pressing first and developed more scoring chances; so still came about five corners of Germany. On the attacks also defensive player as Stielike, Karl -Heinz Forster and Hans -Peter Briegel that were far moved up involved. Austria tried to compensate by counterattack. However, towards the end of the first half, the game leveled off and it was evident that both teams wanted any risk to get a goal to avoid. Since 1982, the back-pass rule did not exist and the goalkeeper was allowed to record balls with the hand that has been leaked to him by a separate field player, resulted in more following the game: The team in possession played out in their own half of the ball for so long, until an opposing player came near the ball carrier. Immediately after the ball was back fitted to the own goal. Chance of long balls were played into the opposition half, but not when you got there own teammates, as these behaved very withdrawn. It was especially in the second half of either of the two teams more serious shots on goal, and there was almost no duels. The only player on the court, which sought to play up front, was the Austrian Walter Schachner, but without success. Obviously there was a tacit agreement that ( game theory is a "win -win " ) no help for mutually beneficial result.
The ARD commentator Eberhard Stanjek expressed from the second half, his outrage at the behavior of both teams. He spoke of a " disgrace." In the Austrian television commentator Robert Seeger called ( a one-off event of the Austrian sports and television history ) in the second half the audience on to turn off their televisions. The Spanish audience ( 41,000 visitors) waved almost the entire second half with white cloths. This is in Spanish stadiums usual custom to bring his displeasure expressed. A Spanish newspaper described the game to as " El Connection". The Algerians felt cheated out of their place in the next round and waved banknotes, which the former intelligence chief Karlheinz Förster commented, "For the anger expressions of Algerian fans I already have a bit of understanding, because it looked as if it was denied. The game could not watch midway through the second half. That was a non-aggression pact. "
Players commented on the events differently: Paul Breitner, then for Germany on the court, said in 2006 in a ZDF program that the former conduct was not reprehensible, finally, each team would eventually start, a result to " manage ". The German and the Austrian team would have started doing just only earlier than normal. The Austrian Walter Schachner later claimed that in the half-time break some German and Austrian players had agreed to leave it 1-0 for Germany. He himself was also not informed and therefore continued to try to score a goal. Only after the game he had learned of the arrangement. For the Austrian goalkeeper Friedl Koncilia who still loudly and well and can be registered for the microphones accused his players during the match to be just before falling asleep, the result is the result, however, the favorable constellation for both teams have been and did not require consultation. For more outrage caused by the game, the Austrian delegation leader Hans Tschak who commented on the murmurings of the Algerian audience as follows: "Of course, has been played tactically today. But if now so here 10000 Desert Sons want to ignite a scandal in the stadium, but shows only that have too few schools. Because there comes a sheik from an oasis, WM- air must be 300 years sniff and believes he can now open up the flap " Hans Krankl Commenting on the outcome ." I do not know what you want. We are qualified. "
Consequences
The immediate consequence of this game was that since the 1984 European Championship, the last matches of one group always held simultaneously at every international tournament. Although similar constellations as in Gijón are also in this mode is still possible, but much less likely. Introduced by UEFA Direct comparison can, however, also on the last day manipulations, such as in the Euro 2004 in the Denmark game against Sweden.
The Austrian team that the game manner shown in such a parallel host the final group games would not have been able to afford arises from the fictitious table at halftime. This only takes into account the mid-term results of the games against Algeria Chile ( 3-0) and Germany against Austria (1:0):
After Halftime score Algeria would be qualified because of the goals against over Austria scored more (with the same goal difference ).
Another change took place ten years later. Since game delays on hand took more and more in subsequent years by frequent return passports to their own goalkeeper, the so-called back-pass rule was introduced by FIFA in 1992. This states that handballs own players, which are deliberately played with the foot to the goalkeeper and recorded by hand, are to be punished as an offense by the referee with an indirect free kick. Unlike, for example in handball but the referee has no way generally against " passive play " to proceed.