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8th July 1982: German goalkeeper Schumacher saves Bossis' shot at the goal in the penalty shoot-out.

The hero and villain of a Seville thriller

08 Jul 2020

French Fan Clément d'Antibes

World Cup memories of a French superfan

13 May 2020

Franco Baresi, of Italy

Baresi: Real football fans know how important defenders are

08 May 2020

Grzegorz Lato of Poland

Poland's favourite footballer turns 70

08 Apr 2020

Members of the Italian team form a wall as Brazil's Eder takes a free kick at the 1982 World Cup

RE-LIVE: 1982 World Cup Rewind

16 Mar 2018

Marco Tardelli (r) celebrates after scoring the second goal in their 3-1 victory over West Germany in the 1982 FIFA World Cup Final.

Tardelli’s scream still echoing

03 Aug 2017

Italy Win The FIFA World Cup

Bearzot’s Blues of ’82 in numbers

18 Jul 2017

USSR's Oleg Blokhin turns between New Zealand's Adrian Elrick and Alan Boath

From the vault: Soviet Union v New Zealand, 1982 World Cup

16 Jun 2017

Ron Greenwood (1921-2006) pictured looking at a replica of the World Cup trophy placed in the centre spot of a subbuteo table.

Subbuteo strategy for England’s Greenwood

18 May 2017

FUSSBALL: WM 1990 FINALE GER

Behind the World Cup record: Lothar Matthaus

08 May 2017

New Zealand's Stephen Wooddin

Kiwi joy, Aussie pain on the road to Spain

17 Apr 2017

1982 World Cup Finals. Northern Ireland 1 v France 4 in Madrid. Norman Whiteside in action.

Behind the World Cup record: Norman Whiteside

30 Jan 2017

Pat Jennings of Northern Ireland

Jennings: Nobody expected us to beat Spain in '82

01 Sep 2016

Brazil's Zico (10) bends the ball around the Scottish wall to score in the 1982 World Cup.

Zico's swerver sinks Scots

11 Aug 2016

Algerian forward Salah Assad scores

Assad: We couldn't wait to meet the West German players

18 May 2016

Brazilian Coach Tele Santana watches a match on January 1981

Fond memories of Santana's Seleção

21 Apr 2016

West Germany captain Manny Kaltz exchanges pennants with French captain Michel Platini

Germans dig deep to eliminate French in thriller

08 Jul 2012

Italy's Paolo Rossi lifts aloft the FIFA World Cup Trophy

Rossi: The first Brazil goal changed my life

15 May 2007