Former Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea expressed his condolences on the death of Andreas Brehme, who met fate in the 1990 World Cup final, when the German kicked the penalty that marked the victory against Diego Armando Maradona’s Argentina (1-0 ).
“This beautiful universe is football, this beautiful sport, has lost one of its great protagonists. My condolences, may you rest in peace, Andreas,” declared the former Alibiceleste goalkeeper in a post on his Instagram account.
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‘Goyco’ featured the former Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Kaiserslautern and Real Zaragoza player He was “a great opponent and world champion”, and that fate brought them face to face in that final held in Italy.
In that match, played at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, the winger managed to score a goal from eleven meters, which would later be translated as the third gold cup in the German record.
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“That penalty wants Germany to keep the Cup,” cut the former goalkeeper of River Plate, Vélez Sarsfield or the Colombian Millonarios.
The following images will always be in the memory of a large part of the Argentine people: Maradona’s tears on the field, the expressions of the entire Albiceleste team and the joy of the Germans, who, apart from winning the Cup, completed their revenge against their rival. who stripped them of glory four years ago in Mexico in 1986.
The intrahistory of that punishment
Surprisingly, that shot was made with his less practical leg, the right one, although the player has made clear on several occasions his talent with both.
Brehme took the winning penalty despite hitting his left foot in the match and then his teammate Lothar Matthäus expressed insecurity about the shooting, he is said to be playing in training boots.
At club level, he was German champion with Bayern in 1987 and with Kaiserslautern in 1998. In addition, he won the German Cup with Kaiserslautern in 1996 and the UEFA Cup with Inter in 1991.
Brehme died unexpectedly at the age of 63 of a heart attack, as reported by his family after reports of this spread.
Source: La Verdad
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