THE LOWDOWN — THE FULL HISTORY
THE GOAL
84th minute of the 1954 World Cup final in Bern, 2–2. Hans Schäfer played the ball forward, the Hungarian defence cleared short, and Helmut Rahn, wide on the right, cut inside onto his left foot and shot. 3–2 West Germany.
THE CALL
On German radio, Herbert Zimmermann called it: "Rahn schießt — Tor! Tor! Tor! Tor!"
THE COUNTRY
West Germany was divided, half its cities rubble, its republic not yet five years old. The goal won the World Cup and gave a broken postwar nation a new identity: "Wir sind wieder wer", we are someone again.
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THE TERRACES — DISCUSSION
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