11. In the World Cup 1990 semi-final, England first suffered the pain of being beaten through the penalty shoot out, who beat them?
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Answer:
West Germany
The game itself was a tense but open affair. After full time the two teams were locked at 1-1. Andreas Brehme had scored a fortunate goal via deflected free kick, to give the West German side the lead on the hour. However, with 10 minutes remaining, England equalised through Gary Lineker. England were the better side in extra time and made a handful of excellent chances only to see the game finish 1-1 after extra time and on to the penalties.
England took the first penalty which saw Lineker score to make it 1-0. Brehme then made it 1-1, followed by Peter Beardsly 2-1, Lothar Matthias 2-2, David Platt 3-2, and Karl Heinz Riedle 3-3. However, Stuart Pearce an excellent penalty taker had his shot saved by German keeper Bodo Illgner and the game had turned away from England. Olaf Thon stepped forward to beat Peter Shilton and make it 4-3 to West Germany. Up stepped Chris Waddle and he blasted the penalty well over the crossbar to give the West Germans victory and a place in the final. The game was played in Delle Alpi stadium in Turin, Italy on July 7th 1990.
West Germany beat Argentina in the final 1-0, curtosy of- a penalty scored by Andreas Brehme.