well in this match Germany dominated second half totally. Missed penalty and a lot of other good chances. Also Poland had only a +1 goal difference from 2nd round, Germany had +5. Paul had probably taken a few Weissbiers too much 😂.
Poland made it so hard for Germany, and what Breitner said about Poland was so right! Though Holland was considered the best team of that competition, Poland was up there with them!!! I loved that team!!! And also the 78' version and the 82' version! They were so close to getting to the Finals! What a team! Polska!!!! It was Great that at least Poland won another important tournament, winning the Gold Medal in the 1972 Olympics!!!
You do remember that the Polish team needed to WIN that match, yes? A draw would have been sufficient for the West Germans in any case. I seriously doubt that Poland would have beaten the FRG at home, regardless of the weather. So: no "ifs" needed: the West German move to the final match was correct.
OF COURSE , THE CRAFTY WEST GERMANS DELIBERATELY LOST TO EAST GERMANY TO GO INTO A WEAKER GROUP , WHEREAS THE STASI TEAM WENT INTO THE GROUP OF DEATH THE KRAUTS DID THE SAME THING IN 54 PUTTING IN A MUCH WEAKENED TEAM TO GET CRUSHED BY THE MAGIC MAGYARS , MORE LESS PUTTING PUSKAS OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT IN THAT MATCH , USING ENHANCERS IN TGE FINAL ETC AYING OFF THE BRITISH REF TO DISALLOW AN EQUALISER ROBSON SAID TO BECKENBAUER WHEN IT WENT TO PENALTIES IN 1990 ":ONLY HE KNOWS " NOT QUITE TRUE BECKENBAUER HAD ALREADY FIXED IT WITH GOD
@@jneu666 Perhaps yes, perhaps no. Noone can tell. But what you can tell for sure is that Germany won the final match a few days later against the Netherlands, one of the best teams of that tournament. On a dry day and a perfect pitch. No excuses needed. So trust me - the Germans would have managed to not lose against Poland on a dry and sunny day too. And a draw would have been sufficient to win that group anyway.
@@stefanwagner1424 "So trust me - the Germans would have managed to not lose against Poland on a dry and sunny day too" YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT SAY THAT
Sí, Polonia, Polonia, como ya he dicho, encarna el mejor fútbol de hoy. Para mí era Polonia uno de los grandes favoritos al cetro del mundo mucho antes de que empezaran los partidos decisivos. Polonia tiene jugadores magníficos, una condición física fantástica, una mentalidad más libre y abierta que los demás equipos del Este, y una compenetración asombrosa. Pienso que para nosotros, los de la selección “Orange” fue una suerte no jugar contra los polacos. Me parecía el equipo más fuerte, más temible. La base de su estilo es la fuerza, la forma atlética, la condición física. Ya en los últimos Juegos Olímpicos de Munich presentaron este mismo equipo poderoso, que mueve continuamente el balón, que busca los espacios libres, que se vuelca una y otra vez en el asalto de la portería contraria. Un equipo que juega de manera arrolladora y generosa, que tiene un gran motor incapaz de un solo desmayo, que se esfuerza de manera continua y titánica, que hace un fútbol veloz, cambiante y moderno. Para mí, Polonia es un conjunto que resume las excelencias y virtudes del mejor fútbol de hoy. La cátedra. Creo que es el mejor, o uno de los mejores equipos del mundo. (Johan Cruyff - 1974) traducción al inglés aquí: th-cam.com/video/XhGwRjDrJ6c/w-d-xo.html
Poland have consistently been one of the more underrated nations in international football despite the Eastern European nation being a perennial source of quality talent. With The Orly having finished 3rd in both the 1974 and 1982 World Cups and reaching as high as fifth place in the 1978 FIFA World Cup Standngs - it’s fair to say that Poland has a strong footballing pedigree. Here's some top talents produced by Poland during the golden era of Polish football in the 70's and 80's : Zbigniew Boniek, Antoni Szymanowski, Kazimierz Deyna, Janusz Kupcewicz, Grzegorz Lato, Andrzej Szarmach, Władysław, Żmuda and many more others ....
A very tense match. But - in contrast to all urban-myth followers on here - I daresay although it was a match on the highest level and although the Polish team were world class the German move to the final was a deserved one. First of all: a draw would have been sufficient to win the group anyway (the German difference in goals was better, remember?); secondly, the Germans played quite well actually and Müller's goal was great (Hoeness even missed a penalty). Sepp Maier had a great day with lots of saves, agreed, but that's also part of being a great team. Come on, my Polish friends: there was no conspiration on the part of the weather gods, and speculations on whether the Polish side would have beaten the Germans on a sunny day are rubbish. Noone will know that, they might have lost on a hot summer day as well. What we DO know, though, is that the Germans won the final match against one of the very finest teams of the tournament, the Dutch. On a dry day and with perfect pitch conditions. And they had beaten both the Swedish and Yugoslav teams (who were also excellent and hadn't lost any match in round one). So do stop this unsubstantiated constant nonsense about "the Germans only won because it rained". It is an urban myth.
@@stxa2594 Indeed, luck plays a part in football tournaments and the Germans had it in '72 and '74 as none of their key players ever got injured. Imagine if Beckenbauer and Muller had been missing.
@@Ruda-n4h Plenty of if's. ;-) Still that doesn't explain why West Germany were among the very best teams worldwide between 1966 and 1976. I daresay you can't attribute one World Cup win, one further WC final & one 3rd place plus one European championship and another final only to "luck" - I'm sure you agree?
In a book that he wrote about the 1974 World Cup. He says other great things about that Poland, including that it was the best team in the world or one of the best@@samnous2002
It is because the dive is very similar to the one committed in the final!! To be fair, Hölzenbein had a legitimate penalty claim against the Dutch in the 2-nd half of the final.
Bella partita, hanno giocato bene e potevano vincere entrambi, solo che la palla dentro la porta l'ha messa solo la Germania e ha vinto la partita. 😅😅😅😅😅😅
Não vi esse jogo, das semi, nem o do Brasil contra a Holanda, esteve jogando bola. Mas, repararam como os goleiros saiam para definir defender quase na meia-lua da área?. Dos anos 80 para cá, goleiro sai o mais "longe", é na entrada da pequena área. Como não bastasse ser goleiro, tem de ser libero também. Qual ou quais ou quantos jogadores de linha, tem competência para jogar no gol?. Escrevi a palavra "competência", para não colocar o famoso "sabem jogar, ou conseguem". O mais, nem tentativa de lenda conseguirá ser... .
Poland was better than Germany in 1974. Also Netherlands was better than Germany. Germany was very lucky in 1974. Very lucky. And they had Maier and Beckenbauer. And Gerd Muller. Poland missed Lubanski in this World Cup, best player and captain of Polish team. Szarmach played in Lubanskis place and he did very well, he scored 5 goals, however he could not play vs Germany because he was injured. With Lubanski or Szarmach Poland could win this game. Both goalkeepers were great: Tomaszewski and Maier.
I know many people keep repeating this urban myth but - why? Do you seriously have the impression that the West German team was a bunch of amateurs? They beat Holland in the final match without rain and - well deserved.
I watched this at the time and it felt like a fake match. It was all set to be an intriguing game between two top teams but the quagmire pitch turned it into a joke. It would have been interesting to see who'd have won in decent footballing conditions but obviously we'll never know.
@@samnous2002 you must be blind if you dont see the clear contact there. It's not even comparable to the foul in the Holland match. Thats the reason I was suggesting you going to Specsavers as you clearly have some issues 😊.
@@peterhammer4644 Many people see a dive. Even Neeskens himself, in an interview I saw on TV, actually said that Holzenbein dived in the final like he had done in the match against Poland. Are we, plus Neeskens, all blind and have some issues, or is that a projection?
Paul Breitner has said that the best team of the 1974 WC was neither Germany nor Clockwork Orange Holland, but Poland.
poland-holland would be great final
They were all 3 great teams playing a fantastic soccer.
East Germany and West Germany were playing in 1974. Both were there.
@@agoodchow That's a correct and accurate historical anachronism.
well in this match Germany dominated second half totally. Missed penalty and a lot of other good chances. Also Poland had only a +1 goal difference from 2nd round, Germany had +5. Paul had probably taken a few Weissbiers too much 😂.
Lato, Szarmach , Deyna .....la mejor Polonia de todos los tiempos ❤
Sin ninguna duda!
Poland made it so hard for Germany, and what Breitner said about Poland was so right! Though Holland was considered the best team of that competition, Poland was up there with them!!! I loved that team!!! And also the 78' version and the 82' version! They were so close to getting to the Finals! What a team! Polska!!!! It was Great that at least Poland won another important tournament, winning the Gold Medal in the 1972 Olympics!!!
Deyna, un grandissimo centrocampista, completo, con grande classe.
Such a pity the field was so swampy.
Le match n'aurait pas dû se jouer.
Yes the Germans flooded it to disrupt Poland's superior passing game
@@MichaelBarry-wj3ee :) I though I was King of Sarcasm - yielding my crown to you, the Scottish Monarch.
It was our greatest chance to win the World Cup and our the biggest "what if". What if it wasn't much of rain?
You do remember that the Polish team needed to WIN that match, yes? A draw would have been sufficient for the West Germans in any case. I seriously doubt that Poland would have beaten the FRG at home, regardless of the weather. So: no "ifs" needed: the West German move to the final match was correct.
@@stxa2594 I agree. Poland’s mistake was not to beat Sweden and Yugoslavia by at least 2 goals. West Germany did not make that mistake.
OF COURSE , THE CRAFTY WEST GERMANS DELIBERATELY LOST TO EAST GERMANY TO GO INTO A WEAKER GROUP , WHEREAS THE STASI TEAM WENT INTO THE GROUP OF DEATH THE KRAUTS DID THE SAME THING IN 54 PUTTING IN A MUCH WEAKENED TEAM TO GET CRUSHED BY THE MAGIC MAGYARS , MORE LESS PUTTING PUSKAS OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT IN THAT MATCH , USING ENHANCERS IN TGE FINAL ETC AYING OFF THE BRITISH REF TO DISALLOW AN EQUALISER ROBSON SAID TO BECKENBAUER WHEN IT WENT TO PENALTIES IN 1990 ":ONLY HE KNOWS " NOT QUITE TRUE BECKENBAUER HAD ALREADY FIXED IT WITH GOD
Take a look at the 1:0 by Müller. Polish defense was completely unorganized.
@@stxa2594 I think on a good pitch Poland would have won due to the pace of Lato and Gadocha, which was nullified on this pitch.
German Goalie top notch. Poland should've won.
Did you happen to watch the right match? I have serious doubts...
If the match were played in an adequate pitch conditions, Poland has had won.
@@jneu666 Perhaps yes, perhaps no. Noone can tell. But what you can tell for sure is that Germany won the final match a few days later against the Netherlands, one of the best teams of that tournament. On a dry day and a perfect pitch. No excuses needed.
So trust me - the Germans would have managed to not lose against Poland on a dry and sunny day too. And a draw would have been sufficient to win that group anyway.
@@jneu666 Polish defense was crap
@@stefanwagner1424 "So trust me - the Germans would have managed to not lose against Poland on a dry and sunny day too" YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT SAY THAT
Was 2 fine teams and cruyff and his Dutch team .. the best 3.
I was never a big fan of Sepp Maier, he was at times error-prone. But in this game he was absolutely majestic.
Unfortunately he was great also in the final.
As often the case Muller the difference between two pretty well matched teams. Lethal striker and the battle hardened West Germany team wins again....
A Polonia tinha um grande time, e enfrentou a poderosa Alemanha que seria a Campeã
Vor langer Zeit hat Polen Portugal geschlagen
Ils ont écrasé l'équipe de Cruyff en 1975 (avec Van Beveren).
Jakby były normalne warunki Polska pokonała by Niemców, ale że z góry założone było że Niemcy jako gospodarze mają wygrać tak też się stało.
great job, great match
This match almost became a water polo game. The pitch ruined these 2 great teams performance.
There was a lot of rain during this competition.
The Best Poland of all time beat Brazil ,Italy ,Argentina and made big game against the Host and future World Champions West Germany!
Whhat a beautiful conditions to play a game.
You can say and wish anything, but Germany in the 70s was the best. Therefore, the title in ’74 was rightfully given.
Sí, Polonia, Polonia, como ya he dicho, encarna el mejor fútbol de hoy. Para mí era Polonia uno de los grandes favoritos al cetro del mundo mucho antes de que empezaran los partidos decisivos. Polonia tiene jugadores magníficos, una condición física fantástica, una mentalidad más libre y abierta que los demás equipos del Este, y una compenetración asombrosa. Pienso que para nosotros, los de la selección “Orange” fue una suerte no jugar contra los polacos. Me parecía el equipo más fuerte, más temible. La base de su estilo es la fuerza, la forma atlética, la condición física. Ya en los últimos Juegos Olímpicos de Munich presentaron este mismo equipo poderoso, que mueve continuamente el balón, que busca los espacios libres, que se vuelca una y otra vez en el asalto de la portería contraria. Un equipo que juega de manera arrolladora y generosa, que tiene un gran motor incapaz de un solo desmayo, que se esfuerza de manera continua y titánica, que hace un fútbol veloz, cambiante y moderno.
Para mí, Polonia es un conjunto que resume las excelencias y virtudes del mejor fútbol de hoy. La cátedra. Creo que es el mejor, o uno de los mejores equipos del mundo. (Johan Cruyff - 1974)
traducción al inglés aquí: th-cam.com/video/XhGwRjDrJ6c/w-d-xo.html
Si lo dijo Cruyf!?
¡¡¡Maier magistral!!!
Poland have consistently been one of the more underrated nations in international football despite the Eastern European nation being a perennial source of quality talent. With The Orly having finished 3rd in both the 1974 and 1982 World Cups and reaching as high as fifth place in the 1978 FIFA World Cup Standngs - it’s fair to say that Poland has a strong footballing pedigree. Here's some top talents produced by Poland during the golden era of Polish football in the 70's and 80's : Zbigniew Boniek, Antoni Szymanowski, Kazimierz Deyna, Janusz Kupcewicz, Grzegorz Lato, Andrzej Szarmach, Władysław, Żmuda and many more others ....
Lubański
You forgot father Abraham and the smurfs or was that Holland maciejk ?
Is it just me, or do the matches of the '74 world cup have more speed, than most matches of the' 94 world cup?
A very tense match. But - in contrast to all urban-myth followers on here - I daresay although it was a match on the highest level and although the Polish team were world class the German move to the final was a deserved one.
First of all: a draw would have been sufficient to win the group anyway (the German difference in goals was better, remember?); secondly, the Germans played quite well actually and Müller's goal was great (Hoeness even missed a penalty). Sepp Maier had a great day with lots of saves, agreed, but that's also part of being a great team.
Come on, my Polish friends: there was no conspiration on the part of the weather gods, and speculations on whether the Polish side would have beaten the Germans on a sunny day are rubbish. Noone will know that, they might have lost on a hot summer day as well.
What we DO know, though, is that the Germans won the final match against one of the very finest teams of the tournament, the Dutch. On a dry day and with perfect pitch conditions. And they had beaten both the Swedish and Yugoslav teams (who were also excellent and hadn't lost any match in round one).
So do stop this unsubstantiated constant nonsense about "the Germans only won because it rained". It is an urban myth.
Holland were seriously hampered in the final due to the injury to Rensenbrink.
Remember Szarmach didn't play and Deyna was only half fit.
@@Ruda-n4h That is something every good team has to face during four weeks of a world cup tournament. (There are many examples.) It's just tough luck.
@@stxa2594 Indeed, luck plays a part in football tournaments and the Germans had it in '72 and '74 as none of their key players ever got injured. Imagine if Beckenbauer and Muller had been missing.
@@Ruda-n4h Plenty of if's. ;-)
Still that doesn't explain why West Germany were among the very best teams worldwide between 1966 and 1976. I daresay you can't attribute one World Cup win, one further WC final & one 3rd place plus one European championship and another final only to "luck" - I'm sure you agree?
Match in Water. Poland would win the world cup
Not against Holland.
Yes, I could have beaten Holland. Cruyff said it was lucky for the Netherlands not to have to face Poland@@samnous2002
@@lokismig When did he say that? Your source, please.
In a book that he wrote about the 1974 World Cup. He says other great things about that Poland, including that it was the best team in the world or one of the best@@samnous2002
😮yuhhhhhhh
1:05 @@samnous2002
Sepp Maier. Definetly hero if the match.
There were East Germany and West Germany, two different teams in World Cup 1974.
Please be clear.
East Germany even defeated West Germany in that World Cup 😂
Lo que atajó Sepp Maier ese día fue impresionante. Por lo que se ve en el resumen Polonia mereció mejor suerte.
WHAT A SAVE!?!?!?? 1:40
De no haber llovido como llovio. Esa tarde la historia ubiera sido distinta para polonia
The penalty is very similar to the one awarded in the final
It is because the dive is very similar to the one committed in the final!! To be fair, Hölzenbein had a legitimate penalty claim against the Dutch in the 2-nd half of the final.
@@13muller9Bernd 'U71' Holzenbein. Dive, Dive, Dive.
Poland vs Germany 0 - 1 World Cup 1974
Analisando as forças européias em 1974 ,Alemanha, Holanda, Polônia e Suécia. O quarto lugar para o Brasil teve sabor de título.
Poland was one of the best in 1974 and 1982. They beat every other team and probably could have beaten Germany if the great Sepp Maier was not there.
Buen partido. Corrieron bastante pese a la lluvia.
Polônia, mesmo desfalcada, jogou muita bola!
Heute würde mann so ein Spiel absagen b-z-w nachholen damals nicht
Nicht in CONCACAF
Bella partita, hanno giocato bene e potevano vincere entrambi, solo che la palla dentro la porta l'ha messa solo la Germania e ha vinto la partita. 😅😅😅😅😅😅
Virtual semifinal. Lo mismo que el Holanda-Brasil del otro grupo.
Jogaço!
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西ドイツ戦のグラウンドはやや緩かった。もう少し乾いたグラウンドだったらポーランドに優位に働いたかもしれない。
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Não vi esse jogo, das semi, nem o do Brasil contra a Holanda, esteve jogando bola. Mas, repararam como os goleiros saiam para definir defender quase na meia-lua da área?. Dos anos 80 para cá, goleiro sai o mais "longe", é na entrada da pequena área. Como não bastasse ser goleiro, tem de ser libero também. Qual ou quais ou quantos jogadores de linha, tem competência para jogar no gol?. Escrevi a palavra "competência", para não colocar o famoso "sabem jogar, ou conseguem". O mais, nem tentativa de lenda conseguirá ser... .
im sorry great BOLAND . good blay
Poland was better than Germany in 1974. Also Netherlands was better than Germany. Germany was very lucky in 1974. Very lucky. And they had Maier and Beckenbauer. And Gerd Muller. Poland missed Lubanski in this World Cup, best player and captain of Polish team. Szarmach played in Lubanskis place and he did very well, he scored 5 goals, however he could not play vs Germany because he was injured. With Lubanski or Szarmach Poland could win this game. Both goalkeepers were great: Tomaszewski and Maier.
Poland was better, but lost.
Game should’ve been suspended
Its sąd poland would won if no swampy floor and have 1 win like england
I know many people keep repeating this urban myth but - why? Do you seriously have the impression that the West German team was a bunch of amateurs? They beat Holland in the final match without rain and - well deserved.
Polish football succumbed to a German waterpolo team.
That rain killed the poles chances of winning
I watched this at the time and it felt like a fake match. It was all set to be an intriguing game between two top teams but the quagmire pitch turned it into a joke. It would have been interesting to see who'd have won in decent footballing conditions but obviously we'll never know.
Nowadays, any team will score at least 5 goals against both teams. 😂
I think not.
Poland shot too from too far.
Brown
Darwin
Gorgon, Zsmuda, Gadocha, Zsarmach, Smolarek, Tomazsewski, Deyna, Lato .... Cómo olvidarlos !! MERECIDO Tercer lugar en 1974 ✅
Holzenbein faking the same dive as in the final against Holland. Cheat!
maybe a visit to Specsavers might help....
@@peterhammer4644 Yes, it would certainly help you.
@@samnous2002 you must be blind if you dont see the clear contact there. It's not even comparable to the foul in the Holland match.
Thats the reason I was suggesting you going to Specsavers as you clearly have some issues 😊.
@@peterhammer4644 Many people see a dive. Even Neeskens himself, in an interview I saw on TV, actually said that Holzenbein dived in the final like he had done in the match against Poland. Are we, plus Neeskens, all blind and have some issues, or is that a projection?
@@samnous2002 Neeskens was an opponent, what are you talking about? It's a clear foul and you can see it in this video.
Niemcy powinni wypłacić nam reparacje za to boisko.
Keni mare demshperblimet e luftes