The Walter-weather spectacle group in numbers

The skies unleashed Fritz Walter weather. ‘The Miracle of Bern’ soaked a dreams of a Hungary side that had monsooned West Germany 8-3 in a organisation stage. That done a universe go ‘wow’. Now it’s FIFA.com’s turn to try and make we do a same, with a array of spellbinding stats behind Die Mannschaft’s 1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland™ conquest.

31 years and 10 months was a age during that Toni Turek done his general entrance in 1950 – he remained a oldest goalkeeper to make his Germany crawl for 63 years until 33-year-old Roman Weidenfeller outranked him. Curiously, Herberger had earmarked Turek for a call-up as distant behind as 1936, when a 17-year-old had been personification for Duisburg’s girl group on a same Krefeld representation on that Germany were about to face Luxembourg.

30 matches dominant – during that they pennyless Scotland’s 22-game general record, set between 1879 and ‘88 – is a Hungary method West Germany finished in a Final. ‘The Magical Magyars’ had final mislaid 5-3 to Austria in Vienna in 1950. Hungary’s run remained a universe record until Diego Simeone, Fernando Redondo and Gabriel Batistuta helped Argentina make it 31 games though better between a Italy 1990 decider and a 2-1 detriment to Colombia in 1993.

11 players have scored four-plus goals in mixed World Cups, with Helmut Rahn being a first. Der Boss got his fourth idea during Switzerland 1954 with a late leader in a Final. The others were Vava, Pele, Gerd Muller, Teofilo Cubillas, Gary Lineker, Gabriel Batistuta, Ronaldo, Christian Vieri, Miroslav Klose and Thomas Muller.

11 non-Brazilians is all that came above Fritz Walter in Placar magazine’s ranking of a 100 Greatest Players in World Cup history: (in order) Diego Maradona, Franz Beckenbauer, Johan Cruyff, Puskas, Zinedine Zidane, Eusebio, Lothar Matthaus, Gordon Banks, Just Fontaine and Michel Platini. Walter, a former Prisoner of War who was en track to unavoidable genocide in Siberia when a diversion of football with a Russian army spared his life, finished above a likes of Mario Kempes, Gerd Muller, Giuseppe Meazza, Bobby Charlton and Dino Zoff.

9 2003 films were awarded a prestigious Golden Canvas endowment for carrying over 3 million people watch them in German cinemas within a initial 18 months of their recover – and The Miracle of Bern was one of them. The others were The Lord of a Rings: The Return of a King, Finding Nemo, The Matrix Reloaded, Pirates of a Caribbean: The Curse of a Black Pearl, Good Bye, Lenin!, Bruce Almighty, Johnny English and Catch Me If You Can. The actors depicting a West Germany and Hungary players in The Miracle of Bern were all lower-league footballers.

8 seconds is a startling time radio commentator Herbert Zimmermann paused for during his mythological exegesis of West Germany’s winning idea in a Final. “Rahn shoots! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal!” he exclaimed, before going wordless as he attempted to take in a concern of what had happened. Zimmermann finally regained his restraint and bellowed: “Goal for Germany! Germany lead 3-2. Call me mad, call me crazy!” Kicker, La Gazzetta dello Sport and The Guardian ranked it as a many iconic square of football explanation in history.

8 teams is all that managed to convene from some-more than a one-goal necessity and win a World Cup compare – and West Germany are a usually one to do it in a Final. The others were Switzerland opposite Germany and Brazil opposite Sweden in 1938, Austria opposite Switzerland in 1954, Portugal opposite Korea DPR in 1966, Peru opposite Bulgaria and West Germany opposite England in 1970, and Côte d’Ivoire opposite Serbia and Montenegro in 2006.

5 goals: that is a domain by that West Germany smashed Austria, whose challenging side comprised Ernst Happel, Gerhard Hanappi, Ernst Ocwirk and Karl Koller, in a semi-finals. They hadn’t beaten their neighbours by some-more than dual goals given a teams initial tussled 46 years previous, though had been thumped 6-0 by a Austrians. That 6-1 win stays a biggest-ever Germany win in a fixture.

4.2 goals per diversion is what West Germany scored during a contest – some-more than any other World Cup-winning group but, curiously, not even a many during Switzerland 1954. Hungary managed a towering 5.4 per game. Spain averaged a competition-low 1.1 per diversion during their jubilant South Africa 2010 campaign.

4 sets of brothers have scored in a World Cup, with Fritz and Ottmar Walter a first. They were emulated by Rene and Willy outpost de Kerkhof, Socrates and Rai, and Michael and Brian Laudrup. The Walters are one of dual sets of siblings to have won a World Cup, along with Jacky and Bobby Charlton.

3 teams is all that have conceded some-more in a World Cup diversion than West Germany did in an 8-3 better to Hungary: Korea Republic opposite Hungary in 1954 (9-0), Zaire opposite Yugoslavia in 1974 (9-0), and El Salvador opposite Hungary in 1982 (10-1). Herberger’s infantry leaked 14 goals altogether – double what a next-nearest World Cup-winning side did (Brazil conceded 7 in 1970).

1.2 is what gives Max Morlock, who struck 6 times in 5 appearances on Swiss grass, a best goals-per-game ratio of any German in World Cup history. The Nurnberg fable is followed by Gerd Muller (1.08), Helmut Rahn (1.0), Edmund Conen (1.0), Karl Hohmann (1.0), Ottmar Walter (0.8), Thomas Muller (0.77), Miroslav Klose (0.67), Helmut Haller (0.67) and Jurgen Klinsmann (0.65), incompatible those who played usually one diversion in a competition.

0 teams emerged dominant from Switzerland 1954 following West Germany’s dissapoint of Hungary in Bern – a usually time in World Cup story this has happened. A record high of 5 finished Germany 2006 undefeated – Switzerland, Argentina, England, France and Italy.

0 caps is what Paul Mebus won after personification in a 8-3 better to Hungary in Group 2. Sepp Herberger was confounded to find his No9 singing in a showering post-match, and never picked him for West Germany again.

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