Andreas Brehme, the German executioner of Argentina at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, died unexpectedly

Andreas Brehme, the executioner of Argentina who scored Germany’s goal in the Italia 90 final, has died suddenly at the age of 63 from a heart attack, his family confirmed after the press had spread news about it.

“It is with deep sorrow that I announce on behalf of my family that my partner Andreas Brehme has died suddenly of cardiac arrest. We ask in these difficult times that our privacy be respected,” read a statement from his partner, Susanne Schaefer .

The goal that gave Germany the victory against Argentina, from a penalty, in 1990, is one of the signs that identified Brehme as a player.

A former player for Bayern, Inter, Kaiserslautern and Real Zaragoza, Brehme was a left back – at the end of his career he also played as a libero – gifted with a good punch and took penalties with his left foot, even if in that memorable penalty final in Rome he decided to shoot with his right foot and it was a goal.

The decision was due to the fact that Brehme – who was ambidextrous – had received a blow to his left foot, despite which he took the penalty that Lothar Matthäus did not want to take, claiming that he did not feel safe because he had had to change his shoes and that he wore the ones he usually only wore in training.

The second shooter was Rudi Völler, who had been the one who had received the foul that caused the penalty, and coach Franz Beckenbauer felt that whoever had received the foul should never have taken a penalty.

At club level, Brehme was German champion with Bayern in 1987 and with Kaiserslautern in 1998. Furthermore, he won the German Cup with Kaiserslautern in 1996 and the UEFA Cup with Inter in 1961. .

The title of German champion with Kaiserslautern has a particular value since the team, led by Otto Rehagel, obtained it after being promoted and after having spent a season in the second division after being relegated in the very year in which it had won the German Cup. .

On the day of the relegation, Brehme was asked if he would go to second place with Kaiserslautern and he gave an answer which marked the decision of many of his other teammates and which was fundamental to obtaining direct promotion again: “Together we put the car in the mud and together we will get out of it.

With the national team he played 86 matches and scored eight goals. In 1990 he was one of Germany’s key players, not only for his goal in the final against Argentina. Already in 1986 he had been in the final, again against Argentina, and had scored, from a free kick, a fundamental goal in the semi-final against France.

Last January, after the death of Franz Beckenbauer, who had been his coach in the national team, Brehme said he believed that Kaiser “will form a magic triangle in the sky with Pelé and Maradona”.

Brehme also tried his hand at coaching, but was far from even approaching the successes he achieved as a player.

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