European Championship Stories: 1972 – West Germany’s Spring Of Absolute Contentment
At the Heysel Stadium in Brussels on the eighteenth of June 1972, West Germany lifted their first major tournament trophy since the 1954 World Cup. Two years later, at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, they lifted the World Cup. Yet it is sometimes said that the team of 1972 is more fondly remembered than the team of two years later, and it is certainly fair to say that the road to these twin victories was not without its problems.
Twohundredpercent @ Feb 10, 2012 6:47 PM EDT | Blog Profile
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