Rösler's Dad said:
Nobody can now be certain, given the relatively poor TV coverage of the time, but a critical point for me is Hunt wheeling away in celebration when he could easily have tapped it in to "make sure".
What is certain is that it was given, just as Germany's "penalty" was given in the Italia 90 final, or Maradonna's "Hand of God" goal; and they were far more obviously poor decisions.
But for me, Hunt's decision, as a great goal poacher himself, not to tap it in is critical evidence on the "yes" side.
There was nothing wrong with the coverage, 25,000 people behind the goal, did not need extra angles and andy grays penis extension, to state whether it was a goal or not, the referee's decision is final.
Just as Schumacher's challenge on Battiston in 82 was perfectly legitimate, if Schumacher had been sent off we would not have been deprived of an appalling World Cup Final between Italy and France.
West Germany v Austria played an extremely entertaining game in the same World Cup, and similarly did not contrive the most boring stalemate in World football history, the edited highlights did not do that game justice IMO. Good riddance to Algeria I say.
Germany also did not rob us due to a suspect refereeing decision when, Hurst was clearly impeding play with his head in the 1970 World cup quarter-final.
Check it out on youtube, Hurst was clearly impeding with play by being on the pitch.
Bayern ****** in 75 won legitimately against a piss poor Leeds United also in the European Cup Final. Lorimer was clearly offside from 35 yards out, when he hit that volleyed rocket. (I hate leeds by the way)
West Germany were also unfortunate in being the only team to win the World Cup by losing a group game before becoming World Champions, once in 54, before that cheating arsehole Puskas had the temerity, by putting the ball in the net in the last minute, thereby almost depriving the western world of post second world war recovery. the 7-1 group victory by Hungary was obviously a fluke.
Also losing to East Germany in 74 was a massive miscarriage of justice also. Sparswasser? what sort of a name is that? Germany rewarded the man by making him a rodent operative when he defected to the west., prior to his sparkling career as a PE teacher.
Winning important games in Europe by the toss of a coin, and continuing to win these games when they the coin was replaced by penalties.
Bring back the toss of the coin, a far farer way of deciding closely fought games.