I_tend_to_correct_u@alien.topBtoGeneral Discussion@soccer.forum•What do you think is the best end to a football game ever?English
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11 months agoImportant context here is that by winning 2-0 Arsenal would only draw level on points. So, down to goal difference then. 2-0 would actually make them level on goal difference too. Arsenal won with pretty much the last kick of the entire season and even then they won because they scored more goals. There may never be a tighter finish.
As a staunch England fan I have personally iconic misses etched in my brain but none of them are as iconic as the image of Baggio’s face after he missed. You could almost see the entire world collapse around him. For a player as superb as him it was unexpected and cruel. In a final. Against Brazil. At a time when penalty shootouts were still relatively new and normal penalties were seldom given.