ilk basımı 2002 olan christian eichkler'in "futbolun beceriksizleri ansiklopedisi" kitabından;
uefa, 1992 avrupa şampiyonası eleme grupları kuralarında politik gündemi pek dikkate alamamıştı: 1990 baharındaki kuradan çıka çıka brd-ddr'nin (almanya federe cum.-demokratık alman cum.) eşleşeceği bir kardeş düellosu çıkmıştı. bu, bir yıl önce olsaydı büyük bir bomba olurdu. ancak helmut kohl yeniden birleşme nedeniyle ünlü sözünü söylemiş bulunuyordu: "seiters, bu konu gende kaldı"; ve bild gazetesinin manşeti şöyleydi: "büyük saçmalık: bize karşı biz!"
uefa bu sorundan yakasını kolay kurtardı; almanya-almanya beşli grubunu dörtlü gruba indirdiler. birleşik almanya bu çetin grupla başa çıkabildi -lüksembourg'u 3-2 yenerek ve galler'e de 0-1 yenilerek.
yardımcı hakemler: marc huguenin (fra), alain gourdet (fra)
4. hakem: rémi harrel (fra)
ussr: dmitri kharine (gk), andrei chernyshov, akhrik tsveiba, oleh kuznetsov, igor shalimov (dk. 86 andrei ivanov), oleksiy mykhailychenko(c), andrei kanchelskis, igor dobrovolski, volodymyr lyutyi (dk. 46 viktor onopko), igor kolyvanov, dmitri kuznetsov
yedekler: stanislav cherchesov(gk), kakhaber tskhadadze, sergei aleinikov, sergei yuran, sergei kiryakov, igor korneev, igor ledyakhov
teknik direktör:
germany: bodo illgner (gk), stefan reuter (dk. 65 jürgen klinsmann), andreas brehme, jürgen kohler, manfred binz, guido buchwald, thomas hässler, rudi völler (c) (dk. 46 andreas möller), thomas doll, karlheinz riedle, stefan effenberg
yedekler: andreas köpke (gk), andreas thom, thomas helmer, michael frontzeck, michael schulz, christian wörns
teknik direktör: berti vogts (ger)
goller: (1-0) igor dobrovolski dk. 64 (1-1) thomas hässler dk. 90
sarı kartlar: dk. 70 igor dobrovolski, dk. 75 dmitri kharine (gk), dk. 88 akhrik tsveiba (ussr)
thomas hässler earned a point for the world champions against a side representing the former soviet union.
thomas hässler struck at the death to earn a share of the points for world champions germany in their opening euro '92 game against a defensive side representing the former soviet union.
jürgen klinsmann, standing on the edge of the wall, ducked when hässler took his 90th-minute free-kick, and the ball was whipped over him and into the top right corner. it was a tremendous strike by the best player on the day, and cancelled out igor dobrovolskiy's penalty opener for the commonwealth of independent states (cis).
the soviet union qualified for the finals before the nation was dissolved at the end of 1991. the team competed as the cis at the finals, and their chances of beating germany – much improved despite the absence of the injured lothar matthäus – received a lift when rudi völler broke his arm in a challenge with oleh kuznetzov, though he stayed on the pitch long enough to get a head to a hässler cross.
anatoliy byshovets's cis deployed a curious defence-oriented strategy, with dobrovolskiy pushed out wide and no central striker, and they flooded the midfield in the hope of a break. the tactic paid dividends when dobrovolskiy converted a 64th-minute penalty after tangling with stefan reuter in the area. the stage was set for a shock result, but hässler kept his head.
