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Enlarge Photo Germany's Stefan Kiessling heads a ball during a training session in Pretoria June 22, 2010.... A chronological look at some of the notable clashes since 1966 between England and Germany who meet in the second round of the World Cup at the Free State Stadium on Sunday:ENGLAND 4 WEST GERMANY 2 - World Cup final
Wembley Stadium, July 30 1966
The most momentous victory in English soccer history saw England crowned world champions for the first and only time. Germany scored first through Helmut Haller but England were soon level with the first of Geoff Hurst's three goals.
Martin Peters made it 2-1 to England before Wolfgang Weber's last minute equaliser forced the game into extra time.
Hurst, with two more extra-time goals, became the first and so far only man to score a hat-trick in the World Cup final, but the legality of his second goal, when the ball hit the crossbar and bounced either on or over the line, has never been fully established and probably now never will be.
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WEST GERMANY 3 ENGLAND 2 - World Cup quarter-final
Leon, Mexico, June 14 1970
Germany avenged their 1966 defeat with a stunning comeback victory over England at the 1970 World Cup after England established a 2-0 lead through Alan Mullery and Martin Peters early in the second half and looked comfortably set for victory and a place in the semi-finals.
Alf Ramsey decided to take off Bobby Charlton to rest him for that semi, but that handed the initiative to Germany as it freed up Franz Beckenbauer to push his men forward in search of goals. Beckenbauer, Uwe Seeler and Gerd Mueller all scored to give the Germans an extra time win and send the world champions crashing out.
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ENGLAND 1 WEST GERMANY 3 - Euro Championship quarter-final
Wembley Stadium, April 29 1972
West Germany inflicted another huge defeat on Ramsey's men and Guenter Netzer had the finest match of his international career, inspiring his team to a totally deserved victory in the first leg of the 1972 European Championship quarter-final at a shocked Wembley.
This was the match that established Germany as a force in world football when they went on to win the European Championship for the first time later that summer and the World Cup two years later.
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WEST GERMANY 1 ENGLAND 1 - World Cup semi-final
West Germany won 4-3 on penalties
Turin, Italy, July 4 1990
West Germany went ahead when a deflected Andy Brehme free-kick looped over goalkeeper Peter Shilton but Gary Lineker equalised after 80 minutes to force extra time.
An emotional Paul Gascoigne became an instant star at home for his tearful reaction to a booking that would have kept him out of the final if England had qualified.
However, with no further goals in extra time, it came down to penalties. Brehme, Lothar Matthaus, Karlheinz Riedle and Olaf Thon all scored for Germany who won the shootout 4-3 after Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle missed for England. The Germans went on to beat Argentina for their third title in a far less memorable final.
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ENGLAND 1 GERMANY 1 - Euro 96 semi-final
West Germany won 6-5 on penalties
Wembley Stadium, June 26 1996
Six years after inflicting heartbreak on England in Turin, the Germans did it again at Wembley.
Alan Shearer headed England ahead with an early goal which Stefan Kuntz cancelled out in the first half. There were no further goals in either the second half or extra time so the match was decided by penalties again.
Germany scored with every kick they took and after going 6-5 ahead Gareth Southgate missed England's sixth kick to give Germany victory. Stuart Pearce, who failed in 1990, scored in the shoot-out this time.
The two later appeared in a pizza commercial with brown paper bags over their heads. Not everyone appreciated the joke.
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ENGLAND 1 GERMANY 0 - Euro 2000 group stage
Charleroi, Belgium, June 17 2000
Not the greatest match ever played between the two, but this meeting gave England their first victory over Germany in a major competitiion match since 1966 -- a wait of 34 years.
Alan Shearer scored the only goal in the second half, but ultimately both teams went out of the competition at the group stage.
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ENGLAND 0 GERMANY 1 - World Cup qualifier
Wembley Stadium, October 7 2000
Four months after their meeting in Belgium, they met again in a qualifier for the 2002 World Cup finals on a dank, rainy afternoon in the last match played at the old Wembley Stadium before the Twin Towers were demolished.
England, under coach Kevin Keegan, were desperate for a victory both for the points and because of the occasion but a 35-metre freekick by Didi Hamann saw Germany win. Less than an hour after the game Keegan handed in his resignation as England manager in a Wembley toilet.
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GERMANY 1 ENGLAND 5 - World Cup qualifier
Munich, September 1 2001
England gained revenge for Germany's victory at Wembley with an astonishing 5-1 win at Munich in the return qualifier. It was their first win in Germany for 36 years and came after Carsten Jancker had put Germany ahead.
But England came roaring back with a Michael Owen hat-trick and goals from Steven Gerrard and Emile Heskey for the highlight of Sven-Goran Eriksson's reign while England coach.
(Editing by Jon Bramley)
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