Germany's Italian obsession

Football has plenty of memorials, but outside the Azteca stadium in Mexico City is a plaque dedicated to one game.

Not the World Cup final, when Pelé’s Brazilians beat Italy, nor the one when Maradona led Argentina to victory against Germany. The plaque at the Azteca pays homage to a match between the Italians and the Germans, and records it simply as “The Game of the Century”.

It is probably the greatest rivalry in European football and dates back to that sweltering day in June 1970, when a tense semi-final finished 1-1 after 90 minutes and then suddenly exploded into a five-goal thriller in extra-time.