1954 Stanley Matthews vs West Germany (friendly) Home

Personal rating : 8.0
1954.12.01 England 3-1 West Germany
Great performance by England team. This should have been 5-1 or 6-1. Match started even, but soon leaned towards england sides mainly because of unexperienced players. Most of the players were different from the worldcup final the same year.
Ratings (5.5 average)
England
Williams 6.5
Staniforth 6.5
Byrne 5.5
Phillips 6.5
Wright 7.5 - Brilliant Performance from defending through carrying the ball
Slater 5.5
Matthews 7.5
Bentley 5.0 - Misses two easy goals
Allen 6.0
Shackleton 7.0 - Brilliant run and a chip goal.
Finney 5.5 - Bunch of turnovers, creating fine pair of chances.
West Germany
Herkenrath 6.0 - Not responsible for the defeat.This could have easily been 5-1.
Posipal 5.5
Kohlmeyer
Erherdt
Liebrich 6.5 - Only Solid player from defensive line. Man of the Wc
Harpers
Kaufhold
Plaffer 5.0
Seeler 5.0 - Creating Few chances, while missing many. Still only man worth remembering in Forward line.
Derwall 5.0
Beck 5.0 - Scored a goal, not really in the match for the rest of the time.

[@KevTheImpaler]

My stepmother's father said Paul Gascoigne was not as good as Len Shackleton.

[@thecritic81]

Who won the World Cup in 1954?

[@Petes-jb5ic]

@@thecritic81 West Germany won it. This was a friendly after the World Cup, which was won by England 3-1. However Germany substituted many of their Cup winning players (Walter, Rahn, etc...).