No repeat of 1982 ‘convenient’ farce, says Klinsmann
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UNITED States coach Juergen Klinsmann says there is no question of a ‘convenient’ draw between his team and Germany in the final Group G game on Thursday.
Both Klinsmann’s current team and his former national side would qualify for the second round with a point and the situation has prompted some to recall an infamous game from the 1982 World Cup.
In that game West Germany and Austria knew that a one- or two-goal victory for the Germans would see them both progress at the expense of Algeria, which had played its last game earlier.
West Germany won 1-0 with little effort to score made by either side after Horst Hrubesch put the Germans ahead after ten minutes.
The game, which was widely condemned, prompted FIFA to switch to simultaneous kickoffs for the final round of group games.
“I think you’re talking about a game that is decades away; that is only part of Germany’s history and not the United States. The United States is known to give everything they have in every single game,” said Klinsmann, when asked by a reporter if there was a chance of a repeat.
Germany coach Joachim Loew was Klinsmann’s assistant coach when he led his country of birth to third place as host at the 2006 World Cup.
But Klinsmann said the two were not going to talk in the run-up to Thursday’s game in Recife.
“There will be no such call. We are good friends but we are both here to do our jobs. There is no time right now to have friendship calls,” he said.
Klinsmann noted that the United States had gone into its final CONCACAF World Cup qualifier last year having already qualified but scored twice in stoppage time to win 3-2 in Panama — knocking out its opponent from the playoff spot and allowing rival Mexico to get into that slot — from which it qualified.
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