West Germany v France, 1982 World Cup semi-final, Estadio Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville.
In the 57th minute French defender Patrick Battiston ran clear on goal. The German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher came charging out to meet him and hit him with a combination of hip and elbow that knocked him unconscious.
Battiston lost teeth, suffered cracked vertebrae and fell into a temporary coma on the pitch. He was carried off on a stretcher.
The Dutch referee Charles Corver gave no foul. Schumacher was not even booked.
How did Schumacher get away with it?
Nobody has a good answer. The challenge looked deliberate to most people watching and it was plainly dangerous, yet the official response was nothing. Not a free kick, not a card.
West Germany went on to win the match on penalties. France, who might well have reached the final, were out, and many in France felt they had been robbed by a decision that was never made.
Why the Seville incident still hurts
It is often called the most brutal incident in World Cup history. A goalkeeper put an opponent in hospital and faced no consequences at all. The non-decision has never been forgotten in France, or forgiven.
It remains one of the darkest moments any goalkeeper has been responsible for at a World Cup.
Tomorrow: number 11.
