Best World Cup semifinal match ever?

Chilavert was in goal. For me, this guy still sticks in my mind because of that celebration against Norway—now he's just some pundit over at ESPN.

Anyway, we're kind of off track here.

Speaking of semifinals, I’m actually curious if anyone in the FIFA archives has full footage, or even just extended newsreels, of those two semifinal matches from the first World Cup back in 1930. (both ended 6-1, by the way).

There isn't any footage, not by any chance... maybe, just maybe, some random clip from a single match, perhaps a goal caught by a camera positioned behind the net or way up in the stands where everything looks blurry and indistinct.🙂

Full matches might exist from 1954, certainly from 1958, and then you've got the entire tournament from 1966, I suppose.🙂

I’m just now catching up on this, and I noticed there isn't even a mention of the West Germany-Italy match from 1970... how does that even happen? You can't leave out what is arguably the greatest semifinal in history—that five-goal overtime thriller—when you're putting together a poll like this...🤣