His most notable score came July 8, 1990, when Germany beat Diego Maradona and Argentina in the World Cup final. The Argentines and Germans were scoreless for the majority of that matchup.

Brehme was known for being good with both feet, as was evident by the fact his penalty in the 1990 World Cup final was shot with his right foot even though in the quarterfinal of the 1986 he had ...

Paul Caligiuri: We knew it was an important game -- the most important game, because it was the final ... the 1994 World Cup would be stripped from us if we didn't qualify for 1990.

Brehme, Maradona, Marquez, Matthaus, Neymar and Ramos are among the World Cup heroes who returned to their old sides.

Former Crystal Palace and Arsenal striker Ian Wright has described coming on as a substitute and scoring in the 1990 FA Cup final against Manchester United as "the greatest moment" of his life.