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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Harald Schumacher
Harald Anton Schumacher (born March 6, 1954 in Düren, Germany), commonly known as Toni Schumacher, was a football goalkeeper of the 1980s, member of the West German national team, with which he won the 1980 European Championship and lost two World Cup finals, in 1982 and 1986.
Schumacher was involved in a collision with a French defender, substitute Patrick Battiston, in the semi-final of the 1982 World Cup.
Schumacher's nickname 'Toni' was in honour of Toni Turek, goalkeeper of Germany's 1954 world champion team.
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 Toni Schumacher
Harald 'Toni' Schumacher is the famous goalkeeper of 1980s and captain of the German national football team.
However illustrious his career, though, Schumacher will be remembered for the career-ending tackle on a French attacking player, Patrick Batiston[?], in the semi-final of the 1982 World Cup.
Schumacher threw himself, shoulder-first, into the path of the French forward, shattering several of the Frenchman's ribs.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/to/Toni_Schumacher.html   (62 words)

  
 Harald Schumacher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Both Battiston and Schumacher were chasing down a long-ball pass, sprinting at each other and the ball from opposite directions.
There was much interest in Schumacher's comments on the Battiston incident and he maintained that his actions did not constitute a foul.
This resulted in Schumacher's exclusion from the German national team and his long-term Bundesliga club, 1.FC Köln.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harald_Schumacher   (604 words)

  
 torwart.de > Alles für die Nummer 1, Torwarttraining, Torwarthandschuhe: Toni Schumacher
In der Kölner Mannschaft spielte damals bereits ein Harald - Harald Konopka.
Schumacher startete nach der aktiven Laufbahn seine Trainerkarriere.
Schumacher machte sich aufgrund seiner Authenzität, seiner Offenheit und Geradlinigkeit und aufgrund seiner exzellenten sportlichen Leistungen zu einer wahren Torwartlegende in der langjährigen deutschen Torwarttradition.
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 John Hopkinson Formula 1 Motor Racing Page
Schumacher although clearly hurt was still alert but had to be lifted from the car and removed by ambulance and then by helicopter to Northampton General Hospital were it was confirmed he had broken his right leg in two places.
Schumacher pulled away from Hakkinen and the pattern of the race was established.
Schumacher made his pit stop allowing Hakkinen to take the lead and put in a couple of high speed laps before Hakkinen made his slick pit stop and Hakkinen was able to get out back on the track in front of Schumacher.
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 Tysk fotboll | Harald "Toni" Schumacher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Schumacher var först uttalad andremålvakt och Schumacher tränade envetet för att etablera sig i Köln och bli en av ligans bästa målvakter.
Schumacher fick för sin insats i EM i Italien 1980 beröm av bland andra den svenska förbundskaptenen Georg "Åby" Ericsson: "...och Sepp Maier i mål har ersatts snabbare än någon annan - nästan - av Harald Schumacher." sa "Åby" i Sporten i dag 1980-81.
Schumacher fick detta i en klassisk semifinalmatch mellan Västtyskland och Frankrike i den spanska staden Sevilla 1982.
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 Assault on Battiston : soccer, FIFA, world cup, top moments : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
Harald Schumacher's assault on Battiston has been described as the worst and most brutal tackle on a soccer field.
Schumacher assaulted French substitute Battiston in the 1982 semi-final.
It is remembered for Harald Schumacher's assault on Patrick Battiston in the 66th minute, with the scores tied at 1-1.
www.ibnlive.com /news/assault-on-battiston/11917-5.html   (472 words)

  
 Harald Schumacher | THG Lexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Schumacher entschuldigte sich später öffentlich und bei Battiston für den Vorfall.
Ihn erhielt Schumacher wahrscheinlich nach dem legendären Kölner Schlussmann Toni Schumacher, der 1964 mit dem FC Deutscher Meister wurde, nach eigenen Angaben jedoch nach dem Torwart der Weltmeistermannschaft von 1954, Toni Turek.
Harald Schumacher ist bis heute der Rekordspieler des 1.
www.tomshardware.de /lexikon/Harald_Schumacher   (479 words)

  
 France World Cup Team Blog > Print > What a piece of work   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
They showed how German keeper Harald Schumacher had taken a very aggressive mode with the French players all through the game and finally with the game tied 1-1 in the 65th minute Michel Platini played a pass that put Patrick Battiston clean through on goal.
Schumacher raced out of goal but Battiston got to the ball while Schumacher was still about 8-10 yards away.
Watching it again it’s amazing that Schumacher didn’t even get a yellow card, and the referee awarded the Germans a goalkick which Schumacher waited impatiently to take while Battiston was being lifted onto the stretcher.
france.worldcupblog.org /wp-print.php?p=132   (293 words)

  
 uefa.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
But he was redeemed by his goalkeeper Harald Schumacher, lucky to escape dismissal in normal time after a crude tackle on Patrick Battison went unpunished.
Schumacher made an excellent stop from Didier Six and then saved Maxime Bossis’s effort to give West Germany victory in arguably the most dramatic World Cup match ever.
Schumacher was West Germany's hero again in their second penalties triumph in 1986, when they defeated Mexico.
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 bayernbaeda.de - Steckbriefe: Harald Schumacher
Seinen Spitznamen Toni erhielt Schumacher wahrscheinlich nach dem legendären Kölner Schlussmann Toni Schumacher, der 1964 mit dem FC Deutscher Meister wurde, nach eigenen Angaben jedoch nach dem Torwart der Weltmeistermannschaft von 1954, Toni Turek.
Toni Schumacher rennt wie ein Wahnsinniger auf die Stelle zu, an der Battistons Wege sich mit der Flugbahn des Balles kreuzen würden.
Schumacher, für den es stets eine Grundregel war, während des Spiels nie über Fehler nachzudenken, um sich keine Unsicherheit zu leisten, kümmert sich um gar nichts.
home.vr-web.de /~peter.boehm/steckbriefe/harald_schumacher.htm   (1601 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I was also reminded of the 1982 World Cup semi-final when German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher rushed out, struck French striker Patrick Battiston and sent him to hospital with a brutal charge.
Schumacher?s was a deliberate offence, not the Yugoslav custodian and Subrata Pal?s.
Why I am talking of these incidents in the same breath is basically to make a simple observation: strikers all over the world should be a little more concerned about their lives.
www.telegraphindia.com /1041206/asp/sports/story_4091983.asp   (577 words)

  
 The Schumacher Family - Linksheaven F1 Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
T.J. I can't swear to it but I am 99% sure that Harald "Tony" Schumacher of the German National Soccer team is not M.S. and Ralf's father
Harald Schumacher is neither Michaels father nor uncle or anything else.
The only thing that connects the two is that the goalie played for the 1.FC Cologne, which Michael is a fan and member of.
www.linksheaven.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=1208   (454 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | FOOTBALL | Football's horror tackles
The semi-final is, however, more noteworthy for Schumacher's challenge on Battiston than the quality of the football on show.
Remarkably the referee did not show Schumacher a card of any colour and he stayed on the pitch to play an important part in the penalty shoot-out.
In a poll in France after the World Cup, Schumacher was voted the most hated man in the world - one place ahead of Hitler.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/1293097.stm   (1053 words)

  
 ATL World Cup Soccer. All the top world soccer news daily. News from international soccer. Euro 2004, champion's ...
The German team goalkeeper Harald Schumacher was, it seemed, a big yoga fan.
Before coming on to the field of play, he would adopt the lotus position for three minutes and close his eyes to concentrate on the task that lay before him.
This gesture eventually proved insufficient, however : before half-time in the match against Holland, the West Germany assistant coach, Erich Ribbeck, was worried about Schumacher's excessive nervousness and had to rush behind the goal to reassure him and to tell him not to respond to the taunts of the Dutch players.
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 Mundial Alemania 2006 .:. Sitio especial de nacion.com
Como descargo de su acción, Schumacher dijo que lo único que podía proponer era hacerse cargo de los gastos de dentista del francés.
Sus padres quería que fuera un orfebre en cobre, pero Harald quiere ser futbolista.
Harald Schumacher entrena luego al Fortuna Cologne (1998-99) y, desde 2001, a los porteros del Bayer Leverkusen.
nacion.com /ln_ee/futbol/mundial/2006/wcafp-bio-bio/bio-20457-p2.html   (594 words)

  
 drama
As is often the case with masterpieces, the game had a slow start with German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher's outrageous assault on advancing French defender Patrick Battiston the talk of the first 90 minutes which ended 1-1.
As if fuelled by a sense of injustice that Schumacher had not been sent off, France turned on the style for the remainder of the match played in stiflingly hot evening conditions.
The Germans were also involved in another heart-stopper semi, 12 years previously, but this time they were on the losing end, going down 4-3 to Italy in a roller-coaster of a match in scorching Mexico City.
www.dispatch.co.za /2002/06/25/sport/DRAMA.HTM   (590 words)

  
 Recherche.fr Encyclopédie : Harald Schumacher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Harald Schumacher était le gardien de but de l'équipe d'Allemagne qui a dominé l'Europe du football dans la première moitié des années 1980.
C'est au FC Cologne que Schumacher a effectué la majeure partie de sa carrière.
Pour Schumacher, c'est une référence à Toni Turek, le gardien de but de l'équipe d'Allemagne victorieuse de la Coupe du monde 1954.
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 Your Team of Narks and leg breakers - Foot.ie
Harald Schumacher (Germany — who was the Frenchman he almost cut in half ?)
Harald Schumacher wrote about it in his autobiography " Abfiff (Blowing the Whistle)".
In fairness to Schumacher he visited him a couple of times in the hospital afterwards and said he never intended to injure him that seriously.
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 Schumacher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harald "Toni" Schumacher (born 1954), former German football (soccer) goalkeeper and West Germany team captain
Michael Schumacher (born 1969), the most successful Formula One driver of all time, now retired.
Schumacher, Ontario, a community in the Ontario city of Timmins
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 Jens Lehman or whatever his name is. in The AnswerBank: Sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
However illustrious his career, though, Schumacher will be remembered for the tackle on a French attacking player, Patrick Battiston, in the semi-final of the 1982 World Cup.
Schumacher threw himself, hip first, into the path of the French defender, leaving Battiston unconscious and shattering several of his teeth.
Amazingly, the referee did not send Schumacher off, or even award a free kick against him: the ball dribbled over the goal line and a goal kick was (eventually) taken after Battiston was stretchered off.
www.theanswerbank.co.uk /Sport/Question233372.html   (1425 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Sports | Referee deserved yellow
Goalkeeper Harald Schumacher ensured his World Cup infamy with one of the crudest challenges ever seen on a pitch.
With the semi-final level at 1-1 France defender Patrick Battiston was put clean through but Schumacher charged out of his goal and threw himself into the path of the Frenchman.
Battiston, with a broken jaw, left the pitch on a stretcher but not even a free-kick was awarded against Schumacher and he went on to be the hero in the resulting penalty shoot- out.
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 Ex-Nationaltorwart Harald Schumacher über vermeidbare Fehler
Harald Schumacher: Weil er sich zu sicher war.
Schumacher: Ich kenne ihn als einen der besten Torhüter Deutschlands.
Schumacher: Aber das gehört auch dazu - wenn er es perfekt macht.
www.welt.de /data/2006/03/09/857000.html   (485 words)

  
 Sports Illustrated - Know It All
Schumacher was leading Hill into the track`s east terrace when he lost the line on the corner and bounced into the containing wall.
Noticing Hill about to pass him, Schumacher instinctively jerked his Benetton into Hill`s path, and the Brit ­ who was about to seize the gap Schumi had so kindly offered ­ collided into him.
Hill was forced out of the race, and Schumacher took the title.
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Recuerdo mucho a un excelente portero que ahora es entrenador de un equipo, llamado Antón “Toni” Harald Schumacher.
Schumacher, quien por cierto nada tiene que ver con el piloto de Ferrari de Fórmula Uno, empezó su carrera por los años 80.
Schumacher usa la figura de un dragón o de un diablo que estará listo para atajar el balón en el momento exacto para evitar el gol en contra.
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 Sky Sports - The Best Sport Coverage From Around The World
Former Germany international keeper Harald Schumacher believes Jens Lehmann will be in goal for the home nation at this summer's World Cup finals.
Schumacher was involved in an infamous incident when he clattered into France's Patrick Battiston during the 1982 finals, but he escaped punishment for the misdemeanour.
Lehmann and Bayern Munich stalwart Kahn are competitors in every sense of the word for the nod from Jurgen Klinsmann, and Schumacher feels the in-form Gunners star has moved into pole position.
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 Worst Refereeing Decisions - TalkSoccer.net | Soccer Forum
It was, he said, a form of revenge for the country's defeat in the 1982 Falklands War.
In the second half, France's Patrick Battiston was played clean through, with only German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher to beat.
Schumacher launched himself at Battiston and his hips smashed into the Frenchman's face, leaving him unconscious with a broken jaw.
www.talksoccer.net /forum/showthread.php?t=28906   (1442 words)

  
 CBC.ca - Sports - World Cup 2006 - Italy, Germany renew their World Cup rivalry
The Germans gained few friends after goalkeeper Harald Schumacher's brutal attack on France's Patrick Battiston in the semifinals.
Little wonder, then, that the Italians were buoyed by the overwhelming support of the Spanish fans in the final, the Germans viewed as the unscrupulous villains.
The German defence was guilty of ball-watching as Rossi perfectly timed his run into the box and smashed it past Schumacher.
www.cbc.ca /sports/worldcup2006/features/italy-germany.html   (1229 words)

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