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England faced West Germany in the final of the 1966 World Cup at the Wembley Stadium on 30th July 1966, in a game attended by 96924 people. West Germany took the lead on the 12th minute through Haller, but Hurst equalized for England on the 18th minute. The first half ended with the score 1-1. England took the lead in the 78th minute through Peters and the home crowd went ballistic.

However, Weber scored for West Germany with 1 minute left on the clock to silence the whole stadium and send the game into extra time. Hurst gave England the lead in the 101st minute and then completed his hat-trick in the last minute of extra time. England won the game 4-2 and lifted their only World Cup in 1966.

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