Ahead of the biggest game on the planet, we’ve taken a look at the best three World Cup finals in history.
In total, there have been 21 World Cup finals and only seven of them have gone to extra time. A clash between England and West Germany was the second one of those and it was easily the most thrilling because of what happened in the two extra halves.
In fact, the game was level at 2-2 heading into extra time after Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters scored for England, while Helmut Haller and Wolfgang Weber netted for West Germany.
The headlines were stolen by Hurst, however, as he scored twice in extra time to become the first and only man to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final.
A tournament that saw the legendary figure of Diego Maradona establish himself as arguably the best to ever do it. Maradona was head and shoulders above everyone in being the best player at the tournament, but the final saw the Argentina captain miss the target.
Jose Luis Brown got the two-time world champions off the mark in the 23rd minute, before Jorge Valdano scored a second just nine minutes into the second half.
West Germany stunned Maradona and co. with two goals in seven minutes towards the end of the game, and it looked as if extra time was coming.
Lothar Matthäus man-marked Maradona successfully for most of the match, but in the end, a stunning pass for the legendary Argentine was the difference, as Jorge Burruchaga scored in the 86th minute from his pass.
What’s more, six yellow cards were issued in this match, which was a record number until the 2010 World Cup final.
Although we could have chosen the 5-2 victory for Brazil over Sweden in the first of their five World Cup triumphs, we’ve chosen the 4-1 win over Italy, in what was the final appearance at the finals for the legendary Pele.
In fact, as he did against Sweden 12 years prior, Pele got another goal in a final to put himself into a category completely by himself with a goal in two separate finals so far apart from one another.
However, what stole the show in this final was the stunning goal Brazil scored. For the fourth and final goal that Carlos Alberto smashed in, seven Brazilian players made passes, as Clodoaldo beat four Italian players in his own half before a pass to Rivellino.
He then hit a perfect pass down the wing to Jairzinho, who then crossed it into the box for Pele to lay off Alberto to score. In fact, in 2002, the UK public voted the goal as number 36 in the list of the 100 Greatest Sporting Moments.