The expressions say it all as Puskas congratulates Fritz Walter after the final. PHOTO: STAR ARCHIVE

The semifinal, between Hungary and Uruguay, was a classic, with extra-time required to separate the two sides before Kocsis struck two late goals to give Hungary a 4-2 win.
The Germans, meanwhile, were hitting their stride and took care of neighbours Austria with a 6-1 in Basel, thanks in part to four goals from the Walter brothers.
Rain dampened the final, but not the Hungarians' resolve as they blasted their way to a 2-0 lead with goals from Puskas and Czibor, leading spectators believing a rout might be on.
The Germans had other ideas, however, and battled back brilliantly to level the scores through Maximilian Morlock and Uwe Rahn. It was 2-2 and only 20 minutes had been played.
The action swung back and forth for the rest of the first-half and most of the second, but with extra-time looming Rahn struck the championship winner with five minutes left, brilliantly set-up by Fritz Walter.
In the dying minutes Puskas ran onto Toth's pass to slide the ball under Turek, only for Mervyn Griffiths, the authoritarian, high-profile Welsh linesman, to leave his mark on the match as he was perhaps always likely to do. Offside, for ever. Thirty seconds from the end, Czibor put everything into a shot, but Turek, tremendously agile for a man of 35, turned it away.
It was the end of Hungary's virtual invincibility. They had strong claims to that unwanted title: best team never to win the World Cup.
For them this was the end of the World.