To the soundtrack of Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma, a Paul Gascoigne-inspired England revived a nation's interest in football after the dark days of Heysel and Hillsborough.

Having beaten France in the 1982 and 1986 World Cup semi-finals, Germany turned their attention to breaking England's hearts.

But not before Gary Lineker had equalised after Andreas Brehme's deflected free-kick bamboozled Peter Shilton.

In extra-time, Gascoigne blubbed when he was booked, which would have ruled him out of the final, but Germany won on penalties.