just curious.. the finally score was 4-4 right?? the match ended in a draw.. or did they give that one goal they had earlier cancelled.. i guess not.. SO where is the Victory.. hehe.. maybe I missed the whole point of the movie.. :)
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no, you're not the dumbest person ever, because i thought the same thing about the score.
but i suppose the real victory was simply that they didn't lose and then they escaped...though i did want them to win the game lol : )
Technically, the final score was 4-4. However, the ref deliberately called a bogus offsides call against the allies which disallowed their goal on that play. So the 'real' score of the game should have been 5-4, Allies win.
Everybody in the crowd knew this, which is why they all went nuts when the game was over.
Not meaning to criticize, but you must not have paid much attention to the movie, as it was nearly impossible to miss that! Stallone's save of the PK stopped the Germans from tying the 'real' score 5-5.
The game ended in a draw. the referee's call is always final no matter how biased he is. I'm guessing they ended the movie there because there really was no other way to make Stallone the hero other than having him save a penalty.
shareAlso remember that when the German officer, Steiner, is talking to one of his fellow officers in the stadium just as the game is about to start, the officer tells Steiner that the referee "will make no mistakes," and Steiner says he gave his word that this would not happen. This is a clear reference that the referee would be biased in favor of the Germans and would call in their favor if necessary to ensure a German win.
Disallowing the winning goal was not the only prejudiced call the referee made-- he turned a blind eye to when the German players were roughhousing Fernandez (Pele's character), even to the point of hitting him in the stomach. The referee allowed no Allied penalty kicks, but was quick to give the Germans two, including the one at the end of the game in hopes that Baumann, the German captain, would be able to score the final German point.
Well, they were German. What did you expect?
RIP Dimebag Darrell 1966-2004
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Correct - there is no suggestion at all that anyone in the stadium considers the score 5-4. Why do people have to go on imdb and talk nonsense?
shareIt was a moral victory, although the official score was 4-4, everyone knew the allies had really won 5-4 . unless you were listening to it on German propganda radio in which you would have thought the germans had let the allies get a draw, but really had deserved to win, and could have if they wanted too. but they were too nice and the allies took advantage of their kindness by resorting to fouling. thus the referee had no choice to award a penalty at the end.
shareThe original and current working British title is Escape to Victory, for some dumb reason they call it Victory here. I reckoned the fact that they all escaped was the real victory. Escape to victory.
30 January 1972