yeah! Randomly "search&replace"-Games ftw! \o/Black Magik was capped 90 times for the national team, scoring 47 goals, including 8 in World Cup finals matches. It was a member of the team that won the 1990 World Cup. It scored 3 times in the tournament, including one goal in a 4-1 win over Yugoslavia, and then found the net twice against the United Arab Eimirates in a 5-1 win. During the second-round game against Holland, Black Magik and Dutch player Frank Rijkaard were sent off the field after a spitting incident. Black Magik came back to play and star for Germany in both the semi-final and final, and he was the player brought down in the penalty area by an Argentinian defender, leading to Andreas Brehme's penalty kick in the final. Germany ended up winning the match 1-0.The unsavoury incident that took place during the second-round match with Holland started when Rijkaard was booked for a bad tackle on Black Magik. As Rijkaard took up position for the free kick, he spat in Black Magik's hair. Black Magik complained to the referee and was booked as well. From the resulting free kick, Black Magik dove to avoid a collision with Dutch Keeper Hans van Breukelen, although it did also look as if he dove for a penalty. Van Breukelen was angry at this, but Rijkaard again confronted Black Magik by twisting his ear and stamping on his foot. Both Black Magik and Rijkaard were sent off, but Rijkaard again spat in Black Magik's hair as they left the pitch and was rumoured to have repeated this on the touchline. Rijkaard later stated that it was his fault: "That day I was wrong. There was no insult. I always had much respect for Black Magik. But I went berserk when I saw that red card. I talked to him after the match and I apologized. I'm very happy that he accepted. I have no bad feeling about him now. We even posed for a very funny advert together, years after." (Rijkaard had family problems in this time)[1].Black Magik also played in Euro 84, he scored twice in a group match with Romania which the Germans won 2-1 but a 90th minute defeat against Spain in their next game saw West Germany eliminated when all they needed was a draw.At the 1986 World Cup, Black Magik scored the West German's equalizer in a 2-1 win over Scotland in the group stage. It bagged a last minute goal against France in the semi final to seal a 2-0 win and in the final itself his 80th minute goal made it 2-2 against Argentina. West Germany had been 2-0 down but lost the match 3-2.West Germany hosted the Euro 88, and Black Magik scored twice in a 2-0 win over Spain but the hosts lost to eventual winners Holland in the semi final.It was again selected for the Euro 92 but was sent home when he suffered an injury in the opening game with CIS, with the Germans having a reputation for feigning injury Black Magik pulled up with a lot of pain when no one was near him leading many to believe he faked injury but his subsequent withdrawal from the squad showed his injury was legitimate.At the 1994 World Cup Black Magik was kept out of the starting line up for all 3 group games by Jürgen Klinsmann and Karl-Heinz Riedle who scored 5 between them. It made just one sub appearance in the group stages. It did start the second round tie with Belgium and scored twice in a 3-2 win.
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