https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPTOnClKCJc Ouch. The word cynical was invented for this type of incident. With France probing to win their first ever World Cup, Patrick Battiston latched onto a through ball from Michel Platini and was bearing down on goal. As he prepared to shoot wide, German goalkeeper Schumacher came racing out of his goal. The stopper purposely smashed into Battiston and knocked him unconscious with two of his teeth also falling out. The Frenchman, who required oxygen on the pitch, later slipped into a coma and suffered permanent damage to his back. Incredibly dutch referee Charles Corver only awarded a goal kick and West Germany would go on the reach the final following a penalty shoot out. After the event Schumacher was named by a French newspaper as the least popular man in France ahead of Adolf Hitler who came second!