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BERLIN — Andreas Brehme, who scored the only goal as West Germany beat Argentina to win the 1990 World Cup final, has died. He was 63. Brehme's partner Susanne Schaefer has confirmed his death in a statement to Germany's dpa news agency. Schaefer says Brehme died "suddenly and unexpectedly" in the night from a cardiac arrest. Brehme's 85th-minute penalty decided the 1990 World Cup final in Rome against Argentina. Winning the World Cup brought a wave of national celebrations across Germany. The country was in the process of reunification after the fall of the Berlin Wall the year before.
