Victory Page #5

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Colonel...

...l don't know what you're talking about.

We sent him to Paris

to arrange your escape.

-Hatch did that for you?

-No.

-For you.

-We could argue about that.

Why didn't you tell me?

No point, really,

unless he managed to arrange something.

He appears to have been successful.

The snag is he can't tell us.

He'll be in the cooler until after the match.

Then you'll just have to get him

out of there, won't you?

Excuse me.

I have a training session.

Just a minute. Colby....

I know you wanted to play for the sake

of those Eastern Europeans.

I admire you for it.

But you and I both know that you risk

a court martial for this after the war.

What have you accomplished?

Give them a couple of weeks of life?

And what is going to happen to them

after your match is over?

For the same reason

that you wanted to play you must escape.

If you can.

What can I do?

I can't get him out of there.

Now, Hatch is officially your trainer,

isn't he?

Von Steiner and the camp Kommandant

won't buy that one.

You'll have to think of something else.

Crazy Yank.

You, Colonel Waldron and Major Rose...

...will travel to Paris along with

other senior officers from various camps...

...to represent your countries.

I won't do it.

You have no choice.

Then I'll travel...

...but I won't represent anything.

You will be seen.

The team...

...will be ready to travel at midday

on Thursday.

Further arrangements

will be announced later.

One of my men is

in the punishment block.

In solitary.

I can give you a trainer.

You don't need him.

Hatch is my goalkeeper.

The American? No.

Tony Lewis is your goalkeeper.

He's broken his arm.

When did this happen?

This morning.

Put someone else in goal.

Hatch is my best man.

I thought the idea was

to give us a chance.

This is the idea.

If the camp doctor verifies

this broken arm...

...you may have the American.

Thank you.

Well, Tony?

Try and make it a clean break, will ya?

I'll try.

I won't even get to see the game, will l?

Sit on the bed.

Put your arm between those two.

Okay.

-Are you going to put those up?

-Yes, sir.

Which is the team for home?

Then the prisoners shall have it.

We'll have the other.

-The other is the same?

-Yes, sir.

Good.

Colby, I don't know

how to play this game, so...

...where do I stand for the corner kick?

What?

I said, I'm not very good at the game.

Where do I stand for the corner kick?

Go to sleep, Hatch.

Excuse me.

Colby?

What?

Where do I stand for a corner kick?

The far post, facing the ball.

Thanks. For a while there,

I thought you were keeping it a secret.

Mesdames et messieurs.

So, a hearty welcome

to all our listeners in England.

There are just a few minutes to go

before the kickoff of this historic match.

This great crowd of about 50,000

really has something to look forward to...

...during the next 90 minutes.

To insure fair play

and good sportsmanship...

...the German organizers have picked

a neutral to referee the match.

And he is now ready...

...for the toss of the coin.

Heads.

The winner will have his choice

of kicking off or defending.

But will most probably choose to play

towards the east goal...

...with the wind in his favor.

And the Allies will kick off

this great event.

Well, I tell you, years from now

men will say of this game:

"Did it happen?"

Well, I tell you in the listening audience:

Today, it is happening.

We're all witness to an occasion

long to be remembered.

Not just propaganda, as some would say...

...but as a magnificent sporting spectacle.

Hatch.

Hatch. Halftime.

All right. Thanks.

What'd he say?

That it's on for halftime.

Here's to victory.

Let's go. Let's play ball.

Play hard, eh?

Let's play hard.

Harmer kicks off for the Allies...

...and the game has begun.

You'd have a job getting...

...twenty-two better players than are

out there on the pitch right now.

The Allies are playing it very cool.

And Pauls of Denmark

makes it deep and shoots.

Very close.

The ball is back in play by Schmidt,

Germany's legendary goalkeeper.

Reinhart, Reinhart to Becker...

...to Baumann, Number 4...

...forward now to Brandt...

...back to Albrecht, Number 11 .

Albrecht out to the left.

He beats Number 4.

-Watch him.

-Watch my back, watch my back.

Watch out, Hatch.

There's your corner kick, Hatch.

-The guy drove me out.

-To the right, to the right.

Watch him back there. Watch him.

Watch him, watch him there.

Come on, lads, eye on the ball. Come on.

-Now, pick him up.

-Come on, guys.

I got it.

It's a goal.

Germany one, the Allies nil.

And listen to that applause.

The crowd is going wild.

Take it easy. You're as tight as a drum.

-Just give it to halftime, Colby.

-Don't let them pull you off your line.

That's a foul.

Watch him.

Come on. Stick with it. That's it.

That's it. Come on.

Referee, look at this.

Get it out.

Watch him back there. Watch him.

Play the ball.

Germany two, Allies nil.

Come out, Hatch.

Don't lose your temper. It's okay.

Everybody, out. Out! Out!

Take it.

Bravo.

Come on, Luis.

In the penalty area.

The referee will probably call a penalty.

And he does.

This is the fella here. This is the one.

I'll calm my team, but you calm them.

The referee trying to settle them down,

and the call will remain.

It will be a penalty kick, one on one.

Hatch, the goalkeeper...

...he'll have to be on his line,

that's 12 yards away.

He's not allowed to move

until the ball has been struck.

Yes, indeed. Germany's great Baumann

will take the kick.

Goal. He sends the ball past Hatch.

And it's three to nothing

in favor of Germany.

The Allies kick off again. It's Ray.

Ray to Fernandez. Fernandez back to Ray.

And we have seen

some very good football.

Very fortunate for us, indeed,

considering that...

...there are no international games

being played now.

Baumann makes a beautiful tackle.

Dispossesses him, and the Germans

are again on the attack.

Watch your back, watch your back.

I'll get it.

It's good.

Goal for the Germans.

Four, nil.

Stay on the bloody line, I told you.

I missed.

Stay on the line

and narrow the angle down.

When they come in, narrow the angle.

We'll play ten men.

I'll go forward, you cover that back.

This isn't going to be easy.

We've taken enough, mates.

Let's get 'em.

The Allies are playing with ten men.

Interesting, because Colby has chosen

to give this advantage to the Germans.

Good. On you go, come on.

Get it out.

Referee, look at--

Keep playing it, lads.

Four to one, and less than a minute

to go to the halftime.

This kind of action takes me back

to the World Cup of '38...

...played right here

in Colombes Stadium in Paris.

We did it. We made it.

The end of 45 minutes of play.

And it's been a brilliant first half.

I don't know about you,

but I can say for myself....

Well done, lads.

Hatch, we got you to halftime.

Let's see.

Fantastic, Terry. At least we put up a--

-We scored a goal.

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