It was the goal that changed David Platt's life forever and as he reflects on his sublime strike that sent England through to the quarter-finals of the 1990 World Cup, the memories come flooding back for a former national team skipper who played 62 times in a stellar international career.
His stunning volley in the final second of extra time saw off a talented Belgian side and deserves to be etched into folklore as one of the great England goals
And the former midfielder’s reflections of the events of 26 June 1990 in Bologna's Stadio Renato Dall'Ara make for compelling reading in this week's edition of My Favourite Game, presented by Bud Light.
"It was a moment that meant so much to England first and foremost, but it was also a goal that changed my life," he explains.
"I don't know whether I would have got my move to Italian football without that winner against Belgium, but it certainly played a part in what happened for the rest of my career and you realise very quickly that things are going to be different after a moment like that.
"The goal itself is a bit of a blur, but I remember thinking at the time that the training sessions we did at Aston Villa played a part in it because we used to have some fun most days and I tried to hit a few spectacular volleys or overhead kicks with set-ups by Sid [Gordon] Cowans.
"You're just having bit of fun at the time, but working on skills that can come off in the big moment and that's probably what happened in the Belgium game.
"I remember Gazza [Paul Gascoigne] floating a ball into the box and there's no great plan for a moment like that. It's just instinctive. It probably won't come off too many times in your career, but when it does, you take it, and for it to happen in a game that meant so much to the country was obviously an incredible feeling.
"I've seen the goal back on TV so many times in the years since and I would describe it as one of those moments in life that was meant to be. You don't think when you are practising at Villa’s training ground that what you're doing will become a reality in a World Cup game with the eyes of everyone in the country watching you, but that moment arrived.
"After the final whistle, you don't know how to feel. One minute you are thinking about a penalty shootout and the next, you've scored this incredible goal and all the cameras are on you at the end of the game. But I didn't get a chance to celebrate for too long.
"As soon as I left the pitch, I was selected for a doping test. It was a hot night, I was pretty dehydrated and it took a good while for me to produce a sample, so I was sat in that room with two Belgian players who were, naturally, not too happy to be spending time with me after I'd just knocked them out of the World Cup.
"It didn't take long to appreciate what that goal would mean for me and everyone around me. The next day, I did a press conference and I was used to a handful of journalists turning up, but this was different. This was a packed room with hundreds of reporters from all over the world and it took some getting used to.
"My family were telling me that the papers were full of stories about me and my life and it was a rapid learning curve for all of us, but that's what you want in your career. Thankfully, it wasn't the only great moment for me with England as I also scored in the quarter final against Cameroon and went on to captain my country and score a lot more goals.
"Would all that have happened without that goal against Belgium? I'd like to think so, but it was certainly a moment that ensured everyone knew who I was and not just in England."
