Inspired by founding director Manuel Neukirchner’s book Die Nacht von Sevilla, which frames the match as a five-act drama, TMS transformed this structure into a sequence of spatial chapters.

Visitors first enter a stylized 1980s living room split into a German and a French side. Furniture, colors, and props recall domestic viewing culture of the era and set up the dual perspective. Original commentary and broadcast fragments anchor the narrative in authentic media voices. The 360° projection then surrounds visitors with layered images and sound, letting them slip between both national viewpoints while following the same unfolding story.

Over 17 minutes, the installation builds the tension of the night in waves: kick-off, turning points, extra time, and penalties are each given their own visual and acoustic weight. Crowd noise, commentary, close-ups, and reactions are woven into a continuous composition that mirrors the emotional rhythm of the match.

Magnifying-glass stations invite visitors to zoom into selected key moments and explore players’ thoughts and decisions, adding an introspective layer to the collective memory. Original objects from 1982 ground the experience, linking the staged living room and the projected drama back to the tangible history of the game. The result feels like watching the match together across generations and borders in a single shared room.

The museum wanted to honor one of football’s most emotional matches without simply replaying television footage. The task was to translate a full-length game, layered with national perspectives and generational myths, into a brief yet intense museum format.

The installation had to appeal to fans who witnessed the match live, younger audiences who know it only from clips, and international visitors with no emotional attachment, all within a limited temporary exhibition space and duration.