 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mutambo weEuro 1980 unokodzera kurwisa Wales muna Gumiguru 1979 wakapa Briegel mukana wake wekutanga kupenya kuWest Germany uye akazviita, achinakidzwa nekubudirira kwake kwekupedzisira kwenyika yake mumakwikwi ataurwa ayo vakabuda vakunda. Akanga ari, ipapo, chikamu chemushandirapamwe wevakwikwidzi veWest Germany pa1982 FIFA World Cup uye akaonekwa zvakafanana muEuro 1984 isina kubudirira., vose vari pasi pokudzidzisa kwaJupp Derwall. Mumutambo wokupedzisira weWorld Cup wa1982, ndiye akanga ane mutoro wokubvuma chirango pakutanga kwemutambo nokutyora Bruno Conti. Nenzira yomufaro, penaliti yakarasika asi haina kuponesa West Germany mukurasikirwa nomugumo. Mutsivi waDerwall, Franz Beckenbauer, akamuchengeta mumapoka ake uye, nokudaro, Briegel akakwanisa kutora chikamu muNdebe yeNyika yake yechipiri yakatevedzana muMexico muna 1986. Akanga achiri mutambi wenguva dzose, asi pakupedzisira kiyi yechinangwa chokukunda cheArgentina mumutambo wokupedzisira. Maminitsi matatu apfuura Rudi Völlers equalizer uye maminetsi manomwe kusati kwaitwa nguva yekuwedzera, Briegel aive, pamwe nevamwe vake vanodzivirira, vachitenderera padyo nedenderedzwa repakati penhandare yeEstadio Azteca musi wa29 Chikumi apo Diego Maradonas pass yaienda kunotora nzira yayo kuenda kumurwi Jorge Burruchaga. Nevamwe vake vechikwata vachiziva, vese vachifambira mberi nekukurumidza pasati paitika kuisa mutambi weArgentina kunze, kuzengurira kwaBriegel kwakashanda sekudzokera kumashure kwevaWest Germans, zvichipa Burruchaga mukana wekurova zvine mutsindo kwavari. Simba-imba Briegel akaedza kubata Burruchaga kumusoro mukuedza kumubvisa, zvirokwazvo, asi Burruchaga mutambo-kuhwina kupfura kwakaitika pamberi pekutarisana kwakaipa kwaBriegel kwakaitika. 