 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kukwirira kwekutanga kwebasa raBreitner rakareba uye rakabudirira raive pazera ramakore makumi maviri nerimwe muna 1972 sechikamu chekukunda kweGerman European Championshipchikwata. Makore maviri gare gare akakunda 1974 FIFA World Cup. Mutambo wokupedzisira wakaitirwa muMunich vachirwa neNetherlands, uye Breitner akarova chibodzwa chokutanga cheGermany pabhora. Mumutambo wokupedzisira, iye, Franz Beckenbauer naBerti Vogts vakaumba boka rinotyisa kumashure, kudzivirira kwavo kwakasimba kwakadzivisa vaDutch kuwana mikana yakawanda yekuwana zvibodzwa. Akatamira kuReal Madrid mushure meNdebe yeNyika uye akabva kuWest German squad, achigara kunze kwechikwata kusvikira anyengerwa kuti adzokere naJupp Derwall muna 1981. Breitner ndomumwe wevatambi venhabvu vana chete vakakwanisa kuita zvibodzwa mumitambo miviri yakasiyana yekupedzisira yeNdebe yeNyika, vachigovana rukudzo naPelé, Vavá, naZinedine Zidane. Akawana ikoku muna 1974 mukurwisana neNetherlands uye muna 1982 mukurwisana neItaly. 