Last scene - Caine dissing Germans

Rating: Null/10 (14 December 2009)

I saw this in it's original theatrical release. Not a great movie in my book. Just OK. I understand and accept the premise that an American POW would know nothing of the game but could be a goalie. American sports (especially at that time) did not use the feet for anything except running. Ours used the hands ("foot"ball, basketball, baseball) so it is logical that this character could be a good goalie. Stallone???? Miscast in my opinion.
On the whole, a feel-good movie that could have been better with some gritty realism.
Now, I distinctly recall in the last scene, the Michael Caine character, as he was running off the field, raising his hand to the Germans and giving them the reverse-V sign. That is, the first two fingers of the hand split in a "V" but the back of the hand towards the recipient. The English version of our middle finger flip off. I have never seen this again in any subsequent viewing of the movie. Did he manage to slip one by the studio for a time?