14th FIFA World Cup, held in Italy

International football competition

The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men ‘s senior home teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second state to host the event for a irregular time ( the first being Mexico in 1986 ). Teams representing 116 home football associations entered and qualification began in April 1988. 22 teams qualified from this summons, along with host state Italy and defending champions Argentina. The tournament was won by West Germany, for the third time. They beat Argentina 1–0 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, a replay of the former final examination four years earlier. Italy finished third and England fourth, after both lost their semi-finals in punishment shootouts. This was the last tournament to feature a team from West Germany, with the country being reunified with East Germany a few months late in October, american samoa well as teams from the eastern Bloc anterior to the end of the Cold War in 1991, as the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia teams made last appearances. Costa Rica, Ireland and the UAE made their first appearances in the finals. As of 2018, this was the last time the UAE qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals. The official match ball was the Adidas Etrusco Unico. The 1990 World Cup is wide regarded as one of the poorest populace Cups in terms of the games. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It generated an average 2.2 goals per plot – a record first gear that still stands [ 5 ] – and a then-record 16 crimson cards, including the first gear ever dismissal in a final. however, this did solution in the tournament being regarded by many as being the World Cup that has had possibly the most survive influence on the game as a solid, peculiarly in England ( where the team ‘s success in this tournament led to the re-surgence of the Premier League, which had suffered from ferocity on the pitch and vandalism by spectators throughout the 1980 ‘s ) [ 6 ] and it saw the introduction of the pre-match Fair Play Flag ( then inscribed with “ Fair Play Please ” ) to encourage fair playing period. defensive tactics led to the introduction of the back-pass rule in 1992 and three points for a succeed alternatively of two at future World Cups. The tournament besides produced some of the World Cup ‘s best remembered moments and stories, including the emergence of african nations, in accession to what has become the World Cup soundtrack : “ Nessun dorma “. [ 6 ] The 1990 World Cup stands as one of the most watch events in television history, garnering an estimated 26.69 billion non-unique viewers over the path of the tournament. [ 7 ] This was the first World Cup to be officially recorded and transmitted in HDTV by the italian broadcaster RAI in association with Japan ‘s NHK. [ 8 ] The huge success of the broadcast medium exemplary has besides had a permanent impact on the sport. [ 6 ] At the time it was the most watch World Cup in history in non-unique viewers, but was bettered by the 1994 and 2002 World Cups. [ 9 ]

Host excerpt [edit ]

The vote to choose the hosts of the 1990 tournament was held on 19 May 1984 in Zürich, Switzerland. here, the FIFA Executive Committee chose Italy ahead of the lone rival bid, the USSR, by 11 votes to 5. [ 10 ] This award made Italy merely the moment nation to host two World Cup tournaments, after Mexico had besides achieved this with their 1986 denounce. Italy had previously had the event in 1934, where they had won their first base championship. Austria, England, France, Greece, West Germany and Yugoslavia besides submitted initial applications for 31 July 1983 deadline. [ 11 ] A month late, only England, Greece, Italy and the Soviet Union remained in the hunt after the other contenders all withdrew. [ 12 ] All four bids were assessed by FIFA in recently 1983, with the final decision over-running into 1984 ascribable to the bulk of paperwork involved. [ 13 ] In early 1984, England and Greece besides withdrew, leading to a two-horse race in the final vote. The soviet boycott of the 1984 Olympic Games, announced on the eve of the World Cup decision, was speculated to have been a major factor behind Italy winning the right to vote so decisively, [ 14 ] although this was denied by the FIFA President João Havelange. [ 10 ]

reservation [edit ]

116 teams entered the 1990 World Cup, including Italy as host nation and Argentina as reigning World Cup champions, who were both granted automatic rifle qualification. thus, the remaining 22 finals places were divided among the continental confederations, with 114 initially entering the qualification competition. Due to rejected entries and withdrawals, 103 teams finally participated in the qualify stages. thirteen places were contested by UEFA teams ( Europe ), two by CONMEBOL teams ( South America ), two by CAF teams ( Africa ), two by AFC teams ( Asia ), and two by CONCACAF teams ( North and Central America and Caribbean ). The remaining place was decided by a play-off between a CONMEBOL team and a team from the OFC ( Oceania ). Both Mexico and Chile were disqualified during the qualification process ; the former for fielding an overage player in a anterior youth tournament, [ 15 ] the latter after goalkeeper Roberto Rojas faked injury from a firework throw from the stands in their final stipulate match against Brazil, which caused the equal to be abandoned. Chile were besides banned from the 1994 qualifiers for this umbrage. Three teams made their debuts, as this was the first World Cup to feature Costa Rica and the Republic of Ireland, and the only one to date to feature the United Arab Emirates. Returning after long absences were Egypt, who appeared for the first time since 1934 ; the United States ( who would not miss a World Cup again until 2018 ), who competed for the inaugural time since 1950 ; Colombia, who appeared for the beginning time since 1962 ; Romania, who last appeared at the Finals in 1970 ; and Sweden and the Netherlands, both of which final qualified in 1978. Austria, Cameroon, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia besides returned after missing the 1986 tournament. Among the teams who failed to qualify were 1986 semi-finalists France ( missing their foremost World Cup since 1974 ) and Poland ( their beginning since 1970 ) .

list of qualify teams [edit ]

The following 24 teams qualified for the concluding tournament .

Venues [edit ]

Twelve stadiums in twelve cities were selected to host matches at the 1990 World Cup. The Stadio San Nicola in Bari and Turin ‘s Stadio delle Alpi were wholly new venues opened for the World Cup. Of the twelve stadiums in used, merely four ( San Siro, Luigi Ferraris, Comunale of Florence, and Renato Dall’Ara ) had been used for the 1934 FIFA World Cup. The remaining ten venues all undergo across-the-board programmes of improvements in readiness for the tournament, forcing many of the club tenants of the stadium to move to impermanent homes. Additional seat and roof were added to most stadia, with far redevelopments seeing running tracks removed and fresh pitches laid. due to structural constraints, several of the existing stadium had to be about rebuild to implement the changes required. Like España ’82, the group stage of this tournament was organized in such a way where specific groups only played in two cities close in proximity to each other. Group A only played in Rome and Florence ( Hosts Italy played all but two ( their semi-final match was played in Napoli, and their third-place match in Bari ) competitive matches in Rome ), Group B played their matches in Naples and Bari ( except for Argentina vs. Cameroon, which was the opening match of the tournament, played in Milan ), Group C played their matches in Turin and Genoa, Group D played all their matches in Milan and Bologna, Group E played only in Udine and Verona, and Group F played on the island cities of Cagliari and Palermo. The cities that hosted the most World Cup matches were the two biggest cities in Italy : Rome and Milan, each hosting six matches, and Bari, Naples, and Turin each hosted five matches. Cagliari, Udine and Palermo were the only cities of the 12 selected that did not host any smasher round matches. The England national team, at the british government ‘s request, played all 3 of their group phase matches in Cagliari on the island of Sardinia. Hooliganism, overabundant in English football in the 1980s had spilled over onto the european celibate when 39 largely italian Juventus supporters were killed and 600 were injured at the 1985 european Cup Final in Brussels while trying to flee from an attack by Liverpool supporters. This vandalism had followed the English national team while they played friendlies on the european continent – the misgiving of English fans was high enough that the English Football Association ‘s reputation and even diplomatic relations between the UK and Italy were seen to be at gamble if England played any group stage matches on the italian mainland. Thanks largely to British Sports Minister Colin Moynihan ‘s negative remarks about english fans weeks before the meet, security around Cagliari during England ‘s three matches there was heavy – in addition to 7,000 local anesthetic police, the Carabinieri and particular forces of the italian military were besides there patrolling the premises. The italian authorities ‘ presence proved to be justified as there were several riots during the time England were playing their matches in Cagliari, leading to a count of injuries, arrests and even deportations. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Most of the construction cost in excess of their original estimates and total costs ended up being over £550 million ( approximately $ 935 million ). Rome ‘s Stadio Olimpico which hosted the final was the most expensive project overall, while Udine ‘s Stadio Friuli, the newest of the existing stadium ( opened 14 years prior ), cost the least to redevelop .

Squads [edit ]

Squads for the 1990 World Cup consisted of 22 players, as for the previous tournament in 1986. substitution of injure players was permitted during the tournament at FIFA ‘s delicacy. Two goalkeepers – Argentina ‘s Ángel Comizzo and England ‘s Dave Beasant – entered their respective squads during the tournament to replace injure players ( Nery Pumpido and David Seaman ) .

meet officials [edit ]

41 match officials from 34 countries were assigned to the tournament to serve as referees and adjunct referees. Officials in italics were only used as assistants during the tournament. Referees dressed merely in traditional black jersey for the concluding time at a World Cup ( a loss change shirt was used for two Group C games in which Scotland wore their navy gloomy shirts ) .

draw [edit ]

Seedings [edit ]

The six seeded teams for the 1990 tournament were announced on 7 December 1989. [ 20 ] The seeds were then allocated to the six groups in order of their seed absolute ( 1st seed to Group A, 2nd seed to Group B, etc. ). The seeds were decided by FIFA, chiefly based on the nations ‘ operation in the 1986 World Cup, with the 1982 World Cup besides considered as a secondary influence. Six of the final eight in 1986 had qualified for the 1990 tournament, the missing nations being Mexico ( quarter-final in 1986 ) and France ( third base place ). Italy – who were seeded first as hosts – had not reached the final eight in 1986 and this left FIFA needing to exclude one of the three ( qualified ) nations who were eliminated in the 1986 quarter-finals : Brazil, England or Spain. Owing to their performance in 1982 but besides to their overall World Cup record, Brazil were seeded third gear and not considered to drop out of the seedings. FIFA opted to seed England ahead of Spain. Spain had only been eliminated in 1986 on penalties, albeit by fourth-placed Belgium, while England had been defeated in 90 minutes by eventual winners Argentina ; both countries had besides reached the second stagecoach in the 1982 event, playing in the lapp group in the second group phase with England ending up ahead of Spain, but Spain had besides appeared in the 1978 event, while England had failed to qualify. FIFA President João Havelange had reportedly earlier stated that Spain would be seeded. [ 21 ] spanish officials believed the seed was contrived to ensure England would be placed in Group F, the group to be held off the italian mainland, in a bid to contain England ‘s vandalism problems. Their bus Luis Suárez said, “ We feel we ‘ve been cheated … they wanted to seed England and to send it to Cagliari at all costs. So they invented this formula ”. [ 20 ] FIFA countered that “ the formula was based on the teams ‘ respective showings during the previous two World Cups. England merited the sixth position. This is in no way a concession to English vandalism ”. [ 20 ] meanwhile, the Netherlands besides had an argument that on grounds of holocene footballing form, they should be seeded, as the winners of the 1988 european Championship, in which both Spain and England had been eliminated in the group stages, while Belgium ( fourth in the 1986 World Cup after beating Spain, and frankincense seeded in 1990 ) had failed to even qualify : but this argumentation was countered by the fact that the Netherlands had themselves failed to qualify for both the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, which was considered the most important factor in the decisiveness not to seed them. [ 22 ] As it happened, the two teams considered the most unlucky not to be seeded, namely Spain and the Netherlands, were both drawn in groups against the two teams considered the weakest of the seeded nations, namely Belgium and England : and the arguments over the seeding positions fizzled out. England could be said to have justified their seeded stead by narrowly winning their group ahead of the Netherlands : while Spain seemed to have made their own steer about being worth a seed placement, by defeating Belgium to top their own group, in doing indeed gaining a measure of revenge for the fact that it was Belgium who had eliminated them in 1986 .

Final draw [edit ]

On 9 December 1989 the draw was conducted at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome, where the teams were drawn out from the three pots to be placed with the seeded teams in their bias groups. The merely stipulation of the draw was that no group could feature two south american teams. [ 23 ] The ceremony was hosted by italian television receiver presenter Pippo Baudo, with italian actress Sophia Loren and opera singer Luciano Pavarotti conducting the draw aboard FIFA general secretary Sepp Blatter. [ 24 ] The draw show was FIFA ‘s most ambitious yet with Pelé, Bobby Moore and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge appearing, angstrom well as a performance of the italian version of the tournament ‘s official birdcall “ To Be Number One ” by Giorgio Moroder, performed as “ Un’estate italiana “ by Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini. [ 25 ] The event besides featured the official mascot of this World Cup, Ciao, a stick figure musician with a football forefront and an italian tricolor body that formed the word “ ITALIA ” when deconstructed and reconstructed. [ 26 ] Its name is a greet in italian .

Tournament review [edit ]

The finals tournament began in Italy on 8 June and concluded on 8 July. The format of the 1990 rival remained the same as in 1986 : 24 qualify teams were divided into six groups of four. The exceed two teams and four best third-place finishers from the six groups advanced to the smasher stage, which eliminated the teams until a achiever emerged. In entire, 52 games were played .

veto tactics [edit ]

The tournament generated a record low goals-per-game average and a then-record of 16 red cards were handed out. [ 5 ] In the knockout degree, many teams played defensively for 120 minutes, with the intention of trying their fortune in the penalty shoot-out, quite than risk going forth. Two exceptions were the eventual champions West Germany and hosts Italy, the lone teams to win three of their four smasher matches in normal clock time. There were four penalty shoot-outs, a record subsequently equalled in the 2006, 2014 and 2018 tournaments. Eight matches went to supernumerary time, a commemorate equalled in the 2014 tournament. Losing finalists Argentina were prime examples of this vogue of cautious defensive play, choosing to do therefore because 3 of their best players were left off the team ascribable to injury. They scored only five goals in the entire tournament ( a record low for a finalist ). Argentina besides became the first team to advance twice on penalty shoot-outs and the first team to fail to score and have a musician sent off in a World Cup final examination. [ 1 ] largely as a result of this vogue FIFA introduced the back-pass rule in time for the 1994 tournament to make it harder for teams to time-waste by repeatedly passing the ball back for their goalkeepers to pick up. Three, preferably than two points would be awarded for victories at future tournaments to help further encourage attacking play .

emergence of cameroon [edit ]

Cameroon reached the quarter-finals, where they were narrowly defeated by England. [ 1 ] They opened the tournament with a shock victory over reigning champions Argentina, before topping the group ahead of them, Romania and european Championship runner-up the Soviet Union. Their achiever was fired by the goals of Roger Milla, a 38-year-old forward who came out of international retirement to join the national squad at the last moment after a personal request from cameroonian President Paul Biya. Milla ‘s four goals and aureate goal celebrations made him one of the tournament ‘s biggest stars adenine well as taking Cameroon to the last eight. [ 1 ] Most of Cameroon ‘s squad was made up of players who played in France ‘s premier football league, Ligue 1 – french is one of the formally talk languages in Cameroon, it being a erstwhile french territory. In reaching this stage, they had gone far than any african nation had ever managed in a World Cup before ; a feat alone equalled twice since ( by Senegal in 2002 and Ghana in 2010 ). Their success was african football ‘s biggest yet on the world stage and FIFA subsequently decided to allocate the CAF qualifying zone an extra invest for the next World Cup tournament .

All-champion final examination four [edit ]

Despite the performances of nations such as Cameroon, Colombia, Ireland, Romania and Costa Rica, the semi-finalists consisted of Argentina, England, Italy and West Germany, all previous World Cup winners, with eight previous titles between them. After the 1970 tournament, this is alone the second clock time in the history of the World Cup this has occurred. The teams which finished inaugural, irregular and third had besides contested both the two former World Cup Finals between themselves .

Group stage [edit ]

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

 

champion

 

runner-up

 

Third place

 

Fourth place

 

Quarter-finals

 

Round of 16

 

Group stage

In the trace tables :

  • Pld = total games played
  • W = total games won
  • D = total games drawn (tied)
  • L = total games lost
  • GF = total goals scored (goals for)
  • GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
  • GD = goal difference (GF−GA)
  • Pts = total points accumulated

The Group stage saw the twenty-four teams divided into six groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one couple against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded two points for a succeed, one point for a draw and none for a frustration. The teams coming first and second in each group qualified for the Round of 16. The four best third-placed teams would besides advance to the adjacent stage. Typical of a World Cup staged in Europe, the matches all started at either 5:00 or 9:00 in the even ; this allowed for the games to avoid being played in the heating system of an italian summer, which would soar past 86F ( 30C ) all over Italy. If teams were level on points, they were ranked on the follow criteria in order :

  1. Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches
  2. Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
  3. Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie
  4. Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie
  5. Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the tie
  6. Drawing of lots

Group A [edit ]

Hosts Italy won Group A with a 100 percentage record. They beat Austria 1–0 thanks to substitute Salvatore ‘Totò ‘ Schillaci, who had played only one international before but would become a headliner during the tournament. A second 1–0 victory followed against a United States team already thumped 5–1 by Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovakians ended runner-up in the group, while the USA ‘s first appearance in a World Cup Finals since 1950 ended with three consecutive defeats .

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy ( H ) 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 4
3  Austria 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 2
4  United States 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0

Group B [edit ]

Cameroon defeated reigning champions Argentina. Despite ending the pit with merely nine men, the African team held on for a jolt 1–0 succeed, with contrasting fortunes for the Biyik brothers : François Omam scoring the winning goal, shortly after seeing Andre Kana sent off for a serious pollute. In their second game the initiation of Roger Milla was the catalyst for a 2–1 gain over Romania, Milla scoring doubly from the bench ( making him the oldest goalscorer in the tournament ). With progress assured, Cameroon slumped to a 4–0 kill in their final group game to the Soviet Union ( in what would be their survive World Cup due to the adjournment of the Soviet Union ), who were striving to stay in the tournament on goal deviation after consecutive 2–0 defeats. Argentina lost their veteran goalkeeper, Nery Pumpido, to a broken leg during their victory over the soviet union : his surrogate, Sergio Goycochea, proved to be one of the stars of their tournament. In the final catch, a 1–1 pull back between Romania and Argentina sent both through, equal on points and on goal difference but Romania having the advantage on goals scored : Romania were thus second gear, Argentina qualified as one of the best third-placed teams .

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon 3 2 0 1 3 5 −2 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Romania 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
3  Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
4  Soviet Union 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 2

Group C [edit ]

Costa Rica beat Scotland 1–0 in their first meet, lost 1–0 to Brazil in their second, then saw off sweden 2–1 to claim a locate in the moment round. Brazil took maximum points from the group. They began with a 2–1 succeed over Sweden, then beat both Costa Rica and Scotland 1–0. Scotland ‘s 2–1 succeed over Sweden was not enough to save them from an early return key dwelling as one of the two lowest-ranked third-placed teams .

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 4
3  Scotland 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 2
4  Sweden 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0

Group D [edit ]

Group D featured the most goals of all the groups, most due to two large wins of West Germany and defensive inadequacies of a United Arab Emirates team that lost 2–0 to Colombia, 5–1 to West Germany and 4–1 to Yugoslavia. The West Germans topped the group after a 4–1 possibility victory over group runner-up Yugoslavia .

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  West Germany 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 4
3  Colombia 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
4  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0

Group E [edit ]

The winners of Group E were Spain, for whom Míchel hit a hat-trick as they beat South Korea 3–1 in an unbeaten group campaign. Belgium won their first gear two games against South Korea and Uruguay to ensure their advancement ; Uruguay ‘s progress to the second orotund came with an injury time winner against South Korea to edge them through as the weakest of the third-placed sides to remain in the tournament .

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Belgium 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 4
3  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 3
4  South Korea 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0

Group F [edit ]

Group F featured the Netherlands, England, the Republic of Ireland and Egypt. In the six group games, no team managed to score more than once in a couple. England beat Egypt 1–0, the only pit with a critical result, and that was adequate to win the group. England took the star with an early finish for Lineker against Ireland, but Sheedy ‘s deep equalizer secured a draw. The Netherlands drew with Egypt : they had taken a 1–0 lead, but Egypt equalised with a penalty by Abdelghani. England then drew 0–0 with the Netherlands ; a finish from a free-kick by Pearce was disallowed. For the second base World Cup in succession, however, England lost their captain Bryan Robson to an injury which put him out of the tournament, just over halfway through their irregular match. Ireland missed a number of scoring opportunities in the moment half of the other 0–0 draw against Egypt. [ 27 ] After the inaugural four matches all four teams had equal records with two draws, one goal for and one goal against. England ‘s victory over Egypt, thanks to a 58th-minute goal from Mark Wright, put them crown of the group : in the other match, Gullit gave the Netherlands the leave against Ireland, but Niall Quinn scored a second-half equalizer and the two teams finished in second base and one-third, placid with identical records. Both teams qualified but they had to draw lots to place the teams in second and third locate .

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Republic of Ireland 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3[a]
3  Netherlands 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3[a]
4  Egypt 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
  1. a b The Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands finished with identical records. With both teams assured of build up, they were split by the draw of lots to determine second and third home .

Ranking of third-placed teams [edit ]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B  Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3 Advance to knockout stage
2 D  Colombia 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
3 F  Netherlands 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4 E  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 3
5 A  Austria 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 2
6 C  Scotland 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 2

Ireland won the draw of lots against the Netherlands for second place in Group F : the Netherlands were the only third-placed team not to have won any matches – or lost any : they progressed with three draws ( 3 points ) .

Knockout stage [edit ]

The hard stage involved the 16 teams that qualified from the group stage of the tournament. There were four rounds of matches, with each turn eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The consecutive rounds were : round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, concluding. There was besides a play-off to decide third/fourth place. For each game in the smasher stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by 30 minutes of extra time ; if scores were still level there would be a penalty shoot-out ( five penalties each, if neither team already had a critical advantage, and more if necessary ) to determine who progressed to the adjacent round. Scores after extra time are indicated by ( aet ) and punishment shoot-outs are indicated by ( p ) .
All times listed are local (UTC+2)

Round of 16 [edit ]

Two of the ties – Brazil v Argentina and Italy vs Uruguay – pitted former champion countries against each other and West Germany met the Netherlands in a replay of the 1974 World Cup Final. The all-South american bet on was won for Argentina by a goal from Claudio Caniggia with 10 minutes remaining after a rivulet through the brazilian defense by Diego Maradona and a strong performance from their goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea. It would former come to light that Branco had been offered water spiked with tranquillisers by Maradona and Ricardo Giusti during half meter, to slow him down in the second half. initially discredited by the weigh, Branco would be publicly proven right years former, when Maradona confessed the sequence on a television show in Argentina. [ 28 ] Hosts Italy beat Uruguay 2–0, thanks to goals from Schillaci and Aldo Serena. The match between West Germany and the Netherlands was held in Milan, and both sides featured players from the two milanese clubs ( Germans Andreas Brehme, Lothar Matthäus and Jürgen Klinsmann for Internazionale, and Dutchmen Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard for Milan ). After 22 minutes Rudi Völler and Rijkaard were both dismissed after a number of incidents between the two players, including Rijkaard spitting on Völler. As the players walked off the pitch together, Rijkaard spat on Völler a second base meter. early in the second one-half, Jürgen Klinsmann put the West Germans ahead and Andreas Brehme added a second with eight minutes left. A Ronald Koeman penalty for the Netherlands in the 89th infinitesimal narrowed the score to 2–1 but the Germans saw the bet on out to gain some revenge for their die to the dutch in the previous european Championship. meanwhile, in Cameroon v. Colombia, Roger Milla was introduced as a second-half stand-in with the game scoreless, finally breaking the deadlock center in extra time. Three minutes late he netted a irregular after colombian goalkeeper, René Higuita was dispossessed by Milla while well out of his goal, leaving the striker free to slot the musket ball into the empty net. Though the deficit was soon reduced to 2–1, Cameroon held on to become the first African team always to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. Costa Rica were beaten 4–1 by Czechoslovakia, for whom Tomáš Skuhravý scored the tournament ‘s second and concluding hat-trick. The Republic of Ireland ‘s match with Romania remained scoreless after extra time and the irish english won 5–4 on penalties. David O’Leary converted the penalty that clinched Ireland ‘s place in the quarter-finals. Ireland therefore became the first team since Sweden in 1938 to reach the last eight in a World Cup finals tournament without winning a match instantaneously. Yugoslavia beat Spain 2–1 after supernumerary prison term, with Dragan Stojković scoring both the Yugoslavs ‘ goals. England were the final examination modifier against Belgium, as midfielder David Platt ‘s swivelling volley broke the stalemate with the game moments away from a penalty shoot-out .
The first game of the last 8 saw Argentina and a Yugoslav side, reduced to 10 men after entirely half an hour, play out a scoreless stalemate. The holders reached the semi-finals after winning the penalty shoot-out 3–2, despite Maradona having his penalty saved. A moment Argentine miss ( by Pedro Troglio ) looked to have eliminated them until goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea – play because first choice Nery Pumpido broke his leg during the group stage – rescued his side by stopping the Yugoslavs ‘ final two spotkicks. The Republic of Ireland ‘s World Cup run was brought to an end by a single goal from Schillaci in the foremost one-half of their quarter-final with hosts Italy, therefore becoming the team who advanced the furthest in a World Cup without winning a match. West Germany beat Czechoslovakia with a twenty-fifth moment Lothar Matthäus penalty. The quarter-final between England and Cameroon was the only quarter-final to produce more than one finish. Despite Cameroon ‘s heroics earlier in the tournament, David Platt put England ahead in the twenty-fifth moment. At half-time, Milla was brought on. In the second base half, the bet on was turned on its head during a five-minute stretch : first Cameroon were awarded a penalty from which Emmanuel Kunde scored the counterweight ; then in the 65th minute Eugene Ekeke put Cameroon ahead. cameroon came within eight minutes of reaching the semi-finals before they conceded a penalty, which Gary Lineker converted. Midway through extra time, England were awarded another penalty and Lineker again scored from the spot. England were through to the semi-finals for the first time since 1966 .
The first semi-final featured the host nation, Italy, and the populace champions, Argentina in Naples. ‘Toto ‘ Schillaci scored so far again to put Italy ahead in the 17th minute, but Claudio Caniggia equalised midway through the second half, breaking Walter Zenga ‘s clean sheet stripe throughout the tournament. There were no more goals in the 90 minutes or in supernumerary time despite Maradona ( who played for Naples in Serie A at the time ) showing glimpses of magic trick, but there was a sending-off : Ricardo Giusti of Argentina was shown the red menu in the 13th minute of extra time. Argentina went through on penalties, winning the shoot-out 4–3 after more heroics from Goycochea. The semi-final between West Germany and England at Juventus ‘s home stadium in Turin was goalless at half-time. then, in the sixtieth moment, a free-kick tap to Andreas Brehme resulted in a blastoff which was deflected off Paul Parker into his own net. England equalised with ten-spot minutes left ; Gary Lineker was the scorer. The game ended 1–1. extra time yielded more chances. Klinsmann was guilty of two glaring misses and both sides struck a post. England had another Platt finish disallowed for offside. The peer went to penalties, and West Germany went on to win the shoot-out 4–3. [ 29 ]

third base space play-off [edit ]

The game saw three goals in a 15-minute spell. Roberto Baggio opened the seduce after a mistake by England ‘s goalkeeper Peter Shilton, in his final game before international retirement, presented a simple opportunity. A header by David Platt levelled the game 10 minutes late but Schillaci was fouled in the penalty area five minutes late, leading to a punishment. Schillaci himself got up to convert the recoil to win him the tournament ‘s Golden Boot for his six-goal reckoning. Nicola Berti had a goal ruled out minutes late, but the hosts claimed third locate. England had the consolation respect of the Fair Play prize, having received no red cards and the lowest average number of yellows per match .

final [edit ]

The concluding between West Germany and Argentina has been cited as the most cynical and lowest-quality of all World Cup Finals. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] In the 65th moment, Argentina ‘s Pedro Monzon – himself merely recently on as a utility – was sent off for a pollute on Jürgen Klinsmann. Monzon was the first gear player always to be sent off in a World Cup Final. Argentina, weakened by suspension and injury, offered little attacking threat throughout a contest dominated by the West Germans, who struggled to create many clear goalscoring opportunities. The only goal of the contest arrived in the 85th infinitesimal when Mexican referee Edgardo Codesal awarded a punishment to West Germany, after a dirty on Rudi Völler by Roberto Sensini leading to argentinian protests. [ 33 ] Andreas Brehme converted the topographic point kick back to settle the contest. In the close moments, Argentina were reduced to nine after Gustavo Dezotti, who had already been given a yellow card earlier in the peer, received a red poster when he hauled Jürgen Kohler to the land during a stop in act. The 1–0 scoreline provided another inaugural : Argentina were the first team to fail to score in a World Cup Final. With its one-third title ( and three second-place finishes ) West Germany – in its final tournament before national reunion – became the most successful World Cup nation at the clock along with Italy and Brazil ( besides won three titles each then ). west german coach Franz Beckenbauer became the first valet to both captain ( in 1974 ) and manage a World Cup winning team, and merely the second serviceman ( after Mário Zagallo of Brazil ) to win the World Cup as a player and as team coach. It was besides the first gear fourth dimension a team from UEFA won the concluding against a non-European team .

Goalscorers [edit ]

Salvatore Schillaci received the Golden Boot award for scoring six goals in the World Cup. This made him the irregular italian football player to have this honor, after Paolo Rossi won the prize in 1982. In total, 115 goals were scored by 75 players ( none credited as own goals ) .

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3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Awards [edit ]

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All-star team [edit ]

final standings [edit ]

After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 1990 World Cup finals based on progress in the rival, overall results and quality of the enemy. [ 35 ] [ 36 ]

Statistics [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

  • Sir Bobby Robson Trophy match, a 2009 replay of the 1990 England Germany semi-final in honour of the England manager Bobby Robson